“Court of Appeal rules that Wendy Haines does not have to give up her share of the matrimonial home proceeds to pay off ex-husband’s creditors.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government needs to review the scale of its plans for identity cards in the wake of the release of 25 million names and addresses on government child benefit records, the information commissioner, Richard Thomas, told the justice select committee yesterday.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A corrupt solicitor who was at the heart of a criminal network that made multimillion-pound profits from the heroin trade will be jailed today.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Private security firms have criticised the UK government for ‘dithering’ over the introduction of tighter rules.”
BBC News, 4th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The reoffend rate for convicts could be cut if the government did more to support the children and families of those in jail, campaigners say.”
BBC News, 5th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The scale of the problem of British girls being lured into prostitution in their own country is being examined by the Home Office.”
BBC News, 5th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Women could have abortions in doctors’ surgeries under proposals being considered by the Department of Health, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Criminals should be sentenced according to the spaces available in jail for them, a wide-ranging review of the prison service is expected to recommend.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Controversial paediatrician Dr David Southall has been struck off the medical register after being found guilty of serious misconduct.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Britain’s high street banks have raised billions of pounds in funds through complex financial deals that use supposedly charitable trusts which are not donating a penny to good causes, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Twenty babies born to British surrogate mothers have been taken abroad unlawfully by the foreign couples who commissioned them because of an oversight by British courts, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers are braced for a new wave of ‘Datagate’ scandals after the Government’s information watchdog said he was investigating several possible breaches of data protection laws.”
The Independent, 5th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Radical proposals to examine a US-style system of sentencing intended to control the number of offenders sent to overcrowded jails will be outlined by ministers today, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Five witnesses who refused to turn up for an election trial yesterday amid allegations they were scared of intimidation by Labour are to be warned by police to attend or risk jail.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Britain breached the human rights of a murderer and his wife by refusing them access to IVF treatment, the European Court ruled yesterday.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A judicial review will be conducted at the High Court into the use of physical restraint to control children detained in secure training centres.”
BBC News, 4th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The will of an 89-year-old woman who left £10m to an Essex restaurateur has been described as ‘extraordinary’ and ‘troubling’ by a High Court judge.”
BBC News, 4th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Jonathan Blake, Neville Eisenberg and David Cheyne are among the senior business lawyers to have been handed places in the latest edition of Who’s Who.”
Legal Week, 4th December 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Britain’s top anti-terror policeman is to retire from the Metropolitan Police just days after it was revealed that he was facing an investigation into his expenses claims, it was announced today.”
The Independent, 4th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A lesbian claiming child support from her firefighter friend who donated sperm for two children has rejected his claim that he is being unfairly treated.”
The Guardian, 4th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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