“A joyrider who won a string of awards and was honoured by the Prince of Wales after vowing to turn his life around killed a pensioner in an uninsured car.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Illegal migrants awaiting deportation from Britain will be required to provide ‘large bail bonds’ and wear electronic tags to avoid detention, under Home Office legislation unveiled yesterday.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A long-term prisoner will go to the high court in London today to try to overturn an official policy that condemns him to remain in jail indefinitely because he is protesting his innocence.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than 700 violent prisoners will be released and may be awarded thousands of pounds in compensation if the government loses an appeal court case this month.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Motorists convicted of causing death by dangerous or careless driving may face tough penalties under new guidelines published today for England and Wales.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A zero drink-driving limit should be imposed on all drivers under 20, the chief medical officer recommended yesterday, saying that such a ban would save lives.”
The Guardian, 15th july 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“MPs are calling for an investigation into allegations that British intelligence has ‘outsourced’ the torture of British citizens to Pakistani security agencies after hearing accounts of people being abducted and subjected to mistreatment and, in some cases, released without charge.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The wife of John Darwin, the canoeist who faked his own drowning, played an ‘equal and vital role’ in the scheme to gain £250,000 in insurance and pension payouts by staging his death, a court heard today.”
The Times, 14th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Government’s strategy on knife crime was in disarray last night as the Home Secretary was accused of a U-turn over plans, briefed at the weekend, to confront offenders with stabbing victims in hospital.”
The Times, 15th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner has repeated his call for more powers to protect personal data and has said that local authorities should not be selling the electoral roll to marketers.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th July 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“An actor today lost a high court challenge over the £2.3m estate of a distinguished sculptor who had a 50-year lesbian relationship with her mother.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The average profit per equity partner (PEP) of the UK’s top 30 law firms has grown by 92.7 per cent to £764,900 since the turn of the century.”
The Lawyer, 14th July 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The co-head of White & Case’s banking practice says that, for her, becoming a solicitor felt ‘normal'”
The Times, 14th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Dozens of inmates convicted of terrorism offences will be released after serving half their sentences under rules introduced by the Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A court of appeal decision has shone a light on the homegrown cannabis industry. The quashing of the convictions of three men involved in hydroponics comes at a time when cultivation of cannabis in the UK is at record levels.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A group of 84 landowners is backing a hunt’s attempt to ban saboteurs from almost every piece of open land and countryside in West Sussex.”
The Times, 14th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government’s drive to curb street gangs and knife crime is challenged today by research suggesting official tactics are fundamentally misinformed, frequently failing, and sometimes actively strengthen the gangs they target.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Magistrates should be banned from handing out custodial sentences to help ease overcrowding in prisons, an influential report says.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Sarah Vince-Cain describes herself as a child of the Eighties, brought up in the age of ‘hard work, power suits and Margaret Thatcher’, and felt guilty about taking time off to start a family.”
The Times, 14th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A judge has said there was no ‘point’ in community punishments if offenders were given nothing to do and were ‘sitting around’.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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