“The Ministry of Justice has drawn up emergency plans to house prisoners in court cells in what the Conservatives last night claimed was ‘a cynical attempt’ to manage the jails crisis and buy Gordon Brown more time after a week of bad news.”
The Observer, 14th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of call-outs of armed police has increased by more than 50% in a decade, figures show.”
BBC News, 14th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Royal Mail last night won an high court ruling outlawing two one-day strikes planned by postal workers next week.”
The Guardian, 13th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Claims that the first police probe into the murder of black 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence was hindered by a corrupt officer are unfounded, a watchdog says.”
BBC News, 13th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A £10,000 compensation claim is being brought by the father of a man found dead by a swimming pool at the former home of entertainer Michael Barrymore.”
BBC News, 12th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Families of British service personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan are being obstructed by the MoD in their efforts to discover how their children died, it was claimed yesterday.”
The Independent on Sunday, 14th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Barry George, the man serving a life sentence for the murder of television presenter Jill Dando, has demanded a new legal team three weeks before a second appeal against his conviction is due to begin.”
The Times, 12th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A judge who died in an explosion in his garden shed neither committed suicide nor was killed, a coroner has said.”
BBC News, 12th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men convicted of raping young girls have had their ‘unduly lenient’ two-year prison sentences doubled by the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 12th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“This is an edited version of Stop the Clock?, a research report on value and fees in legal services produced by the Commerce & Industry Group and accountants and business advisers BDO Stoy Hayward.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th October 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Related link: Stop the clock? (PDF) – Commerce & Industry Group
“Lawyers are using email to send sensitive information even though they think it is one of the least safe ways of communicating, according to a recent poll.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th October 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A man promised a court that he would shave off his Edwardian-style, dandy moustache as a way of making amends for a charge of common assault.”
The Times, 12th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Beresfords, a tiny firm of solicitors in Doncaster, has received £123m from the taxpayer by winning compensation claims on behalf of coal miners for work-related diseases, new government figures show.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A verdict of unlawful killing has been recorded on the first British Muslim soldier to be killed during the conflict in Afghanistan.”
BBC News, 11th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A journalist who suggested that a former police officer may be corrupt was cleared of libel in the Court of Appeal yesterday.”
The Times, 12th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Gordon Brown’s efforts to protect Britain’s opt-outs on the new EU treaty at next week’s summit in Lisbon came under fresh pressure yesterday when a Labour-dominated committee of MPs claimed the latest draft of the treaty presented fresh threats to British sovereignty.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The setting up of a government agency to seize criminals’ wealth was ill-planned and unrealistic, an influential group of MPs has said.”
BBC News, 11th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former British diplomat yesterday denounced a lifetime confidentiality agreement demanded by the Foreign Office as ‘unworkable and draconian’, and has refused to sign it.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The most seriously injured troops are to receive more cash under reforms to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme announced today.”
The Independent, 11th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Related link: Injury table and payments – Daily Telegraph, 12th October 2007
“The long-running cash-for-honours controversy threatens to come back and haunt Gordon Brown today when MPs resume their inquiry into the affair.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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