“The man convicted of kidnapping, raping and strangling teenager Hannah Foster – before going on the run to India – has been sentenced to a minimum of 24 years in jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Four in five law firms expect to join forces with other professionals under the reforms to be introduced by the Legal Services Act, a new survey has found.”
The Times, 25th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
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“A record number of criminals are being handed community court orders despite one in three being breached by offenders.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Laws to prevent forced marriages and protect those who have already fallen victim have been introduced in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.”
BBC News, 25th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Six cancer sufferers who lost their only chance of fathering children when a hospital freezer broke down and destroyed their sperm samples were at the centre of an unprecedented compensation claim yesterday.”
The Times, 25th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Domestic violence costs the British economy £5.8bn a year and significantly depresses women’s ability to contribute to economic growth, the attorney general told French ministers and former victims in Paris yesterday.”
The Guardian, 25th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Human Rights Act has undermined public safety and led to a ‘rights culture’ developing in the UK, the Conservatives said.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Legal moves to reclaim hundreds of thousands of pounds illegally claimed by the wife of a back-from-the-dead canoeist are due to begin.”
BBC News, 25th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Should the taxpayer foot the legal bills of defendants who are brought before courts and acquitted?”
The Times, 25th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A rapist dubbed ‘the British Josef Fritzl’, is to be sentenced after admitting to repeatedly raping his two daughters and getting them pregnant 19 times.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Home Office is to start issuing identity cards to people from outside the European Economic Area.”
BBC News, 25th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A group of leading scientists and MPs has attacked plans to reclassify cannabis as a more dangerous drug.”
BBC News, 25th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Amy Winehouse’s husband has lost an appeal against his sentence for attacking a pub landlord and perverting the course of justice.”
The Times, 24th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A family doctor who lied ‘in a moment of panic’ after failing to visit a vulnerable pensioner before she died in a fire at her home has been spared jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Advertising claims made in videos on YouTube are subject to the same standards of truth and accuracy as ads that appear in traditional media, according to a US advertising watchdog. Such ads can escape the UK regulator’s remit, though. A group of advertising industry stakeholders is reviewing UK advertising rules. Its recommendations may include the extension of regulation to advertising claims on companies’ own websites, which are currently exempt, and videos that appear on sites like YouTube.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A restriction on Lloyd’s managing agents doing business with non-Lloyd’s brokers was lifted last week by an order modernising the way the world’s leading specialist insurance market operates.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A commanding officer made ‘the wrong decision’ when deciding whether to lead a group of Army recruits over a swollen stream, which claimed the life of a teenage soldier, a coroner said yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Proposals to save businesses and councils £300m a year by cutting red tape in the planning application process will be set out today in a review published alongside the Pre-Budget Report.”
The Independent, 24th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A wealthy accountant shot dead his wife and son following a campaign of threats after police failed to meet basic standards of investigating and record keeping, an inquiry has found.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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