“Anyone who has abused premium-rate telephone numbers in the past will be barred from using the numbers again, telecoms regulator Ofcom has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th September 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible
“The government has responded to a consultation on draft court rules for the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th September 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“An estate agent has been jailed for six years for raping a woman as she slept.”
BBC News, 30th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A new consumer watchdog, made up of merged bodies the National Consumer Council, Energywatch and Postwatch, begins its work on Wednesday.”
BBC News, 1st October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Judges in civil and family cases in England and Wales have stopped wearing wigs as part of a new dress code.”
BBC News, 1st October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Government plans to enable police to hold terror suspects without charge for 42 days have caused ‘considerable concern’ at Europe’s human rights body.”
BBC News, 1st October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Savers will be guaranteed that at least £50,000 of their money will be repaid if their bank collapses, under plans to be unveiled by the Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An Asian newsagent who slashed a thief in the face with a knife in self defence has been spared jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Figures obtained from the Ministry of Justice show that 5,000 career burglars, thieves and other convicts a year are escaping a jail sentence – a figure that has more than doubled in five years.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One of the UK’s most successful fertility doctors failed to investigate when a patient arrived at his Harley Street clinic in tears and complaining of vomiting, telling her husband she had a ‘mental block’ about treatment, a disciplinary hearing heard yesterday. Hours later, the woman had seizures and was admitted to an intensive care unit.”
The Guardian, 1st October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A total of 36,661 convicted criminals have been released early from jail under a government scheme to cut overcrowding in prisons, the Ministry of Justice said today.”
The Guardian, 30th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The first specialist internet crime unit in Britain is being set up by Scotland Yard to fight £50 billion worth of fraud and organised ‘cyber’ crime, ministers announced.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A couple have been threatened with legal action by a midwife after she tripped over a child’s buggy at their home while visiting their newborn twins.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Claims by hundreds of asylum-seekers that they have been beaten or abused by British guards during their detention and removal from this country are to be independently investigated for the first time, The Independent has learnt.”
The Independent, 30th September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“NHS Trusts can comply with the new Corporate Manslaughter Act by ensuring they have effective processes in place for managing health and safety at work, Maria Eagle the Justice Minister will tell NHS leaders today.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th September 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Gurkha veterans who were refused visas to settle in the United Kingdom because they retired from the regiment before 1997 were treated unlawfully and the policy used to reject them was misleading, a high court judge said today.”
The Guardian, 30th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than 100 prisoners freed under an early-release scheme are on the run after being told to come back to jail, Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures show.”
BBC News, 30th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Updates to the ageing Computer Misuse Act (CMA) finally come into force in England and Wales on Wednesday (1 October).”
The Register, 30th September 2008
Source: www.theregister.co.uk
“A man has been found guilty of murdering a former work colleague after breaking into her south London office.”
BBC News, 30th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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