Tesco fined over mice in aisles at Suffolk store – BBC News
“Tesco has been ordered to pay £74,000 in fines and costs after mice were seen between the aisles of a Suffolk store.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Depressed dog handler forgot about alsatians he left to die in hot car – The Times
“A police dog handler who caused the death of two alsatians by leaving them in a hot car should have been treated for depression, a judge said yesterday.”
The Times, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Punishment must fit the crime when paying tax bills late – The Times
“As the recession began to bite, the Chancellor gave an undertaking that HM Revenue & Customs would take a more accommodating approach to businesses that genuinely had difficulty in making tax payments on time. However, as the recession has progressed and tax revenues have plummeted, this undertaking has often been less apparent in practice.”
The Times, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Heathrow third runway plans face legal challenge – BBC News
“Environmental groups, local councils and residents opposed to a third runway at Heathrow are beginning a legal challenge to the government’s plans.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Female NHS manager jailed for sexual assault on woman colleague – Daily Telegraph
“A senior NHS manager has been jailed for subjecting a female colleague to a violent and humiliating sexual assault while the two women shared a hotel room.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Has the John Terry case doomed super-injunctions? – BBC News
“The lifting of so called super-injunctions in the cases of the footballer John Terry and the multi-national company Trafigura have been heralded by the papers as victories for the press in the battle over tightening publication laws.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Family court reforms face opposition from judges and childrens’ groups – The Times
“Reforms to open up the family courts to the media are at risk of being scuppered by mounting opposition from senior judges, lawyers, children’s groups and MPs, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Crown Prosecution Service in London is ‘near meltdown’ – The Independent
“Parts of the Crown Prosecution Service in London are in ‘meltdown’ with criminals being handed ‘get out of jail free cards’ while ‘open and shut’ cases are being thrown out of court, a memo seen by The Independent claims.”
The Independent, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Prisoner early release scheme to be halted – The Guardian
“The prison service’s early release scheme under which more than 80,000 prisoners have walked out of jail 18 days early is to end by 10 April, when the general election campaign is widely expected to be getting under way.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jail for paedophile who groomed girl, 14 – The Independent
“A predatory paedophile who stealthily groomed a 14-year-old girl with depraved and crude sexual chats before taking her to woods for sex was jailed for four years today.”
The Independent, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
New Code for Crown Prosecutors issued – Crown Prosecution Service
“Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, today issued a clarified and updated edition of The Code for Crown Prosecutors (the Code).”
Crown Prosecution Service, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
The Rule of Law by Tom Bingham – The Guardian
“Stephen Sedley finds the insights of a senior law lord clear and compelling.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
War hero fantasist cleared of deception on legal technicality – The Times
“A fantasist who claimed to be a decorated war veteran has had all charges against him dropped at Nuneaton Magistrates’ Court because of a legal technicality.”
The Times, 20th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
PROFILE: Jonathan Sumption – The Times
“The barrister Jonathan Sumption has been described as the cleverest man in Britain, with ‘a brain the size of the planet’ and fees to match. So when David Miliband hired this top legal banana to help to suppress evidence of MI5’s complicity in torturing a terrorist suspect, the foreign secretary did not envisage any slip-ups.”
The Times, 21st February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Assisted suicide: law to be decriminalised ‘by back door’ from next week – Daily Telegraph
“Assisted suicide will be effectively decriminalised by the back door in landmark guidance to be published next week.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Bamber case reviewed – The Independent
“A man who has spent the past 23 years in jail for shooting dead five of his relatives is to have his conviction re-examined after doubts were raised over key evidence used during his trial.”
The Independent, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Robbery suspect Peter Blake ‘opened court doors and strolled to freedom’ – The Times
“After walking through the double doors of Court 35, Peter Blake turned down a winding staircase and within three minutes had navigated his way unnoticed through the Gothic maze of the Royal Courts of Justice.”
The Times, 20th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regulation of estate agents ‘unnecessary’, says OFT – Law Society’s Gazette
“Solicitors have expressed disappointment that the Office of Fair Trading did not propose the regulation of estate agents in its home buying and selling report published last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Two race claims out of 150 upheld against Metropolitan police at tribunal – Daily Telegraph
“Only two of almost 150 race claims made against the country’s largest police force in the past four years have been upheld at tribunals, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
