“The three children of a wealthy electronics engineer lost a High Court feud with their stepmother today over a £1.8 million cash transfer a few months before his death.”
The Independent, 29th July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War will resume public hearings today after a break of nearly four months because of the general election.”
The Independent, 29th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Fresh from its disastrous showing at the ballot box on 6 May, the British National party now faces financial turmoil with its assets threatened by court action. The high court is to decide whether Nick Griffin and two other BNP officials should face contempt of court proceedings in which their assets could be confiscated under a ‘writ of sequestration’. The assets include Griffin’s MEP salary, investments and pensions and any property that they might own. The case shows that no political party is above the law.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK government has rejected calls to ban a device that uses a high-pitched noise to disperse teenage gangs.”
BBC News, 28th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Children would not be protected by Labour’s controversial anti-paedophile database, according to experts, because sexual predators are more likely to find victims online rather than in their workplaces.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Read in full the annual Gray’s Inn Reading at Barnard’s Inn by Lord Hope of Craighead, Deputy President of the UK Supreme Court.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A High Court judge is to rule on a bid by London Mayor Boris Johnson to evict peace protesters from Parliament Square.”
BBC News, 29th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The mother of a seven-year-old girl who was starved to death at her home in Birmingham has lodged an appeal to reduce her jail sentence.”
BBC News, 28th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Prosecutors are under fire for not challenging the bail of a man who admitted witness intimidation only for him to go on the run for a second time.”
BBC News, 28th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two journalists have won an out-of-court settlement after the Metropolitan police admitted failing to respect the freedom of the press when officers prevented them covering a protest.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three senior Scotland Yard officers could face dismissal after ‘sustained failure’ by police allowed a serial sex attacker to continue stalking lone women in south-west London four years after he was identified as a suspect. In a damning report, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) today described the police investigation into the series of attacks as a ‘shameful chapter’ in the history of the Metropolitan police.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A carer was today sentenced to a total of seven years in prison for her part in a ‘prolonged and vicious’ revenge attack on her husband’s former lover.”
The Independent, 28th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Sacked police officer Ali Dizaei is to make a last ditch bid to have his conviction for corruption overturned, his solicitor said today.”
The Independent, 28th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Metropolitan Police is expected to be criticised over its investigation of a sex attacker who targeted women in south-west London.”
BBC News, 28th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The body that looks after the interests of children involved in family court proceedings in England is lurching from ‘crisis to crisis’, a union says.”
BBC News, 28th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A male teacher at a girls’ school was sacked after making sexually inappropriate comments to teenage pupils about their breasts and prostitutes.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Baroness Hale of Richmond has spoken to the Salford Human Rights Conference on the development of human rights law, and has lamented the time spent on constitutional wrangling rather than applying the essence of the Act.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Senior judge’s remarks that human rights could be hit if act repealed threatens to inflame row over power of Strasbourg.”
The Guardian, 27th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A major civil liberties row is threatening to erupt over the ‘unprecedented’ parole conditions imposed on members of Islamist groups now being released from prison having completed their sentences for terrorist offences.”
The Observer, 27th June 2010
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
“The European Commission will pursue a case against the UK Government through the European Court of Justice (ECJ) if it does not strengthen privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s powers within two months.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th June 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
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