“MPs will vote next week on whether there should be a full-scale inquiry into the Iraq war to ensure that lessons are learnt from the mistakes made.”
The Independent, 18th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An unprecedented report that exposes an inefficient and judge-centred culture in the Crown Court has been obtained by The Times after a three-year battle with officials determined to suppress it.”
The Times, 18th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Companies processing children’s data may need explicit consent directly from a child to continue using it once that child reaches maturity, Europe’s privacy officials have said. The child may also revoke consent given earlier by a parent or guardian.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th March 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The number of sex offenders banned from working with children has risen from 4,921 to 8,036 in the last year, Schools Secretary Ed Balls has said.”
BBC News, 17th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Royal Mail’s plans to close 2,500 post offices could be thrown into disarray after the Mayor of London said yesterday that he would mount a legal challenge in the capital.”
The Times, 18th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Defence Secretary Des Browne yesterday asked the High Court to outlaw the use of language strongly critical of the MoD in inquest verdicts on soldiers who have died on active service.”
The Independent, 18th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Mr Justice Bennett issued a summary of his judgment handed down today after hearing the Sir Paul McCartney/Heather Mills divorce case in private.”
The Times, 17th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The UK government has defended its decision to resume the deportation of failed asylum-seekers to Zimbabwe.”
BBC News, 17th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Nine peers are taking part in a blog aimed at publicising the work of the House of Lords.”
BBC News, 17th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The former lord chief justice, Lord Woolf, has launched a stinging attack on the government’s criminal justice and prison policy, blaming it for allowing prisons to get so crowded that offenders have little chance to reform and abandon crime.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A backbench parliamentary bill that could have excluded the multimillionaire Tory donor Lord Ashcroft from the Lords is likely to fail after Labour and the Tories joined forces to reject the measure.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Soldiers’ families reacted angrily after it emerged the Ministry of Defence awarded £202,000 to an office employee who strained his back picking up a printer.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Nearly 13 years after they were jailed for life for a double murder in Wales, two men will have their appeal against their conviction heard in the court of appeal today.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Too many minor criminals with drug problems are being jailed and then receive poor treatment in prison, a damning report warns today.”
The Independent, 17th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Offenders who are ordered by the courts to undergo sex offender treatment courses or domestic violence programmes are having to wait up to a year because of a crisis in resources, a probation union survey reveals today.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police chiefs have distanced themselves from their new spokesman on DNA matters after he said primary school children could be eligible for the DNA database.”
BBC News, 16th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Tearaways as young as 10 are to be targeted with ‘baby Asbos’ to stop them going off the rails.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain’s biggest children’s charity will tomorrow (17 March) launch a campaign demanding an end to ‘violent’ and ‘degrading’ assaults on children in custody.”
The Independent, 16th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An unprecendented call for the temporary closure of a privately run child jail because of its ‘staggeringly high level of use of force by staff’ is made today by the chief inspector of prisons.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“London’s position as a leading capital markets centre is under threat following a European court ruling that will increase the cost of raising money on the London Stock Exchange.”
The Times, 14th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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