“Karen Matthews has been sentenced today to eight years in jail for kidnapping and imprisoning her nine-year-old daughter.”
The Times, 23rd January
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A couple from Worcestershire have received a five-figure pay out after hospital staff missed warning signs that led to their baby’s death.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Firms that sack a trainee without the agreement of the Solicitors Regulation Authority could find themselves liable for hefty damages, a landmark employment tribunal decision suggests.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd January 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A 61-year-old woman from Kent who admitted killing her estranged husband with an axe is fighting a decision to strike her off the nurses’ register.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Metropolitan Police officers are stopping and searching too many innocent people using powers designed for fighting terrorism, it is claimed.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mother who let her three-year-old son smoke a cigarette butt while she talked on the telephone was given a suspended sentence yesterday.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, and the former cabinet minister Peter Hain received embarrassing rebukes from anti-sleaze watchdogs yesterday over their failure to register donations.”
The Independent, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“England star Gerrard, 28, is due to appear at North Sefton Magistrates’ Court, in Southport after part-time disc jockey Marcus McGee was allegedly left with bruises and a missing tooth after a fight in the town’s Lounge Club on December 29.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd Janaury 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“More than 100 Gypsy families living illegally on greenbelt land in Essex were yesterday told they would be evicted after a senior judge ruled that allowing them to stay would encourage others to follow their lead.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2009
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“The asylum system is developing a backlog of new cases that threaten to undermine efforts to clear an existing bank of more than 200,000 ‘legacy cases’, some dating back more than 10 years, a Whitehall spending watchdog warns today.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A headmistress made a dame after transforming a sink-estate school and then sacked amid accusations of nepotism and financial mismanagement, was yesterday banned from running another school.”
The Times, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A fresh inquest into the death of a Lancashire teenager found hanged at a secure unit in County Durham has been ordered by the High Court.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Home Office broke data protection laws when a contractor lost a memory stick with information on thousands of prisoners, a watchdog has ruled.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Fifty years ago the UK Government began a series of atomic and thermonuclear weapons tests on the Australian mainland, on Christmas Island and elsewhere in the South Pacific. About 25,000 members of the British, Australian and New Zealand Armed Forces, many national servicemen, and some Fijians, took part in the testing programme — either actively or as bystanders. This week nearly 1,000 veterans took their multimillion-pound compensation claim against the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to the High Court. They say they have suffered illnesses — including cancers, skin defects and fertility problems — because of exposure to radiation from the tests.”
The Times, 22nd January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The European Parliament has called for a change to the way the UK has implemented consumer protection laws to allow cheated customers to take direct action against businesses.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd January 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Microsoft is abusing its dominant position in the PC software market by including its browser software with every Windows operating system it sells, the European Commission has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st January 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“An engineering firm is being sued over work done on the A5 in north Wales by the Welsh Assembly Government.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The case of an 89-year-old man, who was shot with a Taser gun by officers, has been referred to a police watchdog.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The ‘NatWest Three’ bankers, who were jailed in the United States for a £3.5 million Enron-related fraud, are now in a British prison serving the remainer of their 37-month sentence.”
The Times, 21st January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man who stabbed his partner to death in an argument that stemmed from a disagreement about their kitten was sentenced to life in prison today.”
The Independent, 21st January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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