“The fight against organised crime is to be overhauled, in a tacit admission by the Government that the problem is out of control. In his first speech on crime since becoming Prime Minister almost two years ago, Gordon Brown announced today a new strategy to tackle criminal businesses.”
The Times, 12th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Family doctors accused of misconduct are being suspended for up to four years and at a cost of up to £900,000, according to figures revealed by the NHS under the Freedom of Information Act.”
The Times, 12th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Scotland Yard’s anti-terror chief has been cleared of wrongdoing after an investigation into claims he misused a corporate credit card.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
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“The UK minimum wage will rise by 7p to £5.80 an hour from October, the government has announced.”
BBC News, 12th May 2009
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“Muslim catering manager Hasanali Khoja refused to cook sausages and bacon because it was against his religion, a tribunal has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The jailing of children in England and Wales has become a postcode lottery where child custody rates in some parts of the country are five times higher than in others, according to league tables seen by The Independent.”
The Independent, 12th May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The first signs of a fight-back against reforms that will enable supermarkets and other stores to offer customers legal services came yesterday with a ‘baked beans’ protest by solicitors.”
The Times, 12th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A 57-year-old Blackpool man has been jailed for life for murdering his estranged wife and her boyfriend.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
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“A former teacher has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for a series of sexual assaults on young boys.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
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“The Data Protection Act should not be a backup plan in failed defamation cases, a High Court judge has said. Mr Justice Eady has rejected a claim that an allegedly libellous statement was also a breach of the privacy law.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Two men from Crawley have been jailed for supplying ecstasy at a party in West Sussex which killed a teenager.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Talksport has been found in breach of broadcasting rules over an incident last November which saw presenter Jon Gaunt call a local councillor a ‘Nazi’.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
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“Gordon Ramsay was given a dressing down by the broadcasting regulator today for an extraordinary outburst of swearing in which his show featured the f-word almost every 20 seconds over a 40 minute period.”
The Times, 11th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A German cyber-war fan was jailed for life today for flying to Britain to stab a student 86 times after he became obsessed with his girlfriend.”
The Times, 11th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government has failed to carry out its election pledge to tackle the causes of crime, says a world expert on crime reduction.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
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“The government is to outlaw the use by companies of covert blacklists that have prevented trade unionists from getting work. Ministers have been forced to act after a watchdog exposed widespread blacklisting in the construction industry this year.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two European commissioners have outlined plans to more closely harmonise copyright law across the European Union’s 27 member states and create EU-wide copyright licences. The commissioners want to end ‘fragmentation’ of copyright laws.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Someone who deliberately breaches a fundamental term of a contract generally cannot rely on exemptions in the contract to avoid liability to the other party without clear, strong language to that effect, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Five elderly Kenyans detained and allegedly tortured during the Mau Mau independence uprising of more than 50 years ago are to issue a reparations claim against the British government in London next month.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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