“A science teacher who attacked a 14-year-old pupil with a dumbbell was sacked from his job, a union said. Peter Harvey, 50, was handed a two year community order on Monday at Nottingham Crown Court after he admitted bludgeoning the boy at All Saints’ Roman Catholic School in Mansfield.”
The Independent, 27th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The British Medical Association, the doctors’ trade union body, today turned its back on reforms designed to protect patients from another killer doctor like the GP Harold Shipman. It rejected a detailed set of proposals from the profession’s regulatory body, the General Medical Council. While it supported in principle the concept of revalidation – doctors proving their fitness to practise on a five-yearly basis – it had a number of serious objections.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“ASA to assess criticism of TV campaign for sexual health charity Marie Stopes.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Sir Geoff Hurst won a High Court fight yesterday over a £600,000 investment in Spanish property. The England World Cup hero, along with six other investors, sued Mark Cordner, their former financial adviser, for misrepresenting terms of a £2 million deal for off-plan villas in 2003 and 2004.”
The Times, 28th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“With the Archbishop of Canterbury listed as a patron alongside MPs and aristocrats there was a willing stream of celebrities ready to support a charity helping prisoners after their release. Jeffrey Archer donated royalties from his prison diary to the People’s Opportunity to Work (POW) Trust, which has helped hundreds of former inmates rebuild their lives. The charity was founded by Peter Sainsbury, a financier who used his inheritance to fund its work after his release from jail for a £3 million fraud. However, Sainsbury was back in prison last night starting another five-year sentence after convicted of another series of banking frauds to raise £2.5 million to support the charity when his money ran out.”
The Times, 28th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two former Labour defence ministers are to be questioned at a public inquiry about the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners by British troops.”
BBC News, 27th May 2010
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“A taxi driver who was convicted of causing the death of a teenager by careless driving after the 18-year-old jumped from his moving cab was spared jail today.”
The Independent, 27th May 2010
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“A motorist has embarked on a landmark legal battle against speed cameras, claiming that Gatso units may issue false tickets in cold weather.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A horse trader who went on the run while awaiting sentence for what the RSPCA described as the worst case of animal cruelty it had even seen started an eight-month jail sentence today.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two frontline social workers at the centre of the Baby P tragedy have been cleared to resume their professional careers within months.”
The Times, 26th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Devotees of the television series Ashes to Ashes are familiar with the scene. With management and unions at BA locked in confrontation, it may look and feel like 1983 but, in the real world, trade union legislation has changed the rules fundamentally from the days when a show of hands around a burning brazier was enough to close a workplace.”
The Times, 27th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Legal Services Board’s proximity to government could threaten the independence of the legal profession, Law Society president Robert Heslett warned last night.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th May 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A disabled former rock drummer walked free from court today after being convicted of growing cannabis which he took to treat a medical condition.”
The Independent, 26th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A £200m scheme to treat some of Britain’s most dangerous killers should be abandoned as it is too expensive with no positive results, and in some cases left prisoners more aggressive than before they entered jail, according to a leading academic.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers face paying out hundreds of thousands of pounds to defendants who have been cleared in the courts because of a legislative drafting blunder, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 27th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Unmarried couples who buy homes together could be entitled to an equal share of the property if they split up even if only one party has paid the mortgage and maintained the home, the appeal court ruled yesterday.”
The Independent, 27th May 2010
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“Home secretary to publish legislation to give the Home Office the power to scrap ID cards within a month of it reaching the statute book and to cancel the national identity register.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A fierce legal battle over a £100 million art collection has been reopened by descendants of Lord Beaverbrook, the press baron.”
The Times, 27th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A boy of 15 who fatally stabbed one of his former friends over a ‘loss of face’ after they traded insults on Facebook was convicted of murder yesterday.”
The Independent, 27th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“While the coalition appointed excellent legal advisers, reform of the attorney general’s role is overdue and could learn from the setup in Northern Ireland.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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