Police watchdog to investigate organised crime agency – The Guardian

Posted July 16th, 2009 in complaints, gangs, news, police by sally

“Britain’s organised crime agency is being investigated by the police watchdog over concerns that it could have done more to prevent the gangland killing of a shopkeeper in an organised crime hotspot.”

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The Guardian, 16th July 2009

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Modernity v Prudence, 2009: Jury’s out on UK’s £56m supreme court – The Guardian

Posted July 16th, 2009 in news, Supreme Court by sally

“Thanks to a £56m renovation of Middlesex Guildhall, a dilapidated crown court in Parliament Square, the longstanding and peculiarly British tradition that has seen the country’s most senior court sitting in the same building as the legislature will come to an end.”

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The Guardian, 16th July 2009

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Sir Mark Potter rules on media and celebrity cases in family courts – The Times

Posted July 16th, 2009 in children, family courts, media, news by sally

“Cases in the family courts involving celebrities’ children should be treated in the same way as those involving anyone else’s children, the senior family courts judge said yesterday.”

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The Times, 16th July 2009

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Legal aid for prisoners to be capped as Jack Straw criticises lawyers – The Times

Posted July 16th, 2009 in legal aid, news, prisons by sally

“Prisoners are to be blocked from seeking legal aid to bring ‘trivial’ cases against the Prison Service under plans to be announced by the Government today.”

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The Times, 16th July 2o09

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Man appeals to sue rape accuser – BBC News

Posted July 15th, 2009 in appeals, news, rape by sally

“A man cleared of rape after serving two years in jail has renewed a bid for £300,000 in damages from his accuser.”

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BBC News, 15th July 2009

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Gas inhaling doctor can practise – BBC News

Posted July 15th, 2009 in disciplinary procedures, doctors, news, professional conduct by sally

“A doctor who inhaled ‘laughing gas’ while on duty at a children’s ward can continue to practise, the General Medical Council (GMC) has ruled.”

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BBC News, 15th July 2009

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Judge makes plea for fewer laws – BBC News

Posted July 15th, 2009 in judiciary, news, parliament by sally

“The most senior judge in England and Wales has criticised the government for passing too many crime laws.”

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BBC News, 15th July 2009

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Pensioner fined for rebellion over TV licence – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 15th, 2009 in fines, media, news by sally

“A pensioner who refused to pay his television licence fee for six years in protest over his claim that the BBC is ‘biased’ in its reporting has been fined £240.”

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Daily Telegraph, 15th July 2009

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Police watchdog begins inquiry into intelligence agency over murder – The Guardian

Posted July 15th, 2009 in complaints, gangs, news, police by sally

“Britain’s national intelligence and law-enforcement agency is being investigated by the police watchdog over concerns that it could have done more to prevent the gangland killing of a shopkeeper in an organised crime hotspot.”

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The Guardian, 15th July 2009

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White supremacist Neil Lewington guilty of ‘non-British’ bomb plot – The Times

Posted July 15th, 2009 in news by sally

“A white supremacist who plotted to ignite racial violence by bombing people he regarded as ‘non-British’  has been found guilty of terrorism and explosives offences.”

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The Times, 15th July 2009

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Lords defeat on terror safeguards – BBC News

Posted July 15th, 2009 in news, terrorism by sally

“The government has suffered a defeat in the Lords where peers have backed plans for an independent commissioner for terrorist suspects.”

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BBC News, 13th July 2009

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1998 murder conviction challenged – BBC News

Posted July 15th, 2009 in appeals, diminished responsibility, homicide, murder, news, provocation by sally

“A man jailed for life 11 years ago after admitting repeatedly stabbing his wife to death when she left him, is appealing against his conviction.”

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BBC News, 14th July 2009

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Surgeon cleared over brain injury – BBC News

Posted July 15th, 2009 in disciplinary procedures, doctors, news, professional conduct by sally

“A surgeon who cut into a patient’s brain during a sinus operation has been cleared by the General Medical Council.”

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BBC News, 14th July 2009

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Israeli tourism posters banned by watchdog over controversial map – The Guardian

Posted July 15th, 2009 in advertising, complaints, Israel, news by sally

“A tourism campaign depicting the areas of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights as part of Israel has been banned by the advertising watchdog following hundreds of complaints.”

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The Guardian, 15th July 2009

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Jail sentence for squatter conman – BBC News

Posted July 14th, 2009 in fraud, news, sentencing, squatting by sally

“A man who posed as a businessman to trick two couples into renting out their homes where he and his wife squatted has been jailed for 15 months.”

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BBC News, 14th July 2009

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Asperger’s syndrome hacker ‘should not be extradited’ – The Guardian

Posted July 14th, 2009 in autism, computer crime, extradition, news by sally

” ‘Humanitarian considerations’ that have arisen in the case of Asperger’s syndrome sufferer Gary McKinnon mean he should not face trial in the US for hacking into American military computers, the high court heard today.”

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The Guardian, 14th July 2009

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Psychiatric nurse jailed for golf rage attack – The Guardian

Posted July 14th, 2009 in assault, news, sentencing by sally

“A golfer who beat a fellow player around the head with an eight iron after an outbreak of ‘golf rage’ was today jailed for nine months.”

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The Guardian, 14th July 2009

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Stockwell Strangler Kenneth Erskine has murder convictions overturned – The Times

Posted July 14th, 2009 in appeals, diminished responsibility, homicide, news by sally

“Kenneth Erskine, known as the Stockwell Strangler after he killed seven London pensioners in a three-month period in 1986, has today had his murder convictions reduced to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.”

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The Times, 14th July 2009

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Lord Neuberger tipped as next Master of Rolls – The Lawyer

Posted July 14th, 2009 in judges, news by sally

“Speculation is ­mounting at the bar that Lord David Neuberger [sic] will become the 95th Master of the Rolls (MR) when the incumbent MR Anthony Clarke joins the Supreme Court in October.”

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The Lawyer, 12th July 2009

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Ryanair agrees website clarifications with OFT – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 14th, 2009 in advertising, airlines, news by sally

“Ryanair will change the way it advertises its services after being referred to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) by advertising regulator the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA).”

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OUT-LAW.com, 13th July 2009

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