“Tony Blair’s decision to take Britain to war in Iraq was illegal, the Foreign Office’s former chief legal adviser will tell the Chilcot inquiry this week.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Government officials withheld a document relating to the death of Blair Peach, the anti-fascist campaigner widely believed to have been killed by police in 1979, because they feared it would portray the coroner as biased and lend weight to calls for a public inquiry.”
The Guardian, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Solicitors are advertising in jails for prison inmates to make compensation claims for abuse against former carers and teachers. Some of the claims involve allegations stretching back decades.”
The Times, 24th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Full-body scanners may be a valuable addition to airport security, but profiling is likely to prove unjustified and ineffective.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government is facing allegations of duplicity over changes to the equality bill after a leaked document showed conflicting statements about the position of churches and other religious organisations.”
The Guardian, 25th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tens of thousands of criminals will spend less time in prison under Government plans to limit the ability of judges to set jail sentences, an official document has disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service is blocking attempts to disclose details about the prosecution of Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National party, for race hate crimes, claiming that to do so would breach his data protection rights.”
The Guardian, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“What should be done when people take the law into their own hands in pursuit of what they regard as justice?”
The Times, 25th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government is invoking an obscure legal principle to dismiss claims of torture and rape by the British colonial administration in Kenya, campaigners claimed.”
The Guardian, 25th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Child welfare campaigners have called for a longer sentence to be given to the two brothers who tortured and sexually humiliated two young boys.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Conservatives today backed plans by the home secretary, Alan Johnson, for a national roll-out of powers allowing parents to check whether those who regularly care for their children are convicted sex offenders.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“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
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“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
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“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
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“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
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