“A chief constable was criticised by three judges today for defying a high court order to return computer hard drives containing evidence of suspected child abuse to an expert witness.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Jewish couple are suing their neighbours in a block of flats because they say an automatic security light breaks a religious prohibition.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Pharmacists are calling for a change in the law, which criminalises them for dispensing the wrong drug.”
BBC News, 16th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The attempt to justify the ID card scheme on the grounds of the risk of terrorism is not sustainable – we simply don’t need it”
The Guardian, 16th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The sentences handed out to the three people convicted over the brutal death of Baby P will stand after the Attorney-General today ruled they were not too lenient.”
The Times, 16th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Anonymous bloggers cannot use the courts to keep their identity secret after The Times won a landmark High Court ruling over a policeman who revealed confidential information on an award-winning website.”
The Times, 16th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Baby P’s ‘stepfather’ has launched an attempt to overturn his convictions for rape and the part he played in the little boy’s death.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The days of suffering in silence will soon be over for rail passengers who endure rude staff, dirty trains and blocked lavatories on one of Britain’s busiest commuter franchises.”
The Times, 16th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Ministry of Defence faces paying out millions of pounds in damages to soldiers injured by the cold.”
BBC News, 16th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A British man has called for a change in the law on assisted suicides after revealing how he helped his partner end his life, by travelling with him to a controversial suicide clinic in Switzerland.”
The Guardian, 15th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman who was labelled ‘potentially violent’ after she complained to a council about a vandalised flowerbed today sued for the authority for libel.”
The Independent, 15th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The family of Ben Kinsella, the murdered schoolboy, have called for an overhaul in Britain’s ‘complacent’ sentencing rules for knife crime.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man with an Ugg boot fetish who used the internet to harass schoolgirls in Leeds has been jailed for four years.”
BBC News, 15th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teacher who claimed her career was wrecked after a schoolgirl poisoned her drinking water with whiteboard cleaning fluid today lost a claim for damages.”
The Guardian, 15th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former council chief executive had her mental health ‘cruelly broken’ by her former employer which accused her of lying about her medical condition on her job application and pursued her through the courts, her husband said yesterday.”
The Independent, 16th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Legal loopholes which allow foreign war criminals to escape prosecution in the UK should be closed, a report says.”
BBC News, 15th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Teenagers who share music files could be criminalised under plans for a new ‘Rights Agency’ to target internet pirates to be unveiled in the landmark Digital Britain report.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A homosexual postman who was called ‘effeminate’, ‘girly’ and ‘bitchy’ by his boss has won £2,400 from the Royal Mail for discrimination over his sexuality.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“As many as 10,000 lawyers could be out of work in the UK in the next two years as the legal business faces its worst slump in decades.”
The Times, 15th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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