“Justice Secretary Jack Straw was accused today of allowing politics to cloud his judgment over the release of Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs.”
The Independent, 17th November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An 84-year-old woman who drove the wrong way down a dual-carriageway has been banned from driving for 12 months.”
BBC News, 16th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Suffolk man has lodged an appeal against a court ruling that he needs planning permission for sea defences to protect his home.”
BBC News, 17th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Litigators have reacted with disappointment to news that the new Supreme Court will charge a minimum fee of £350 to access court documents.”
Legal Week, 10th November 2009
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A man who sold computer chips that enabled pirated video games to be played on consoles was rightly convicted of copyright offences, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th November 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A company whose computers and disks were kept by police even after the force had dropped its case will appeal the case to the Supreme Court. A lawyer for Scopelight told OUT-LAW.COM that it will seek leave to appeal by 4th December.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th November 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A priest and his church warden have been ordered to pay £100 each for repairing leaks to their church roof without permission from a church court.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th November 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A 17-year-old has been banned from driving for a year after he was caught doing 4mph on a pavement while drunk in a carriage for disabled people.”
BBC News, 16th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A care home manager who used the arms of other residents to hit a woman with learning disabilities over the head has been given a suspended sentence.”
BBC News, 16th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Graham and Trish Knight, whose son Sergeant Ben Knight died alongside 13 comrades in the incident, have written to the Crown Prosecution Service in an attempt to establish responsibility for his death.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Frageand Nassem, 32, from Livingston, near Edinburgh, was yesterday jailed for nine years. Police said he would telephone international companies and dupe staff into giving him information. Once he had built up enough detail, he would call banks and take control of corporate accounts transferring money around the world.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The European court of human rights has asked the British government to give more details of the risk assessments carried out before terminals for large tanker ships importing liquid natural gas (LNG) were built on the Welsh coast.”
The Guardian, 16th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police chiefs have proposed a domestic violence register to track an estimated 25,000 men in England and Wales who move from one relationship to another serially abusing their partners.”
The Guardian, 16th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“City regulators have fined Regal Petroleum a record £600,000 after a damning report covering two years when the oil explorer was controlled by Frank Timis, the controversial businessman, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 16th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A teenager who stabbed a 15-year-old boy to death outside a church hall in east London has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 16th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mother who abandoned her four young children to go on a 24-hour drink and drug binge has been given a suspended prison sentence.”
BBC News, 16th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Case is among the one in five referred each year to the court of appeal over sentencing, but with little media interest.”
The Guardian, 16th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An investigation is to be held into why police left a ‘vulnerable’ man, who was later found dead, at his home in Plymouth despite fears for his welfare.”
BBC News, 16th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A rapist jailed 19 years after his crime might never have been caught if time limits on DNA retention had been in place, it is claimed.”
BBC News, 16th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A doctor who attempted to poison his lover in a bid to induce a miscarriage has been jailed for six years.”
BBC News, 16th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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