‘A new Uninsured Drivers’ Agreement will come into force for accidents occurring on or after 1 August 2015, the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) has announced.’
Litigation Futures, 7th July 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Court of Appeal has ruled that the police have a positive duty under Article 3 ECHR to conduct investigations into alleged ill-treatment by private individuals. There is a sliding scale from deliberate torture by State officials to the consequences of negligence by non-State agents. The margin of appreciation enjoyed by the State in terms of complying with the Article 3 procedural duty widens at the bottom of the scale but narrows at the top.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th July 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The information commissioner is to investigate what he called “boiler room” tactics used by leading charities after claims they secured telephone donations from people with dementia and those who are terminally ill.’
The Guardian, 7th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Luke Gutteridge immediately picked the peel up but the council insisted on pursuing the case, costing the taxpayer up to £8,000.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A legal duel between two ukulele orchestras competing over the right to their British-themed names has seen a German-backed group ordered by a court to change its name or stay out of the UK for fear of confusing fans.’
The Independent, 3rd July 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Shops in England and Wales could be allowed to open for longer on Sundays, under plans to be unveiled by Chancellor George Osborne.’
BBC News, 7th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The law should be changed to protect police officers who shoot people in the line of duty, the head of the Metropolitan Police has said.’
Full story
The Independent, 6th July 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Legal highs are suspected to have been a factor in 19 self-inflicted deaths in prisons in England and Wales over the past two and a half years, an official investigation has found.’
The Guardian, 7th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who called himself the “son of Lucifer” and attacked two strangers with an axe has been jailed.’
BBC News, 6th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former police marksman has been cleared of murdering a suspect he shot six times, a killing that the dead man’s mother said had effectively seen her son subjected to the death penalty.’
The Guardian, 3rd July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The regulator in charge of data protection and consumer protection has given a staunch defence of Britain’s embattled transparency laws, only days after Justice Secretary Michael Gove confirmed he was considering a crackdown on freedom of information laws.’
Full story
The Independent, 2nd July 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Daily Telegraph has been censured by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) for publishing an inaccurate front page story about SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon during the election campaign.’
The Guardian, 6th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Ex-News of the World features editor Jules Stenson has been given a four-month suspended jail sentence for his part in the phone-hacking scandal.’
BBC News, 6th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Identifying and managing vulnerable prisoners requires the building of staff-prisoner relationships, says new research on prisoner suicide.’
The Independent, 4th July 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A violent “smash-and-grab” gang who wore burqas during a string of high-profile raids in London are facing prison after four members of the group were convicted.’
The Guardian, 3rd July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The home secretary’s own expert drug advisers have said her bill introducing a blanket ban on “legal highs” risks “serious unintended consequences” and is unenforceable unless it is completely rewritten.
The Guardian, 5th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Career criminal has committed 506 offences but has avoided prison for each of his latest crimes.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The family of murdered schoolgirl Alice Gross will ask for an inquiry into whether British authorities ever knew her killer was a convicted murderer before he attacked her.
Full story
The Guardian, 6th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Leading members of the Jewish, Muslim and Christian communities are joining forces to demand that the Government end its controversial policy of indefinite detention for immigrants, and limit detention to a maximum of 28 days. Britain is the only country in Europe not to have a time limit on how long immigrants can be held.’
Full story
The Independent, 5th July 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A couple who took their children out of school without permission to visit their sick grandfather in India are being taken to court this week as part of the government’s continuing crackdown on term-time absence.’
Full story
The Guardian, 5th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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