“The brother of a pilot wrongly accused of training the 11 September 2001 hijackers has succeeded in a High Court bid to win damages for wrongful arrest.”
The Independent, 1st December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A pioneering scheme to tackle domestic violence, which affects 1.5 million women each year in the UK, has cut the incidence of assault and injury to women by two thirds, according to the first independent evaluation of its impact.”
The Independent, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner launched an investigation yesterday after it was revealed that thousands of Britons’ bank details are available for sale on the internet.”
The Independent, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A judge yesterday criticised the Hunting Act as he allowed the appeal of the first fox hunter convicted of breaching the controversial law. Judge Graham Cottle said the law that forbids the hunting of animals with dogs was ‘far from simple to interpret or apply’.”
The Guardian, 1st December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government was at loggerheads with its own advisers last night over its new drugs policy.”
The Observer,2nd December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police forces have paid out more than £44 million in compensation and damages in the past five years, mostly to victims of alleged police misconduct, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Pregnant women who find out that their baby has a serious disability would no longer be able to have an abortion under amendments to the law tabled in Parliament yesterday.”
The Times, 1st December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Mobile phone networks must allow consumers moving to a rival network to take their mobile number with them and customers must be able to receive calls on that number within two hours of moving to the new network, under new rules coming into force in 2009.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th November 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“An interim report into how two discs containing the personal details of 25 million people went missing, is expected in December, the chancellor has said.”
BBC News, 29th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Picasso portrait worth an estimated £33m is the subject of an intense legal battle between Andrew Lloyd Webber’s art foundation and a German-Jewish professor who claims it was looted from his family by the Nazis in the 1930s.”
The Independent, 30th November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Suspects who deliberately fail to turn up in court should be jailed, according to guidelines announced yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Stiles and kissing gates may have to be replaced for fear that they are in breach of the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“New guidance will be drawn up to clamp down on late abortions of foetuses with a cleft lip and palette, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government has launched a root-and-branch review of prostitution laws, which will examine the effects of Sweden’s policy of prosecuting men for buying sex.”
The Guardian, 30th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A student was jailed for life yesterday for stabbing her lover’s pregnant wife to death after the breakdown of her affair.”
The Times, 30th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A publican convicted of breaking the law by using a Greek satellite decoder to screen English Premier League football matches asked the High Court yesterday to rule in a test case that she did not commit a crime.”
TheTimes, 30th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A doctor convicted of killing a patient through gross negligence has been told that he can return to work in the NHS.”
The Times, 30th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Morrissey is suing the NME and its editor for defamation after the music magazine quoted him on its cover this week as saying: ‘The Gates of England are flooded. The country’s been thrown away.’ ”
The Times, 30th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Jack Straw has begun an urgent inquiry into allegations that hundreds of criminals, including sex offenders, have escaped prosecution because warrants were not issued when they failed to turn up at court.”
The Times, 30th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Out-of-court punishments accounted for more than half of all offences dealt with by the justice system last year, for the first time in modern criminal history, according to figures published yesterday.”
The Times, 30th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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