“The director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, plans revamp of criminal justice system, with victims and witnesses to be the focus of changes.”
The Guardian, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Bank bosses who allow their firms to devise schemes to help customers avoid paying tax could face sanctions from the Financial Services Authority.”
The Guardian, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s water companies were ordered yesterday to slash 4 per cent from their bills by 2015 in a rare piece of good news for millions of hard-pressed consumers.”
The Times, 24th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Placing rapists and paedophiles on the sex offenders register for life with no chance of review breaches their human rights, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“MPs have taken up the case of two young newlyweds who are being forced apart as an unintended consequence of a new immigration law aimed at protecting Asian women from forced marriages.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“High court jury rejects Express owner Richard Desmond’s libel case against author Tom Bower by majority verdict.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Energy regulators have fined EDF energy £2 million for failing to connect new customers quickly enough.”
The Times, 24th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Prosecutors have been called in to consider charges of perverting justice and official misconduct after The Times found notes that indicate a convicted wife murderer is innocent.”
The Times, 24th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The youngest of the law lords is to be the next head of England and Wales’ civil justice system, Downing Street announced today.”
The Times, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government has announced details of the next phase of the Tackling Knives Action Programme, including a specialist team to take on gang-related violence.”
Ministry of Justice, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“HSBC, Europe’s biggest bank, has been fined more than £3 million by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for the ‘careless’ handling of confidential details of tens of thousands of its customers.”
The Times, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has taken action against a local authority which lost two laptop computers despite the fact that they were stored in a locked office and password-protected.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Why are we asking this now?
Because a government watchdog has warned against the use of phone-tap evidence in court, following mock trials in which its use gave every indication of being a disaster. Sir Paul Kennedy, the Interception of Communications Commissioner and a former Lord Justice of Appeal, said he could see no way to overcome problems with such evidence, and that the Government should drop its plans. Use of the technique at trials through March and April revealed “real legal and operational difficulties inherent in using intercept as evidence in the UK”, he said, before adding: “I cannot see a way to safely overcome these”. Aside from the immediate question of whether the law should be changed, intercepted phone calls have come under the spotlight with increasing frequency. Andy Coulson, the former News of the World editor who now advises David Cameron, revealed this week that he had his phone bugged during his reign at the paper. Last year Sadiq Khan, a Labour MP, had his phone bugged during conversations with a constituent who was suspected of involvement in terrorism.”
The Independent, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A drunken couple who celebrated winning £100 on the National Lottery with a display of exhibitionism in a town centre have walked free from court.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Rocker who lost part of leg in motorcycle accident given suspended sentence for attacking fellow concertgoer.”
The Guardian, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Who are Britain’s most powerful lawyers? The debate this year was lengthy and sometimes fiery, but here are our picks.”
The Times, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a policewoman who was shot dead during a bungled robbery.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Foreign criminals awaiting deportation have been handed some £500,000 in compensation since April last year, it has been revealed.”
The Independent, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The father of a soldier killed in Iraq has won permission to challenge a coroner’s decision not to hold a full investigation into his son’s death.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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