“Freedom of speech campaigners are claiming victory as the House of Lords is expected to back changes removing ‘anachronistic’ laws which have criminalised libel for more than 700 years.”
The Guardian, 25th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Children are waiting for more than a year for crucial decisions on where they are to live because of a crisis in the family courts service.”
The Times, 26th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A court set up to look after the financial interests of people suffering from mental incapacity through illness, accident or dementia has sparked more than 2,000 complaints a year since it was set up.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman who spent her life savings fighting her alleged rapist after he tried to sue her tells of her 14-year ordeal.”
The Sunday Times, 25th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Old fashioned chivalry or just old fashioned? A judge has taken the extraordinary step of disrupting a court case to express his exasperation at the modern use of the word partner in place of wife.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Hundreds of Afghans living in Britain face being deported after immigration judges ruled that their home country’s bloody conflict did not make the region an unsafe place to return failed asylum-seekers.”
The Independent, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A black detective who was racially abused by two of the former Stephen Lawrence murder suspects is claiming that Metropolitan Police discriminated against him at work.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former police officer who had sex with a pole dancer while on duty was jailed today for four years.”
The Independent, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A judge allowed a man convicted of assault to walk free from court as he questioned whether offenders sentenced to six months or less serve more than a few days in prison.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Criminals, including drug dealers and paedophiles, could be evading justice because of errors in magistrates’ courts records, a report has warned.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Russell Carter, a Vietnam war veteran who murdered his boss and tried to kill three other people ‘in acts of callous wickedness, cruelty and inhumanity’, has been sentenced to life in prison.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A £6m government ad warning about climate change is to be investigated by watchdogs over claims it is misleading and too ‘scary’ for children.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police can be sued for the estimated £42m damage caused during a riot at a Bedfordshire immigration detention centre, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2009
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“The entrance hall of the new Supreme Court is adorned with lofty declarations of the integrity of British justice. ‘To no one will we deny or delay right or justice’ reads the legend engraved on one floor-to-ceiling glass panel of the building in Parliament Square, in Central London. But just a mile or two south, where the Inner London Crown Court stands hard by the grind and grime of Elephant and Castle, such fine sentiments seem ill-fitting.”
The Times, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A review into a hammer attack on a Wiltshire schoolboy was so flawed that it must be quashed, a judge has ruled.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2009
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“A former magistrate who spent two years in jail before being cleared of rape has lost his legal battle to sue his accuser for £300,000 damages.”
The Guardian, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A meat processing company in Lincolnshire has been fined £10,000 after ammonia escaped into a stream and killed 100 fish.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A hospital has been criticised by a coroner for failing to spot that a 10-year-old boy, who later died from meningitis, was gravely ill.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2009
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“A prisoner has launched a High Court battle for the right to vote in parliamentary and EU elections.”
The Independent, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Ageism within the NHS and social care is set to be made illegal after a review of the treatment of older people found discrimination was ‘rooted’ in the attitudes of staff and organisations.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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