“One in five residential care homes in England flouts national minimum standards and could face fines of up to £50,000 when a new regulator takes over this year, the industry has been warned.”
The Times, 28th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Teesside mother, whose daughter was killed by a drink-driver, has helped win a change in the law on bans served by jailed motorists.”
BBC News, 27th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for handling a haul of goods stolen from the Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva.”
BBC News, 27th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A social worker has been struck off for showing ‘extremely poor judgement’ in dealing with a case in which a 13-month-old boy was later murdered.”
BBC News, 26th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Mobile phone content providers who charge more that £4.50 a week for their services must seek the permission of premium-rate regulator PhonepayPlus to operate, under new rules which take immediate effect.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th January 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Concerns about effects of ‘skunk’ and the mental health of users lead to the change.”
Home Office, 26th January 2009
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Letter received from the Legal Services Commission regarding VAT on Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme and Solicitor Standard Fee Claims.”
The Bar Council, 27th January 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“A Greater Manchester council has been fined £25,000 after a four-year-old boy was impaled on a tree branch during a nursery school outing.”
BBC News, 26th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A builder has been convicted of the murder of a nurse he strangled with her own blouse during a burglary.”
BBC News, 26th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Sweeping new laws to allow ministers to release the private details of millions of people to a string of public bodies or private firms have been condemned as being ‘open sesame to a vast increase in government power’.”
The Independent, 27th January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A businessman has been fined £6,000 for selling bottled water as being from Blenheim Palace when it could have come from his Welsh farm or factory.”
BBC News, 26th Janaury 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The High Court is expected to rule later on a legal challenge to the government’s flagship eco-towns scheme.”
BBC News, 27th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Celebrities and politicians will be able to keep their details off a controversial new database listing the personal details of every child in England, it has been reported.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The House of Lords embarked on a hasty damage-limitation exercise yesterday by preparing new powers to suspend any member found to have broken the rules in the ‘cash for peers’ crisis.”
The Times, 27th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man has been sentenced to a year in prison for the manslaughter of a seven-year-old girl.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A council has been ordered to pay £10,000 to a family after it failed in its handling of their complaints against neighbours who harassed them.”
BBC News, 26th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A controversial scheme to house bailed and tagged defendants and inmates in residential areas may be expanded, Justice Minister David Hanson has said.”
BBC News, 26th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Child maintenance officials will be able to confiscate driving licences and passports from ‘deadbeat dads’ without going to court, under legislation going before Parliament this week.”
The Times, 26th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Cannabis is upgraded to a Class B drug today, but users will not be fined after the sudden withdrawal of new powers to allow on-the-spot penalties.”
The Times, 26th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“ContactPoint will include the names, ages and addresses of 11 million under-18s as well as information about their parents, GPs and schools. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have pledged to scrap the £224million online system – which will be accessed by at least 330,000 workers in the education, health, social care, youth justice and voluntary sectors – because they believe there is a danger that sensitive information will be mislaid or lost.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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