“An investigation has been launched into video footage of a uniformed police officer performing stunts on a moped believed to have been seized from a suspected criminal.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Three youths convicted of kicking and beating Garry Newlove to death outside his own home after a seven-hour drinking binge were today all jailed for life.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“EU politicians should reject targets for expanding the use of biofuels because the demand for palm oil is leading to human rights abuses in Indonesia, a coalition of international environmental groups claimed today.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has for the first time both fined and banned a stockbroker after he was found to have dishonestly sold high-risk shares to customers.”
The Times, 11th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A lawyer who acts for himself has a fool for a client, according to the old saw. If you have no legal qualifications whatsoever, logic suggests that representing yourself in court is even more foolhardy – especially when tens of millions of pounds are at stake. Yet that is what Heather Mills will do today when she steps into the ring at the Royal Courts of Justice in London to confront Paul McCartney’s high-priced, expert legal team. Having parted company with her legal advisers, who hold her IOU for at least £1.5m in costs, she is resolved to fight her own corner from now on in the battle for a share of the ex-Beatle’s fortune.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Heather Mills will be able to cross-examine Sir Paul McCartney personally over his multimillion-pound earnings when the estranged couple go to court today to hammer out a final divorce settlement.”
The Times, 11th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Coroners are blocking government plans to test tens of thousands of bodies undergoing postmortem examinations each year for signs of variant CJD, the human form of BSE. Their involvement is essential for a research programme, backed by ministers, senior scientific advisers and an independent ethical committee, to establish the long-term public health threat from the incurable disease. Although only 166 people have so far died from vCJD in Britain, scientists are seeking to find out whether many more are unwittingly carrying the long-incubating condition, posing significant risk to others through surgery and blood transfusion.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Mark Kearney faces eight charges of misconduct in a public office in allegedly leaking police information to a local newspaper journalist and a private detective.”
The Times, 11th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The number of convicted rapists who are spared jail has doubled, new figures have revealed, fuelling claims that the criminal justice system is soft on sex offenders.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A legal precedent has established that deliberate bugging of conversations with lawyers constitutes such an affront to the rule of law that trials should be halted and any convictions obtained overturned.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The classification system that prevents children from playing violent or sexually explicit video games is likely to be extended under recommendations in a report commissioned by the Prime Minister.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A controversial weapon in the war against antisocial behaviour should be banned, the children’s commissioner will warn this week in a move that threatens a new Whitehall battle over ‘hoodies’ rights’.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Archbishop of Canterbury’s predecessor joined the chorus of criticism against him last night for his comments on Islamic law. George Carey accused Dr Rowan Williams of ‘overstating’ the case for accommodating sharia. But he said that Dr Williams should not be forced to quit over his remarks.”
The Independent, 10th February 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three senior judges are to rule on the legality of an arranged marriage conducted in the UK under sharia law, a judgment that could have profound consequences for British Muslims.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The private sector will challenge a group of London councils today (11 February) that have banded together to cut insurance costs, in a legal action that could have far-reaching consequences for other public sector bodies in the UK.”
Financial Times, 11th February 2008
Source: www.ft.com
“Prosecutors plan to apply this week to hold a major criminal trial without a jury for the first time. The step is being taken because of concerns that jurors assigned to the case – which involves members of an organised criminal network – would be vulnerable to intimidation or bribery.”
The Times, 11th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Many children do not see receiving an anti-social behaviour order as a sign they have done anything wrong, and some even think they are ‘cool’, a new report has concluded.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The right to ask for flexible working should be extended to all employees to help tackle the pay gap between men and women, a committee of MPs said on Saturday.”
Reuters, 9th February 2008
Source: www.reuters.com
“After 18 months of legal wrangling, tabloid leaks and increasingly rancorous mudslinging, Sir Paul McCartney’s divorce from Heather Mills seems set for a final court hearing next week.”
Financial Times, 8th February 2008
Source: www.ft.com
“A man of 78 is starting a year in jail after a court heard how his dangerous overtaking killed a father-of-four.”
BBC News, 9th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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