“UN warns of ‘grave breach of human rights’ if Travellers are forced to leave their homes as standoff over Essex site intensifies.”
The Guardian, 26th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police forces, prisons and youth detention centres face prosecution for corporate homicide from this week if an individual dies in their custody.”
The Guardian, 28th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK’s freedom of information (FOI) law watchdog was wrong to rule that an FOI request was vexatious, the Information Rights Tribunal, formerly the Information Tribunal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Baha Mousa report is not the only one to look into the question of the ‘systemic’ abuse of Iraqi prisoners.”
The Guardian, 28th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Criminals serving non-custodial sentences will be banned from travelling abroad for up to a year, under Government plans.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Lawyer for Tom Condliff, a retired police officer, says human rights appeal to Strasbourg will go ahead to clarify law.”
The Guardian, 27th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Magistrates have denied accusations from the president of the Prison Governors Association that there has been a ‘feeding frenzy’ of disproportionate sentencing of those convicted in the aftermath of the recent riots.”
The Guardian, 29th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The leader of Britain’s prison governors accused magistrates of indulging in a sentencing ‘feeding frenzy’ as prisons near capacity. Eoin McLennan-Murray, president of the Prison Governors Association (PGA), said courts had shown ‘naked popularism’ in meting out tough justice after the riots.”
The Independent, 28th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The IPO has made changes to the wording of the UK’s Patent Rules as it said the previous copy could have been wrongly interpreted.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“This important legislation embodies British values, not submission to Europe.”
The Guardian, 29th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The head of the Royal College of General Practitioners has warned that government moves to shake up pre-abortion counselling for women could create new barriers and set the system back 25 years.”
The Guardian, 29th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Thousands of British motorists have been allowed to carry on driving despite having amassed 12 or more penalty points on their licence.”
The Independent, 28th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Companies signed up to a self-regulatory code on online behavioural advertising may still not be compliant with EU laws on cookies, EU privacy watchdogs have said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The home secretary has agreed to a police request to ban the far-right English Defence League from staging a march through one of the UK’s biggest Muslim communities in east London.”
The Guardian, 26th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK will ‘opt in’ to new EU laws that will set out the minimum rights of crime victims, the Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The husband of a woman who died in one of Britain’s best-known hospitals is taking its management and the health secretary Andrew Lansley to court, alleging an illegal use of ‘do not resuscitate’ orders.”
The Guardian, 26th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Patient Concern demands national policy on ‘do not resuscitate’ orders
“Thousands of the worst serial criminals are being let off with cautions every year in a trend that has almost trebled in a decade.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A military historian who faked an illustrious Army career has been jailed for three years.”
BBC News, 26th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An unprecedented public inquiry into the conduct of British soldiers in Iraq is expected to contain damning criticism of senior army officers and their legal advisers, and highlight the failure of commanders to ensure orders were passed down.”
The Guardian, 28th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of libel cases in which claimants say they have been defamed online has more than doubled in a year – and the growth of social media may be a cause of the surge, according to new research.”
The Independent, 26th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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