“Deep inequalities and discrimination persist in Britain despite 40 years of anti-discrimination legislation, a report by a parliamentary committee said on Thursday.”
Reuters, 2nd August 2007
Source: www.reuters.com
“The man who pinched a journalist’s bottom on live national television was given a police caution yesterday, and said that the prank had been a drink-fuelled effort to ‘brighten up’ the mood during last month’s floods.”
The Times, 2nd August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Home Office is considering giving the police the power to take a DNA sample on the street, without taking the suspect to a police station, as well as taking samples from suspects in relatively minor offences such as littering, speeding or not wearing a seat belt.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Youth Justice Board, set up seven years ago by Labour to cut juvenile crime, has failed to hit any of its key performance targets in the past 12 months, according to its annual report.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“British Airways was fined a total of £269 million for conspiring to fix the price of air fares yesterday but the airline could be forced to pay out millions more to passengers seeking compensation.”
The Times, 2nd August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Michael Grade, ITV’s executive chairman, has ordered an independent inquiry into a documentary about an Alzheimer’s sufferer that wrongly claimed to show the man’s death.”
The Times, 2nd August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Heathrow operator BAA has denied claims it is seeking to ban million people from using roads and railways near the London airport.”
BBC News, 1st August 2007
Souce: www.bbc.co.uk
“The first pub landlord charged with flouting the ban on smoking in public places is due to appear in court on Wednesday, a council spokeswoman said.”
Reuters, 1st August 2007
Source: www.reuters.com
“Accused NASA and Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon has won the right to appeal to the House of Lords over his extradition to the US. The Lords will hear his case, even though they recently refused to hear another US extradition case, that of the ‘Natwest Three’.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st August 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“An immigration tribunal is taking place which could help decide whether 2,000 former Gurkha soldiers in the Army have the right to settle in the UK.”
BBC News, 1st August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Home information packs finally become law today amid persistent concerns that house sales could be held up by shortages of home inspectors in certain areas. The new regime is also bedevilled by claims that it is riddled with loopholes that will allow widespread avoidance.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Society is creating two new posts to promote pro bono work.”
The Lawyer, 30th July 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A 69-year-old has been fined £200 after what is believed to be the first case in Wales under the Hunting Act 2004.”
BBC News, 30th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Convictions for animal cruelty in the UK fell by 20% last year, according to new figures released by the RSPCA.”
BBC News, 31st July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A head teacher found guilty of a health and safety breach after a boy fell and later died has said the case could have “profound implications” for teachers.”
BBC News, 1st August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Children born from donated sperm or eggs will have the information marked on their birth certificates under sweeping changes to fertility laws proposed by an influential group of ministers and peers yesterday.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hundreds of dangerous prisoners given indeterminate sentences could be freed from jail after a court ruled yesterday that holding them longer than their minimum sentence was unlawful.”
The Times, 1st August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Government’s problems in handling the crisis in the prison system were compounded today when the High Court ruled that the detention of prisoners with no facilities to assess their suitability for release was ‘arbitrary, unreasonable and unlawful’.”
The Independent, 31st July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two years after police shot dead the innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, it finally appeared that some criticism would be levelled at the authorities last night, after the apparent leak of an official report into the incident.”
The Independent, 1st August 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“High court judges yesterday dealt a fresh blow to the government’s handling of the prison crisis when they ruled that inmates serving new “open-ended” sentences had unlawfully been left in overcrowded local prisons without access to the compulsory rehabilitation programmes they need to secure their release.”
The Guardian,
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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