“Some mothers will be able to check from tomorrow whether their partners are convicted sex offenders. Under pilot projects being introduced in response to demands for a ‘Sarah’s Law’, individuals will be given greater information about paedophiles living in their area.”
The Observer, 14th September 2008
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
“One of the country’s most senior police officers is being investigated for alleged misconduct amid allegations that he advised a defence team on how to undermine a criminal case brought by his employer.”
The Times, 13th September 2008
Source: www.timeosnline.co.uk
“A teenager has been sentenced to five years youth detention for stabbing a student to death ‘instinctively’. ”
BBC News, 12th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The exams regulator is being taken to court over its refusal to allow humanism to be taught in religious education classes.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) long-awaited crackdown on insider dealing hit another procedural hiccup yesterday when the case against Malcolm Calvert, a former partner at Cazenove, the Queen’s stockbroker, was put on hold.”
The Times, 11th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The law on companies’ display of names at their premises will change in three weeks’ time. From 1st October companies will have to display their registered name anywhere they do business, but will no longer have to put it on the outside of buildings.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th September 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Employers have less than a month to change completely the way they deal with workers from outside Europe in what one expert has called the biggest shake-up in 40 years in the way that migrant workers are employed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th September 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The bulletin presents the findings of the second year (2007/08) results from Her Majesty’s Courts Service (HMCS) court user survey.”
Ministry of Justice, 11th September 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A man who claimed his girlfriend fatally stabbed herself in the back with a kitchen knife has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 11th September, 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who produced human fingers in court in a bid to explain her involvement in a £925,000 tax credit fraud has been jailed for five years.”
BBC News, 11th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former headmaster who amassed thousands of indecent images of children on his computer walked free from court yesterday, after a judge ruled that the drug he had been taking to treat his Parkinson’s disease was responsible for his crime.”
The Independent, 12th September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The old soldiers whose test case at the high court could open the door for up to 10,000 comrades.”
The Times, 12th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A suburban solicitor accused of distributing £100 million of bribes to secure lucrative gas contracts is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office.”
The Times, 12th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man who killed his 30-year-old wife and dumped her body in a Staffordshire lay-by has been jailed for seven years.”
BBC News, 11th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Fat cats living high on the hog of taxpayers’ money – or impoverished toilers at the front line of the criminal justice system? Lawyers who do legal aid work have always had a bad press and no one shed a tear when ministers announced radical reforms to curb the soaring costs of the £2 billion legal aid scheme.
The Times, 11th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An IT contractor has been hit with a £99,000 tax bill after the High Court ruled that he should be taxed as an employee of the company he undertook work for.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th September 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A court has attacked lawyers who let word processors do their thinking for them. Standard paragraphs are being bolted together to make nonsensical agreements, said a High Court ruling on Friday.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th September 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A motorist who killed a pensioner while driving friends to a band rehearsal has been fined just £50.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A paraplegic has been jailed for five years after admitting sexual abuse involving children.”
BBC News, 9th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A perverted reflexologist was jailed for eight years today for sexually assaulting four women during treatment sessions.”
The Independent, 11th September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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