“Dozens of miscarriages of justice could occur in the next few months because the body that regulates expert witnesses in court is being shut down by the Government, senior scientists warned yesterday.”
The Independent, 22nd March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Laws intended for counter-terrorism are being misused in an increasingly heavy-handed approach to policing protests, a new parliamentary report warns today.”
The Guardian, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A quarter of all the largest public-sector database projects, including the ID cards register, are fundamentally flawed and clearly breach European data protection and rights laws, according to a report published today.”
The Guardian, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Energy companies will be banned from charging ‘unjustified’ prices under new rules proposed by the regulator Ofgem.”
BBC News, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Sean Hodgson, who spent 27 years in jail for a crime he did not commit, has been given just £46 by the government with which to restart his life. The Prison Service has awarded the mentally ill former prisoner the equivalent of £1.70 for every year he was wrongly imprisoned.”
The Observer, 22nd March 2009
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
“Prime minister would not support proposal backed by more than 100 MPs to allow families to help terminally ill relatives to die.”
The Guardian, 20th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Parking companies will be subject to strict new limits on the penalties and fees they can charge, under government plans to drive rogue operators out of business.”
The Times, 20th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The High Court has ruled that oil company Total is liable for damages caused by the explosion at the Buncefield oil depot in Hertfordshire.”
BBC News, 20th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Firms winning legal service contracts from competitors could face a ‘landslide’ of six-figure claims for unfair dismissal if they do not take on staff on reasonable terms along with the contract, the winner of a landmark employment tribunal case said this week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th March 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Ministers are to introduce emergency legislation to prevent thousands of prison inmates pursuing more than £55m in compensation for a breach of human rights over ‘slopping out’.”
The Guardian, 20th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson last night demanded an urgent independent inquiry into why officers who arrested a terror suspect refused to give evidence to a High Court hearing into allegations of abuse.”
The Independent, 19th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman who flew halfway around the world for a 13-minute interview then denied the job because Army bosses were determined to hire a man has won £35,000 for ‘hurt feelings’.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A hospital ventilator keeping a nine-month-old baby alive could be turned off today after his parents lost a legal battle with a hospital yesterday.”
The Guardian, 20th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hygiene watchdogs failed to deal with long-standing, repetitive failures at an abattoir behind the second-worst E coli outbreak in Britain, according to today’s report into the incident, which killed a five-year-old boy, put 31 people in hospital, struck 44 schools and involved 157 people.”
The Guardian, 19th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A campaign by two Muslim governors to give Islam a greater presence in a state school played a key part in forcing a successful head from her job, the High Court found yesterday.”
The Times, 20th March 2009
“Longer prison sentences for assault, theft and benefit fraud are likely under plans to overhaul the courts system. But the proposed stronger powers for magistrates could bring the country’s overcrowded prisons to breaking point, campaign groups say.”
The Times, 20th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An executive, who is devoted to saving the environment, has been given permission to sue his employers for unfair dismissal for allegedly discriminating against his views on climate change.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A privacy campaigner will launch a legal challenge to Google’s Street View service, which was launched today. Simon Davies of Privacy International says that he will pursue ‘a test case’ against Google.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th March 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Guardian today lost a high court challenge to lift an emergency gagging order imposed on the publication of Barclays bank documents alleged to detail huge tax avoidance schemes.”
The Guardian, 19th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Victims of human trafficking will be helped to escape prostitution and domestic servitude following the award of a new £3.7 million government grant to the POPPY Project, Justice Minister Maria Eagle announced today.”
Ministry of Justice, 19th March 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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