Loan shark convicted of blackmail – BBC News
“A loan shark who left customers fearing for their lives has been found guilty of blackmail.”
BBC News, 15th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: news
Action to prevent further deaths: details of Coroners’ reports and responses published for the first time – Ministry of Justice
“Details of coroners’ reports asking for organisations involved in deaths to take action to prevent further deaths are published by the Ministry of Justice today for the first time.”
Ministry of Justice, 15th July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Hospitals criticised over losses of sensitive patient information – OUT-LAW.com
“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reprimanded five English NHS trusts over lax data protection regimes that resulted in the loss of 20,000 people’s personal data and the leaving of patients’ notes on a bus.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th July 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Woman jailed for Muslim blackmail – BBC News
“A blackmailer who threatened to expose her Muslim friend as a terrorist sympathiser has been jailed.”
BBC News, 15th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ex-Met boss cleared over conduct – BBC News
“Former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Sir Ian Blair has been cleared of misconduct over the award of police contracts valued at £3m to a friend.”
BBC News, 15th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Family of disabled sue NHS for ‘wrongful birth’ – Daily Telegraph
“Rupert Parsons’ mother is claiming £1.5 million in interim compensation for ‘wrongful birth’ on the grounds that the hospital should have picked up on his ‘severe, profound and multiple disabilities’ before the 20th week of her pregnancy.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Police watchdog to investigate organised crime agency – The Guardian
“Britain’s organised crime agency is being investigated by the police watchdog over concerns that it could have done more to prevent the gangland killing of a shopkeeper in an organised crime hotspot.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Modernity v Prudence, 2009: Jury’s out on UK’s £56m supreme court – The Guardian
“Thanks to a £56m renovation of Middlesex Guildhall, a dilapidated crown court in Parliament Square, the longstanding and peculiarly British tradition that has seen the country’s most senior court sitting in the same building as the legislature will come to an end.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sir Mark Potter rules on media and celebrity cases in family courts – The Times
“Cases in the family courts involving celebrities’ children should be treated in the same way as those involving anyone else’s children, the senior family courts judge said yesterday.”
The Times, 16th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Legal aid for prisoners to be capped as Jack Straw criticises lawyers – The Times
“Prisoners are to be blocked from seeking legal aid to bring ‘trivial’ cases against the Prison Service under plans to be announced by the Government today.”
The Times, 16th July 2o09
Source; www.timesonline.co.uk
Man appeals to sue rape accuser – BBC News
“A man cleared of rape after serving two years in jail has renewed a bid for £300,000 in damages from his accuser.”
BBC News, 15th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gas inhaling doctor can practise – BBC News
“A doctor who inhaled ‘laughing gas’ while on duty at a children’s ward can continue to practise, the General Medical Council (GMC) has ruled.”
BBC News, 15th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge makes plea for fewer laws – BBC News
“The most senior judge in England and Wales has criticised the government for passing too many crime laws.”
BBC News, 15th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Pensioner fined for rebellion over TV licence – Daily Telegraph
“A pensioner who refused to pay his television licence fee for six years in protest over his claim that the BBC is ‘biased’ in its reporting has been fined £240.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Police watchdog begins inquiry into intelligence agency over murder – The Guardian
“Britain’s national intelligence and law-enforcement agency is being investigated by the police watchdog over concerns that it could have done more to prevent the gangland killing of a shopkeeper in an organised crime hotspot.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
White supremacist Neil Lewington guilty of ‘non-British’ bomb plot – The Times
“A white supremacist who plotted to ignite racial violence by bombing people he regarded as ‘non-British’ has been found guilty of terrorism and explosives offences.”
The Times, 15th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lords defeat on terror safeguards – BBC News
“The government has suffered a defeat in the Lords where peers have backed plans for an independent commissioner for terrorist suspects.”
BBC News, 13th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
1998 murder conviction challenged – BBC News
“A man jailed for life 11 years ago after admitting repeatedly stabbing his wife to death when she left him, is appealing against his conviction.”
BBC News, 14th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Surgeon cleared over brain injury – BBC News
“A surgeon who cut into a patient’s brain during a sinus operation has been cleared by the General Medical Council.”
BBC News, 14th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Israeli tourism posters banned by watchdog over controversial map – The Guardian
“A tourism campaign depicting the areas of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights as part of Israel has been banned by the advertising watchdog following hundreds of complaints.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
