“A byelection to select a new MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth has been put on hold pending the outcome of an attempt by Phil Woolas, who won the seat for Labour in May, to overturn a court decision ruling his election void.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The prison service is to pay out £20,000 in damages to a prisoner who uses a wheelchair in compensation for the ‘degrading’ treatment he received while in Belmarsh jail in London.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A gay man and woman are fighting a bitter court battle over their two children born by artificial insemination.”
The Independent, 8th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The High Court has ordered the identity of a celebrity to be revealed, though it has ordered that information about his private life must remain secret. The celebrity, known in the case as JIH, will be named if an appeal fails.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th November 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A woman jailed for ‘falsely retracting’ allegations that she had been raped six times by her husband will today lodge an appeal against her eight-month prison sentence.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Thousands of foreign prisoners will be sent back to serve their sentences in their own countries under Government plans, it emerged today.”
The Independent, 8th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A High Court judge has refused an injunction that could have further delayed the start of the new mental health and public law legal aid contracts – but awarded a protective costs order to enable a legal challenge to the two Legal Services Commission tender processes.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th November 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The British National party faces having some or all of its assets seized in the high court today as part of a showdown with the equality and human rights watchdog.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The parents of a nurse killed by her ex-boyfriend while he was on bail for alleged rape have called for the judge who freed him to be investigated.”
BBC News, 8th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Around 5,000 prison cells will be lost and 10,000 jobs across the Prison Service will be axed under a government plan to shut six jails in England and Wales.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 27-year-old woman has been jailed for 16 months after falsely claiming she was raped in a park in Surrey.”
BBC News, 5th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man was jailed for four months today after torturing a cat by putting it in a microwave, a tumble drier and a freezer.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Dozens of families who blame an epilepsy drug for causing birth defects in their children say they are devastated that legal aid to sue its maker has been withdrawn.”
BBC News, 8th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The scrapping of control orders for terror suspects moved a step closer last night when the security services appeared to dramatically soften their support for the controversial measures.”
The Guardian, 7th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s intellectual property laws are to be reviewed to ‘make them fit for the internet age,’ prime minister David Cameron has announced.”
BBC News, 4th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Thousands of criminals with serious mental illnesses or drug addictions will no longer be sent to prison but will instead be offered ‘voluntary’ treatment in hospital, under controversial proposals to be unveiled tomorrow.”
The Guardian, 7th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The father and girlfriend of a drunk driver who fled the scene of a fatal crash have been jailed.”
BBC News, 5th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Plymouth couple described by police as drugs dealers of the ‘highest level’ have been jailed.”
BBC News, 5th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government’s programme of deporting failed asylum seekers to Iraq has been thrown into confusion after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that forcible returns to Baghdad should be suspended immediately because of an upsurge in sectarian violence and suicide bombings.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Five men were condemned as ‘sexual predators’ by a judge today as he handed down lengthy jail terms after they were found guilty of grooming teenage girls for sex.”
The Independent, 5th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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