“Referral fees — paid by solicitors to estate agents and others to be referred work — look likely to stay with publication of a report today opposing a ban on the practice.”
The Times, 26th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The new parliamentary watchdog is to revise some of its rules after an outcry from MPs over the new expenses regime, with many saying they are being forced to lay off staff and others claiming to be substantially out of pocket.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A pledge to safeguard the right to protest as part of the ‘new politics’ promised by the coalition Government will be undermined today as a legal challenge begins to remove peace protesters camping outside Parliament.”
The Independent, 26th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Analysis of whether the News of the World can claim that they had a public interest justification in exposing Sarah Ferguson.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A son sued his mother at the High Court yesterday over her alleged failure to protect him from his father’s beatings. The 32-year-old man from Co Durham, who cannot be identified, said that his mother, now in her late 60s, assaulted him herself and aided and abetted the daily punishment meted out by her husband by reporting his failings.”
The Times, 26th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Queen has outlined the Government’s priorities for the coming Parliamentary year in the Queen’s Speech following the official state opening of Parliament.”
Number 10, 25th May 2010
Source: www.number10.gov.uk
“David Cameron’s coalition Government launched its first legislative programme today – with flagship Bills on schools, political reform and a promise to scrap ID cards.”
The Independent, 25th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Little Britain star Matt Lucas today accepted substantial undisclosed damages for invasion of privacy over articles published after his ex-partner’s death by the Daily Star.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A transsexual has lost her High Court battle over an NHS refusal to fund a breast augmentation operation.”
BBC News, 25th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A judge branded a man a ‘parent’s worst nightmare’ today as he jailed him for two-and-a-half years for making indecent images of children he met through internet chat sites aimed at teenagers.”
The Independent, 24th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An IT consultant who helped his wife commit suicide to escape decades of chronic pain will not face charges because he was ‘wholly motivated by compassion’, the Crown Prosecution Service announced yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The spectacle of two boys aged 10 and 11 standing trial at the Old Bailey accused of raping an even younger child aged 8 has reignited the debate about putting children on trial.”
The Times, 25th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A possessive husband was jailed for life today for killing his glamorous wife after she said she was leaving him to start a new life in Las Vegas.”
The Independent, 24th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The eldest son of a woman convicted of murdering her brain-damaged child has called for changes in the law governing ‘mercy killing’.”
BBC News, 24th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The case of the two young boys convicted of attempted rape highlights once more the low age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The family of a pensioner who died after he was given an overdose of painkillers by a German locum doctor has accepted £40,000 compensation.”
BBC News, 24th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Child witnesses frequently give evidence in criminal trials, particularly as complainants in sexual allegations, and I have been required to question many in my 16 years as a defence barrister.”
The Times, 25th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Demands were made last night for sweeping reform of the way that young children are dealt with in the criminal courts after two boys aged 10 and 11 were found guilty of attempting to rape a girl of 8.”
The Times, 25th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Andrew Wakefield, the doctor at the centre of the MMR scare, has been struck off the medical register after being found guilty of serious professional misconduct.”
The Guardian, 24th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teacher who snapped and attacked a pupil who had been goading him was spared a prison sentence today when he was handed a two-year community order.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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