Death assault officer spared jail – BBC News
“A policeman has been given a three-month suspended jail sentence for assaulting a man who later died.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: news
Firework blaze pair spared jail – BBC News
“Two teenagers who set fire to a home in Oxford while a family of four slept upstairs have been spared a jail term.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Policeman ‘pestered prostitutes’ – BBC News
“A police sergeant who left a colleague answering a 999 call so he could visit prostitutes has been given a suspended eight-month jail sentence.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lib Dem whip broke postage rules – BBC News
“A senior Lib Dem MP broke parliamentary rules by sending newsletters to constituents at taxpayers’ expense, the Commons standards watchdog says.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Paying to be discriminated against – The Guardian
“The decision in favour of a registrar who refused to deal with gay couples sets a hugely dangerous precedent.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
July 21 ringleader’s fiancée jailed for aiding escape – The Guardian
“The fiancée of the ringleader of the failed July 21 bombings was today jailed for three years for helping him to escape London dressed in a burka.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2008
source: www.guardian.co.uk
The road ahead – Law Society’s Gazette
“Leading figures from the profession recently debated the likely shape of a post-Legal Services Act world. The Gazette was granted exclusive access.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th July 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Daily Cause List, 11 July 2008
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible.
Visa plan for ‘risky’ visitors – BBC News
“The government has warned 11 countries that their citizens will need visas to visit the UK unless they ‘significantly reduce’ the risk they pose.”
BBC News, 10th July 2008
source: www.bbc.co.uk
OAP jailed for neglecting horses – BBC News
“A pensioner has been jailed for eight weeks and banned from keeping horses for two years after pleading guilty to animal neglect charges.”
BBC News, 10th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Pc samurai sword attacker jailed – BBC News
“A man who attacked a police officer with a samurai sword has been given an indeterminate jail sentence, to protect the public.”
BBC News, 10th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
New charges in child neglect case – BBC News
“The mother and stepfather of a seven-year-old girl who allegedly starved to death have been charged with five counts of cruelty to children.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Labour retreats on deportation threat to Zimbabweans – The Independent
“The threat of deportation has been lifted from more than 10,000 Zimbabwean asylum-seekers while Robert Mugabe remains in power.”
The Independent, 11th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Crackdown on out-of-town superstores to protect small shops and curb ‘clone towns’ – The Independent
“Small shops are to be given some protection against competition from out-of-town supermarkets, Hazel Blears, the Communities Secretary, said. She added that this would help independent shops survive the credit crunch.”
The Independent, 11th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Mother sues over tale of ‘drunken party’ lifted from Bebo – The Independent
“It read like the teenage party from hell: a riot of sex and wanton damage fuelled by under-age drinking that only ended when the police arrived.
But Jodie Hudson’s lurid description of the party on the social networking website Bebo, subsequently carried in a number of national newspapers, turned out to be fantasy. The media stories, and the accompanying pictures taken from Bebo, are now the subject of a landmark legal case that could redraw the boundaries of the use of information published on social networking sites including Bebo, Facebook and MySpace.”
The Independent, 11th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Ban town halls from selling voter data’ – The Independent
“A wide-ranging clampdown on the sources of junk mail, cold-calling and spam email was proposed by an official report today.”
The Independent, 11th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sex tourists face UK prosecution over abuse abroad – Daily Telegraph
“Sex tourists who abuse children abroad face prosecution in the UK. The new legislation, contained in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, will come into effect from Monday. It means that UK nationals who commit a specified sexual offence against a child overseas can expect to be prosecuted for the offence on their return to the UK.”
Daily Telegraph, 11July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
You can’t trust a witness’s memory, experts tell courts – The Times
“The memories of witnesses are flawed, marred by gaps or inventions and should not be relied upon in court cases, researchers say.”
The Times, 11th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Sir Ian Blair denies blocking promotion of Asian police officer Shabir Hussain – The Times
“Britain’s most senior police officer was forced to defend his record on race yesterday, telling a tribunal that it would have been an ‘extraordinary aberration’ if he had tried to block the promotion of an ethnic minority colleague.”
The Times, 11th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
MoD to pay £3 million in compensation to Iraqi torture victims – The Times
“The Ministry of Defence faces a series of huge compensation claims for alleged abuse by troops in Iraq after agreeing a settlement of £2.8 million over the death of a civilian in custody.”
The Times, 11th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
