“The Freedom of Information Act will be extended to cover four more public bodies and increase the public’s right to access information, Justice Minister Michael Wills announced today.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th March 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A jealous father who strangled his two young children with computer cables to get back at his wife was jailed for a minimum of 28 years today.”
The Independent, 30th March 2010
“Smacking is to be banned for anyone working with children outside the family, closing a loophole on corporal punishment, the government has said.”
BBC News, 30th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Scotland Yard passed a new file of evidence against a Parliamentarian suspected of abusing expenses to prosecutors today.”
The Independent, 30th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A convicted rapist facing deportation has won a High Court battle to be allowed to stay in the country to get married.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Lord Chancellor and the Law Commission for England and Wales have agreed a statutory protocol governing how Government departments and the Law Commission should work together on law reform projects.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th March 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Address by Sir Mark Potter, President of the Family Division (PDF)
District Judges’ Seminar, 26th March 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Many schools are fingerprinting pupils without parents’ permission, teachers have warned.”
BBC News, 29th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The secrets of an eminent pharmacist who held bondage parties at his pied-à-terre were uncovered during an investigation into fraudulent claims for NHS expenses.”
The Times, 30th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Andy Burnham, the health secretary, will today rule out legislation in the next parliament to impose a death tax to pay for social care for the elderly, but will promise new laws to cap the cost of residential costs after two years in a home.”
The Guardian, 30th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A publisher should not be responsible for a libel created by the out-of-context publication of material by a search engine, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th March 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A director of a hearing aid company who kept adult pornographic images on a work computer in a file named ‘Dirty’ won a High Court battle against being struck off today.”
The Independent, 29th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for the rest of his life for a shotgun murder – 39 years after committing another killing.”
BBC News, 29th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Internet users are still not getting the broadband speeds promised by internet service providers, more than a year after the industry signed up to a voluntary code of practice, forcing Ofcom to threaten mandatory regulation.”
The Guardian, 29th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three people have been found guilty of killing a man in a sexually-motivated and sadistic attack in Wigan.”
BBC News, 29th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A father who brutally stabbed his daughter to death had convictions for knife attacks and violence going back to his teens, a court heard today.”
The Independent, 29th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The former BBC Radio 4 Today editor Rod Liddle has been censured by the press watchdog for a blog on the Spectator website in which he incorrectly claimed that the ‘overwhelming majority’ of violent crime in London was carried out by young Afro-Caribbean men.”
The Guardian, 29th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New regulations that provide a single route for solicitors to qualify to appear in the higher courts come into effect this week, on 1 April.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th March 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A devout Christian who is fighting a hospital trust over her right to wear a crucifix at work said today that removing or hiding it would violate her beliefs.”
The Guardian, 29th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tory peer Norman Tebbit will not face criminal action over claims that he kicked a person wearing a dragon costume during Chinese New Year celebrations.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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