“Record numbers of criminals are breaking community service orders, with more than one in three failing to complete their punishment.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Despite it being legal for a person to take their own life, under the 1961 Suicide Act, aiding or abetting someone to do so carries a potential jail term of up to 14 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Christian campaigners have lost their High Court challenge to scientists being allowed to create human-animal embryos for research purposes.”
BBC News, 9th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“New laws to criminalise men who pay for sex with women forced in to prostitution will be virtually unenforceable, the police expert on human trafficking warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An email sent by mistake from the Home Office to the BBC has revealed that freedom of information requests are often first reviewed by ministers.”
BBC News, 10th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“It was a linchpin of Labour’s first term. But Jack Straw – and David Cameron – now agree the legislation is not fit for purpose.”
The Times, 9th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“At least 180,000 asylum seekers are set to be allowed to stay in Britain because of their human rights thanks to the Government’s backlog fiasco.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The coroner in the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes today told the jury he would accept a majority verdict.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The £1.75 million Heathrow robbery trial was abandoned for the third time at the Old Bailey today, at a cost to the public of £22m.”
The Times, 9th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Suspected rapists may have to be let free because of the landmark European ruling over the storing of ‘innocents’ DNA, a Home Office minister warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The online watchdog, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), has withdrawn its objection to a Wikipedia page that contained an image of a naked girl.”
BBC News, 9th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Commons select committee is going to launch its own inquiry into the arrest of the Tory MP Damian Green, it said today (9 December).”
The Guardian, 9th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions not to prosecute Daniel James’s parents boosts the case for reform of the law, lawyers and campaigners said yesterday.”
The Times, 10th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Daniel James was a fiercely independent young man who made his own decision to commit suicide despite his parents’ relentless attempts to change his mind, the Director of Public Prosecutions said yesterday.”
The Times, 10th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Vulnerable children are at increased risk of harm because of cuts in legal aid fees for family cases, the incoming head of the Bar profession said last night.”
The Times, 9th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Daily Mail today apologised to former Oliver child actor Mark Lester at the high court and agreed to pay him a five-figure sum in damages.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Diane Abbott, the Labour MP, was awarded a special prize last night for her ’42 days’ speech at the Human Rights Awards 2008 presented by Liberty, Justice and the Law Society.”
The Times, 9th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Incoming Bar Council chairman Desmond Browne QC has hailed the UK as the jurisdiction of choice for resolving disputes arising as a result of the global economic downturn.”
Legal Week, 9th December 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Britain’s rules on internet censorship have come under scrutiny following a decision to block pages on Wikipedia after a page on the site showing the image of a naked young girl on an album cover from 1976 was declared ‘potentially illegal’.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“People affected by worsening storms, heatwaves and floods could soon be able to sue the oil and power companies they blame for global warming, a leading climate expert has said.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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