“A new law to give greater protection to householders is unnecessary and could be a licence to kill, a leading criminal barrister has warned.”
The Times, 25th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A mother who pretended that her son was terminally ill for six years in order to gain access to celebrities, a prime minister, the royal family and charitable donations has been jailed for three years.”
The Independent, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The parents of two brothers detained indefinitely after they tortured two young boys in a ‘sadistic’ attack could face prosecution, police have revealed.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“There is little connection between the use of stop and search powers by the Metropolitan police and reductions in knife crime, according to new figures analysed by a leading criminologist.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman who breached an Asbo banning her from having noisy sex has been given a suspended prison sentence.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A multimillionaire faces Britain’s biggest divorce payout. Is Lisa Tchenguiz right to demand £100m of her husband’s wealth?”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two young brothers who subjected a pair of children to a 90-minute ordeal of beating, torture and sexual humiliation were today sentenced to an indeterminate detention term of at least five years.”
The Guardian, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two brothers are among Britain’s youngest convicted criminals to be placed in custody after being detained for a horrific attack on another two boys in Edlington, South Yorkshire, carried out when they were aged just 10 and 11.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Care authorities have refused to allow a High Court judge to read a confidential report into their handling of two young brothers who sadistically tortured two children and left them for dead.”
The Times, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A business tycoon’s estranged wife has won the right to use 20,000 documents stolen from his computer in her battle for a slice of his £300 million fortune.”
The Times, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Attorney General has said there is an ‘unanswered question’ over the death of a north London student allegedly involved with a right-wing group.”
BBC News, 21st January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has criticised the UK’s insurance and investment industry for failing to safeguard client money and announced that it is investigating two businesses and has frozen the assets of a third over the issue.”
The Times, 21st January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A mother jailed for life for murdering her disabled son by injecting him with heroin at a care home is to appeal against the sentence and conviction.”
BBC News, 21st January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One committed a violent attack on a burglar. The other was guilty of the mercy killing of her brain-damaged son. One is free. The other starting a nine-year sentence. Paul Vallely examines the issues raised by their contrasting treatment.”
The Independent, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former magistrate who was jailed for a £38,000 fraud was ordered to give up his assets worth £4.1 million at a confiscation hearing today.”
The Independent, 21st January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Government plans to slash the success fees that no-win no-fee lawyers can claim in libel cases. The proposed action is part of the Ministry of Justice’s reform of libel law.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st January 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“OPINION: Employment lawyers and HR professionals would be well advised to keep a close eye on the progress of the Equality Bill, currently being debated in the House of Lords. Initially intended as a legislative sweep-up, it now proposes major policy changes.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st January 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“The court of appeal today ordered BSkyB to sell down its 17.9% stake in ITV.”
The Guardian, 21st January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A ‘devious, calculating’ mother-of-three fraudulently claimed over £80,000 in benefits despite living outside the UK, a council said today.”
The Independent, 21st January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Legislative proposals included in the Children, Schools and Families Bill should encourage media attendance at family court cases, the Ministry of Justice said today.”
Ministry of Justice, 21st January 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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