Cyber Crime – Speech by James Brokenshire
“Speech by James Brokenshire on cyber crime on Thursday 14 March 2013.”
Home Office, 14th March 2013
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Five sentenced for pioneering production of BMK – Crown Prosecution Service
“Five men have today been sentenced at Warrington Crown Court for setting up a laboratory used to produce a synthetic substance called BMK. This is the first time that this method of BMK manufacture has been detected in the UK or continental Europe. BMK is not a controlled drug but is used to make amphetamine.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 14th March 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
The case for the prosecution: independence and the public interest – Speech by the Attorney General
“Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP considers some options for reform of prosecution policy. Originally given at Queen Mary University of London School of Law, 13th March 2013.”
Attorney-General’s Office, 13th March 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
Terrorism Reviewer: Control Order successor “broadly acceptable” – UK Human Rights Report
“David Anderson QC, the Independent Reviewer of terrorism legislation, has released his first report into the operation of Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures, introduced in 2011 with the aim of protecting the public from persons believed to have engaged in terrorism, but who can neither be prosecuted nor deported.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th March 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Privacy and data protection developments in 2013: Google, Facebook, Leveson and more – Panopticon
“Data protection law was designed to be a fundamental and concrete dimension of the individual’s right to privacy, the primary safeguard against misuse of personal information. Given those ambitions, it is surprisingly rarely litigated in the UK. It also attracts criticism as imposing burdensome bureaucracy but delivering little in the way of tangible protection in a digital age. Arguably then, data protection law has tended to punch below its weight. There are a number of reasons for this.”
Panopticon, 11th March 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
New rules for employment tribunals – Law Society’s Gazette
“Employment tribunals are to become the ‘last resort, not the first port of call’ after the government’s announcement today that it has accepted proposals in a fundamental review of procedure for tribunals.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th March 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Serious offenders could face bigger penalties under new environmental sentencing proposals – Sentencing Council
“New proposals for how environmental offenders like fly-tippers should be sentenced have been launched today by the Sentencing Council.”
Sentencing Council, 14th March 2013
Legal action over Furness General Hospital deaths – BBC News
“More than 30 families have taken legal action against a hospital in north-west
England for a catalogue of baby and maternal deaths and injuries.”
BBC News, 15th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
NHS complaints system review launched – Daily Telegraph
“An MP who claimed her husband died ‘like a battery hen’ in a hospital bed is to lead a review of the NHS complaints system launched today.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Sham groom caught out after going straight to ‘lads only’ holiday – Daily Telegraph
“A man was jailed yesterday for his part in a sham marriage plot after he went on
a month-long ‘lads only’ holiday immediately after his supposed wedding.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Couple falsely accused of child abuse win damages from Haringey council – The Guardian
“Two experienced senior social workers who were plunged into a ‘nightmare’ after officials unlawfully investigated them over false allegations they had ill-treated their young daughter have won damages in the high court.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cameron pulls the plug on press talks – and sets stage for fight – The Guardian
“PM’s ejector-seat diplomacy over Leveson leaves him facing a complex parliamentary battle.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Car insurance: MPs to investigate impact of whiplash claims – BBC News
“MPs are to investigate the extent to which claims for whiplash injuries are
pushing up the cost of car insurance.”
BBC News, 15th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Violence risk’ after military tours – BBC News
“Younger members of the armed forces returning from duty are more likely to
commit violent offences than the rest of the population, a study suggests.”
BBC News, 15th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Crown Prosecution accountant faces jail after £1m taxi fraud – Daily Telegraph
“A Crown Prosecution Service accountant who fiddled £1 million of taxi fares has been warned that she faces a lengthy jail sentence after admitting fraud.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
High Court to rule on bid to derail HS2 – Daily Telegraph
“Opponents are asking a judge in London to declare in a series of five cases that
the multi-billion pound project is legally flawed and must be sent back for
reconsideration.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Police surveillance of this kind undermines our democracy’: Judges rule that action against peaceful protester John Catt was unlawful – The Independent
“Police face having to rethink their whole strategy for public demonstrations after judges ruled today that the surveillance they placed a peaceful protester under was unlawful.”
The Independent, 14th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Judges would regret Human Rights Act repeal, warns Lady Hale – The Guardian
“UK’s most senior female judge says withdrawing from Strasbourg human rights court would require Britain to exit EU.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Paralysed man to continue right-to-die battle – The Guardian
“A paralysed road accident victim has won the right to continue the right-to-die campaign started by locked-in syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson, who died last year.”
The Guardian, 13th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
