“Hacker Gary McKinnon has been refused the right to appeal to the Supreme Court against his extradition to the US.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police Community Support Officers are disciplined at twice the rate of rank-and-file police, new figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Sharon Shoesmith, the former head of children’s services at the centre of the Baby Peter case, was made aware of ‘very significant professional failings’ in her department at Haringey before she was sacked, the high court heard today.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s most revered newspaper editor returned to the scene of his greatest triumph yesterday, joining thalidomide survivors to demand that the Government acknowledge its role in the world’s worst drug disaster.”
The Independent, 9th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Investors hit by the downturn and who choose not to complete property deals can still be forced to buy after a court injunction, lawyers have warned.”
BBC News, 8th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The mother of a schoolgirl who disappeared 10 years ago is to give evidence against her husband at his trial for the alleged murder of their daughter in a so-called ‘honour killing’. Tulay Goren, 15, was murdered by her father and his brothers because she fell in love with the wrong man, an Old Bailey jury heard today.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Immigration rules have been quietly relaxed to allow tens of thousands of asylum seekers to stay – so a deadline to clear a massive backlog can be met, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph,
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Couples are increasingly settling divorce disputes outside court through a new American-style method which could be extended to other litigation, one of Britain’s top judges said last night.”
The Times, 8th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A transsexual refused breast enlargement surgery on the NHS is to take her case to the High Court, at a cost of tens of thousands of pounds to the hospital’s budget.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain’s would-be computer hackers are to be targeted in a campaign to persuade them to turn their back on illegal activities and become cyber security ‘top guns’.”
The Times, 8th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Leading family lawyer Christina Blacklaws has hit out at the ‘dangerous’ workload of employed guardians at the Children and Family Court Advisory Service (Cafcass).”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th October 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“This week the Lord Chief Justice issued new guidelines on gun crime. Nothing unusual in that, but Lord Judge also made a point of drawing the media’s attention to key points in his judgment. A small move, but indicative of a big change in approach.”
The Times, 8th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Tony Blair’s former law chief has attacked the British Government for undermining Barack Obama’s efforts to close Guantanamo Bay.”
The Independent, 8th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A paedophile royal butler who took one of his victims for tea with the Queen has failed to get his indefinite jail sentence overturned.”
BBC News, 7th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Last Thursday the new Supreme Court held its first hearing. It decided that the Legal Services Commission should provide funding for the pending appeal in the JFS case (concerning the admissions policies of a Jewish school).”
The Times, 8th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man who sexually abused his daughter for more than three decades, fathering two children by her, was jailed for 12 years yesterday for incest, rape and indecent assault.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Crown has been sidelined from the new Supreme Court in a move that breaks with traditions dating back almost 1,000 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“‘It has been an absolute bloodbath,’ says Stephen Allen of this year’s professional indemnity renewal. Premiums up, insurers issuing quotes only two days before the September 30 deadline, no time to shop around, difficulties arranging finance for premiums and many firms failing to find cover at all — it has been the most difficult renewal season since solicitors went on to the open market for insurance in 2000.”
The Times, 8th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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