Increase in anti-terror targets – BBC News
“Counter-terror police have recorded a 37% increase in “suspicious reconnaissance” of potential targets in the first four months of 2007″
BBC News, 31st May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: news
Teachers reluctant to frisk pupils for knives – Daily Telegraph
“Teachers gave warning last night that they would not be prepared to use new legal powers to search pupils for weapons without their consent because of the risks involved.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Stalking victims given anonymity – BBC News
“New voting legislation is set to come into effect which will allow victims of stalking and domestic violence to keep their names off the electoral roll.”
BBC News, 1st June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Action not jail’ for paedophiles – BBC News
“Some child sex offenders should be encouraged to seek treatment rather than be sent to prison, the police’s child protection chief says.”
BBC News, 1st June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rethink use of restraint on young offenders, urges coroner – The Guardian
“A coroner called yesterday for an urgent review of the use of restraint on young offenders after a jury returned a suicide verdict on a vulnerable 14-year-old who hanged himself with his shoelaces at a privately-run secure unit.”
The Guardian, 1st June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
SRA delays controversial education reforms – Legal Week
“Controversial plans to widen entry to the legal profession face a setback after the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) announced today (31 May) that it had delayed piloting the new-look system until 2008.”
Legal Week, 31st May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
New provision in the Violent Crime Reduction Act – Wired-GOV
“A new power for the police to enter and search a registered sex offender’s home, to assess the risk they pose to our communities, was today welcomed by Home Secretary John Reid.”
Home Office press release, 31st May 2007
Source: www.wired-gov.net
Judges define scope of McKinnon appeal – The Register
“Accused Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon’s final appeal against extradition edged forward on Tuesday after judges defined the two points that might merit consideration by the Law Lords.”
The Register, 31st May 2007
Source: www.theregister.co.uk
Prisons ‘could be full within two weeks’ – The Independent
“Ministers are holding emergency meetings as the jail population threatens to rise out of control.”
The Independent, 31st May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
A million debtors face court action – Daily Telegraph
“Up to a million households struggling with rising living costs and lured by offers of easy credit will face court action over their debts this year.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Legal wrangles over porn billing software – The Guardian
“MBS’s popups seeking payment for access to websites have caused concern, but it could be you breaking the law, not them.”
The Guardian, 31st May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Website lists likely punishments – The Times
“Anyone up before a magistrates’ court can now go online to find out the likely sentence for the alleged offence in advance of the hearing.”
The Times, 30th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lawyers call for divorce law review after landmark ruling – Legal Week
“London has become the divorce capital of the world, according to the City’s top lawyers following a Court of Appeal ruling to uphold the largest divorce settlement in UK history.”
Legal Week, 31st May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
Forced legal team change scheme – The Guardian
“Ministers are to go ahead with a scheme which could force defendants to change their legal team in complex cases.”
The Guardian, 31st May 2007
Source:www.guardian.co.uk
Jailing fewer people ‘is only way to solve overcrowding’ – The Times
“The Justice Secretary has admitted that the Government will be unable to build its way out of the problem of overcrowded jails.”
The Times, 31st May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lawyers who delay expensive terrorism trials face the sack – The Times
“Lawyers could be sacked if they cause delays during expensive terrorism trials under plans to speed up cases announced by the Government yesterday.”
The Times, 31st May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Nearly all cameras illegal, says watchdog – The Times
“We are living in the surveillance age but 90 per cent of Britain’s 14.2 million closed-circuit television cameras may be failing to comply with the law.”
The Times, 31st May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
ECHR upholds Lords’ decision to refuse widow’s benefit to widowers – The Lawyer
“The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has upheld a House of Lords ruling that the UK Government did not act unlawfully by refusing to pay widows’ benefits to two widowers.”
The Lawyer, 28th May 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
