“Campaigners are to attempting to launch a legal challenge to the Christian coronation of future monarchs in an attack on the most powerful symbol of the union between church and state.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Plans set out by the Sentencing Council earlier this year could lead to ‘overly lenient’ punishment, parliamentary committee says.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman who tried to claim a £750,000 payout for an exaggerated injury has been sentenced to three months in jail.”
BBC News, 8th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Plans to replace Asbos with wide ranging new orders clamping down on anything likely to cause ‘annoyance’ amount to ‘gross state interference’ with basic freedoms, Lord Macdonald warns.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Controls on terror suspects are set to be tightened including a revived power to relocate people away from home and restrictions on visits to mosques.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Bob Jones has criticised the posts, saying they have done nothing for police accountability.”
BBC News, 10th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain is delaying the publication of a declaration on internet freedom by the 47 members of Europe’s human rights watchdog after objecting to a probe into the gathering of ‘vast amounts of electronic data’ by intelligence agencies.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Court of Protection will hear Liverpool family’s lawyers argue that Qur’an calls for life to be preserved at all costs.”
The Guardian, 9th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Cabinet Office resists Chilcot’s request to disclose what the allied leaders said in the escalation to war.”
The Guardian, 9th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Chief of Defence Staff has said he can not join calls for clemency towards the Royal Marine convicted last week of murdering a Taleban prisoner in Afghanistan.”
BBC News, 10th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is targeting 200 employers who recently advertised internships to ensure they are paying the minimum wage.”
BBC News, 11th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who burned to death a loan shark to whom he owed money has been jailed for 10 years.”
BBC News, 8h November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two trials reveal how girl’s reports of sexual contact with older men were not passed on by social care and health professionals.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Royal Marine has been found guilty of murder following the killing in cold blood of a badly wounded suspected insurgent in Afghanistan. A court martial board in Bulford, Wiltshire, acquitted two other marines of the murder of the Afghan national in Helmand province in September 2011.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A psychiatric patient who stabbed a woman to death in a London street has lost a bid to appeal against her conviction and sentence.”
BBC News, 8th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A nurse who worked at Stafford Hospital has been given a five year caution after she was found guilty of putting patients in danger, angering families who want ‘someone held responsible’ for the scandal.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A council acted unlawfully in 2012 when it cut youth services by more than 70% over a three-year period, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
Local Government Lawyer, 7th November 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
“The Equal Treatment Bench Book, a guide for judges, magistrates and all other judicial office-holders, has been revised and updated.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 6th November 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A consultation on strengthening the powers of the Forensic Science Regulator has been launched today.”
Home Office, 8th November 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
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