Man jailed for killing friend in get-away – The Independent
“A man who ran over his own friend and left him dying in the road was jailed for more than five years today.”
The Independent, 16th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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Victim of gazumping given suspended jail sentence – The Guardian
“If revenge is a dish best served cold, the portion served up by Martin Frostick was positively icy. Eleven years after he was gazumped on a house purchase, he launched a smear campaign to ruin the estate agents he blamed for the collapse of the deal.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Don’t deny justice to prisoners – The Guardian
“Jack Straw plans to cut ‘nuisance’ legal claims by prisoners. But doing so risks a return to the bad old days of rooftop protest.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Warning for firms that set up trade union blacklist – The Guardian
“Major companies which set up and funded a secret blacklist to deny work to thousands of trade unionists will escape prosecution, it emerged today. A judge fined a private investigator who operated the covert blacklist but said he was not the only person responsible but was financed by big ‘high street’ companies. Major firms in the construction industry will be officially warned that they will be prosecuted if they set up a new blacklist.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man sues NHS after having terminal cancer wrongly diagnosed – The Times
“When Philip Collins was told that he had cancer and had just six months to live, he quit his job, cashed in his pension and bought himself a powerful motorcycle. He was determined to enjoy the time left to him. When he was still alive a year later his doctors conducted a re-examination and admitted that there had been a mistake. The inoperable ‘tumour’ on his gall bladder was a relatively harmless abscess. Far from being delighted at his unexpected reprieve Mr Collins, 59, was devastated. He had spent his life savings and the powerful drugs that the doctors prescribed to keep him alive as long as possible had destroyed his health.”
The Times, 17th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Legal aid cuts: How you could be acquitted and still face huge bill for costs – The Times
“Plans to reform the legal aid system and cut almost £200 million from its budget have brought warnings of a two-tier justice system: one for the rich and another for the poor.”
The Times, 17th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Network Rail fined for derailment – BBC News
“Network Rail has been fined £70,000 after a train travelling at 90mph derailed in Norfolk because of a poorly maintained level crossing.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Met ‘missed opportunities’ over Baby P – BBC News
“Police missed opportunities to gather evidence about the ill-treatment of Baby Peter in the months before his death, according to an unpublished report.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BBC pays damages to Muslim leader – BBC News
“The BBC has agreed to pay £45,000 in damages to the head of the Muslim Council of Britain over a libellous claim in the Question Time programme.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Extradition without justice – The Guardian
Gary McKinnon’s fight to be prosecuted in the UK casts a stark light on our extradition arrangements with America. US prosecutors are threatening him with up to 70 years in a ‘supermax’ prison – and this a man with Asperger’s syndrome who could hardly be less suited to such punishment.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Food warning follows prosecution – BBC News
“Trading standards officers are warning of the effects of out-of-date food on vulnerable people. Torfaen council’s comments follow its prosecution of the owners of the Regency House private nursing home at Parkes Lane, Pontypool.”
BBC News, 15th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Loan shark convicted of blackmail – BBC News
“A loan shark who left customers fearing for their lives has been found guilty of blackmail.”
BBC News, 15th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Action to prevent further deaths: details of Coroners’ reports and responses published for the first time – Ministry of Justice
“Details of coroners’ reports asking for organisations involved in deaths to take action to prevent further deaths are published by the Ministry of Justice today for the first time.”
Ministry of Justice, 15th July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Hospitals criticised over losses of sensitive patient information – OUT-LAW.com
“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reprimanded five English NHS trusts over lax data protection regimes that resulted in the loss of 20,000 people’s personal data and the leaving of patients’ notes on a bus.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th July 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Woman jailed for Muslim blackmail – BBC News
“A blackmailer who threatened to expose her Muslim friend as a terrorist sympathiser has been jailed.”
BBC News, 15th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ex-Met boss cleared over conduct – BBC News
“Former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Sir Ian Blair has been cleared of misconduct over the award of police contracts valued at £3m to a friend.”
BBC News, 15th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Family of disabled sue NHS for ‘wrongful birth’ – Daily Telegraph
“Rupert Parsons’ mother is claiming £1.5 million in interim compensation for ‘wrongful birth’ on the grounds that the hospital should have picked up on his ‘severe, profound and multiple disabilities’ before the 20th week of her pregnancy.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Police watchdog to investigate organised crime agency – The Guardian
“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.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Modernity v Prudence, 2009: Jury’s out on UK’s £56m supreme court – The Guardian
“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.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sir Mark Potter rules on media and celebrity cases in family courts – The Times
“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.”
The Times, 16th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
