“Suspected Holocaust denier Dr Gerald Toben has won his fight against extradition to Germany where he is wanted for allegedly publishing anti-Semitic material on his website.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A secretary was facing jail today for kicking a train passenger in the face with her stiletto heel after he told her boyfriend to take his feet off a first class seat.”
The Independent, 29th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A lorry driver has been cleared of death by dangerous driving after a crash which killed a 10-year-old girl.”
BBC News, 29th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 22-year-old woman will serve at least 13 years of a life sentence for stabbing her mother’s partner to death.”
BBC News, 29th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who killed a woman in a hit-and-run almost three years ago has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 29th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One of the teenage boys who kicked a 20-year-old woman to death because she was dressed as a Goth has won a cut in his minimum term for the murder.”
BBC News, 29th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A terminally ill woman who wants her husband to help her die has lost her landmark High Court legal bid to clarify the law on assisted suicide.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The BBC today suspended Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand until an investigation into their prank calls to actor Andrew Sachs has been completed, in an attempt to quell the mounting furore over the ‘Sachsgate’ affair.
The Guardian, 29h October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A reform of children’s services after the death of torture victim Victoria Climbié has created a recipe for confusion, a government spending watchdog will say today.”
The Guardian, 29th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Royal Navy officer, who was jailed for sexually assaulting a helpless partygoer, has failed to get his sentence cut.”
BBC News, 28th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The UK’s privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is currently pursuing 30 investigations into serious data security breaches, it said. In the past year 227 breaches have been reported to it.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th October 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A man has been awarded £79,000 after his home, which he rented out for a film starring Bond actor Daniel Craig, was damaged by a production company.”
BBC News, 28th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lower speed limits and a tougher enforcement of drink-driving laws are needed to cut the number of road deaths, MPs have said.”
BBC News, 29th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A leading state school has won a legal challenge over a ruling that its admissions policy discriminated against children from poor families.”
The Times, 29th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Ofcom is to investigate whether the lewd messages left on actor Andrew Sachs’ answerphone by Russell brand and Jonathan Ross and aired on Radio 2 breached the broadcasting code, as complaints to the BBC hit 4,500.”
The Guardian, 28th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The proliferation of ever larger centralised databases is increasing the risk of people’s personal data being lost or abused, the government’s official privacy watchdog claims today.”
The Guardian, 29th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prosecutors fear a high court judgment today will lead to the first criminal cases against people who helped their terminally ill relatives to die.”
The Guardian, 29th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A computer whiz-kid has been jailed over the theft of information from 19,000 credit cards.”
The Times, 29th october 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Three murders have allegedly been committed by prisoners let out of jail early under emergency measures introduced by the Government to ease overcrowding.”
The Times, 29th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline,co.uk
“The European Patent Office (EPO) has asked its ultimate legal authority to look at the European Patent Convention (EPC) and issue advice on the patentability of software. The EPO said that such advice was necessary to ensure the uniform application of the EPC.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th October 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
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