“The Bishop of London has written to the Home Secretary urging her to halt the deportation of a Nigerian teenager who has won universal praise for his unique and outstanding contribution to British society.”
The Independent, 8th February 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The current record police force strength in England and Wales, which peaked at 141,000 officers, is ‘unsustainable’ over the next three years and numbers are likely to fall, the government’s most senior adviser on policing warned yesterday.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Scotland Yard’s deputy commissioner was told two months ago of allegations that his officers had bugged an MP while he talked to a constituent who was held in prison, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers for Abu Hamza were scrambling last night to appeal against a formal order by the home secretary for the radical preacher’s extradition to the US.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Sharia courts have already spread across Britain and are being used as an alternative and informal legal system by many British Muslims.”
The Times, 8th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Law firms that grew rich by exploiting sick miners are to be forced to repay tens of millions of pounds that they wrongly sliced from their clients’ compensation.”
The Times, 8th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Sports fans were conned into spending thousands of pounds on forged autographs of their heroes, including a fake Michael Owen cup final shirt and signed photographs of David Beckham and Jonny Wilkinson, Chester Crown Court was told yesterday.”
The Times, 8th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Murder case notes, a gangster dossier and papers detailing threats to the UK were all found in Greater Manchester after being lost by the authorities.”
BBC News, 7th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Archbishop of Canterbury prompted controversy today when he said the introduction of sharia law for British Muslims was ‘unavoidable’.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“British Energy looks set to keep control of Eggborough, its last remaining coal-fired power station, after a court blocked a proposed takeover plan organised by the investment bank Credit Suisse.”
The Times, 7th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Agency workers do not have the same rights as employees, the Court of Appeal has ruled, handing businesses a victory in ongoing struggles about employees’ rights.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th February 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Tens of thousands of workers who lost the bulk of their retirement savings because of bad advice from the Government have won another round in their long-running battle for compensation.”
The Times, 7th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A major investigation was under way yesterday after a man was accused of escaping from a secure mental health unit and raping a schoolgirl.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Government plans to give the home secretary powers to remove juries from some inquests are ‘astonishing’, an influential group of MPs says.”
BBC News, 7th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Children with learning disabilities will no longer be left out of the UK schools’ equivalent of the Olympics after a threat of legal action.”
BBC News, 7th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who suffered ‘catastrophic’ brain damage after she was hit by a bendy bus could receive more than £500,000 in damages.”
BBC News, 6th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The use of intercept evidence in court for the first time could be stalled by demands from the intelligence services for a right of veto over the use of the transcripts from their secret bugging operations. The CIA is also unhappy that its intercepted phone calls or conversations between suspected terrorists could be produced in British courts.”
The Independent, 7th February 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain’s courts took another step yesterday towards ditching the law’s reputation for delay, when a judge agreed to hear a case by mobile phone. The unexpected illness of a woman charged with money-laundering led to the pioneering step, which avoided a costly adjournment of the brief proceedings.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The majority of Britain’s 13-year-olds have drunk alcohol, marking a worrying ‘tipping point’ for underage drinking, the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, warned yesterday as she promised to step up enforcement action.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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