Judge death ‘remains a mystery’ – BBC News
“A judge who died in an explosion in his garden shed neither committed suicide nor was killed, a coroner has said.”
BBC News, 12th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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‘Lenient’ rape sentences doubled – BBC News
“Two men convicted of raping young girls have had their ‘unduly lenient’ two-year prison sentences doubled by the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 12th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Delivering value – but at what cost? – Law Society’s Gazette
“This is an edited version of Stop the Clock?, a research report on value and fees in legal services produced by the Commerce & Industry Group and accountants and business advisers BDO Stoy Hayward.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th October 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Related link: Stop the clock? (PDF) – Commerce & Industry Group
Lawyers fail to take email security precautions – Law Society’s Gazette
“Lawyers are using email to send sensitive information even though they think it is one of the least safe ways of communicating, according to a recent poll.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th October 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Moustache sacrifice closes case – The Times
“A man promised a court that he would shave off his Edwardian-style, dandy moustache as a way of making amends for a charge of common assault.”
The Times, 12th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Solicitors make millions from sick miners’ claims – The Guardian
“Beresfords, a tiny firm of solicitors in Doncaster, has received £123m from the taxpayer by winning compensation claims on behalf of coal miners for work-related diseases, new government figures show.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Muslim soldier’s death ‘unlawful’ – BBC News
“A verdict of unlawful killing has been recorded on the first British Muslim soldier to be killed during the conflict in Afghanistan.”
BBC News, 11th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Victory for journalist as ‘bent cop’ libel is rejected – The Times
“A journalist who suggested that a former police officer may be corrupt was cleared of libel in the Court of Appeal yesterday.”
The Times, 12th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Opt-outs may cause problems, MPs warn Brown – The Guardian
“Gordon Brown’s efforts to protect Britain’s opt-outs on the new EU treaty at next week’s summit in Lisbon came under fresh pressure yesterday when a Labour-dominated committee of MPs claimed the latest draft of the treaty presented fresh threats to British sovereignty.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Crime assets agency ‘ill-planned’ – BBC News
“The setting up of a government agency to seize criminals’ wealth was ill-planned and unrealistic, an influential group of MPs has said.”
BBC News, 11th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Foreign Offfice gag on memoirs angers former diplomats – The Guardian
“A former British diplomat yesterday denounced a lifetime confidentiality agreement demanded by the Foreign Office as ‘unworkable and draconian’, and has refused to sign it.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
More cash for injured troops in compensation shake-up – The Independent
“The most seriously injured troops are to receive more cash under reforms to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme announced today.”
The Independent, 11th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Related link: Injury table and payments – Daily Telegraph, 12th October 2007
MPs resume cash-for-honours inquiry – The Guardian
“The long-running cash-for-honours controversy threatens to come back and haunt Gordon Brown today when MPs resume their inquiry into the affair.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BPP Law School: Forget students, this college has ‘clients’ – The Independent
“On the day last month that BPP was granted degree-awarding powers, its share price jumped 13 per cent. These two events summed up the fact that Britain’s newest higher education institution is not your average university.”
The Independent, 11th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007: guidance – Ministry of Justice
“The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act introduces a new offence, across the UK, for prosecuting companies and other organisations where there has been a gross failing, throughout the organisation, in the management of health and safety with fatal consequences.”
Ministry of Justice, 11th October 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Magistrate sues over relative’s assault claims – Daily Telegraph
“A magistrate sued his daughter-in-law for slander and libel over a claim that he assaulted her and his baby grandson.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Al Gore’s inconvenient judgment – The Times
“Al Gore’s award-winning climate change documentary was littered with nine inconvenient untruths, a judge ruled yesterday.”
Related link: Dimmock v Secretary of State for Education and Skills
The Times, 11th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘Terror camp plot’ trial begins – BBC News
“Five men have gone on trial accused of their part in a plot to create terrorist training camps in the UK.”
BBC News, 10th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Brunstrom’s campaign over drugs – BBC News
“North Wales Police chief constable Richard Brunstrom has said he will be “campaigning hard” for drugs such as heroin to be legalised.”
BBC News, 11th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hunting ban ‘breaches human rights’ – The Times
“The ban on hunting with dogs violates the fundamental human rights of thousands of people whose livelihood and way of life revolve around the meet and the chase, the House of Lords heard today.”
The Times, 10th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
