Google in breach of UK data laws – BBC News
“Google breached UK data laws in its collection of personal data via Street View cars, the UK’s Information Commissioner has said.”
BBC News, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: news
Why big brand legal services are bad news for solicitors – The Guardian
“As the AA and Saga launch online portals, more than half of law firms say they expect to lose work to non-lawyer competitors.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Red tape swamping the criminal justice system, warns watchdog – Daily Telegraph
“Red tape swamping police and prosecutors is at ‘unacceptable’ levels, a watchdog warned today as it revealed officers and officials have to go through 1,000 different steps just to deal with a simple burglary.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Call to scrap jury trials for lesser offences – The Independent
“Scrapping the right to a jury trial for lesser offences that ‘clog up the courts’ could save £30 million a year in prosecutors’ costs alone, the Government’s victims’ commissioner said today.”
The Independent, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Stephen Timms attacker faces sentencing for attempted murder – The Guardian
“Police believe a gifted student convicted of attempting to stab to death a former government minister for supporting the Iraq war is the first Briton to have been inspired by al-Qaida to try to assassinate a politician on British soil.”
The Guardian, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Child killer takes fight for vote to appeal court – The Independent
“Convicted child killer Peter Chester today takes his groundbreaking fight for the right to vote to the Court of Appeal.”
The Independent, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Legal bid to stop export of ‘execution drug’ – The Independent
“Campaigners launched legal action today in an attempt to ban the export from Britain of an anaesthetic used to execute prisoners in the United States.”
The Independent, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Lesbian couple vow to take battle for same-sex marriage to court – Daily Telegraph
“A lesbian couple have pledged to go to court in an attempt to overturn the ban on same-sex marriages after a register office refused to grant them a civil licence.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gun control and ownership laws in the UK – BBC News
“Derrick Bird, who shot dead 12 people in Cumbria, had held a firearms licence for 20 years.”
BBC News, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police marksman in inquest ‘song titles’ probe – The Independent
“A police marksman responsible for shooting a lawyer dead during an armed siege faced punishment today after it emerged that he peppered evidence about his actions with song titles.”
The Independent, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Stephen Timms attacker guilty of attempted murder – The Guardian
“Police believe a gifted student convicted today of attempting to stab to death a former government minister for supporting the Iraq war is the first Briton to have been inspired by al-Qaida to assassinate a politician on British soil.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Derrick Bird Cumbria killings – gun rules may change – BBC News
“Changes to national firearms licensing have been recommended after a review into the Derrick Bird killings.”
BBC News, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Courts launch crackdown on fine dodgers – Ministry of Justice
“People who try to avoid paying court fines across England and Wales will be targeted in a month-long campaign launched by Her Majesty’s Courts Service (HMCS) today.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st November 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Landlords face fines for energy inefficiency – The Guardian
“The government is to beef up legislation forcing landlords to pay a fine if they rent properties without proper insulation.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Law firms bring non-executives on board ahead of legal changes – The Guardian
“Headhunters spot new trend in law firms hunting for directors with non-legal backgrounds as pressure over corporate governance increases.”
The Guardian, 1st November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government may restrict unfair dismissal claim rights – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government’s new advisor on small businesses could recommend an increase in the length of time employees have to work before being allowed to bring unfair dismissal claims.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st November 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Portsmouth hospital kidney donor claims £14m damages – BBC News
“A man who nearly died during an operation to donate a kidney to his sick father is claiming High Court damages of more than £14m.”
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BBC News, 1st November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prisoners to get the right to vote – The Guardian
“Coalition set to confirm it is ready to change law to remove voting ban on more than 70,000 inmates of British jails.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
White couples ‘will be able to adopt black children more easily’ – Daily Telegraph
“White couples will be able to adopt black and Asian children more easily under Government plans, it has been disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BNP members to be barred from teaching – The Guardian
“Headteachers are to be given the power to dismiss teachers who are members of the BNP or other groups which have an ‘extremist tenor’.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
