“Managers of a children’s heart surgery unit are to launch legal action to stop it being closed under a long-awaited national review.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A rapist who subjected a woman to an all-night ordeal after locking her in a flat has failed in an appeal against his indefinite jail sentence.”
BBC News, 15th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Lancashire man has received a life sentence for the murder of a Rochdale drug dealer who had been kidnapped.”
BBC News, 17th March 2011
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“Jarvis will escape prosecution for the fatal Potters Bar train crash after the rail regulator is understood to have dropped criminal proceedings against the maintenance firm.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government is to scrap regulations due to come into force next month that would have given parents with children under 17 the right to request flexible working as part of a package of measures to reduce bureaucracy for businesses.”
The Guardian, 18th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“At 10, our age of criminal responsibility is the lowest in Europe. But can you ever use age to determine maturity?”
The Guardian, 18th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The family of a boy who suffered severe brain damage due to hospital failures have received a £7m settlement.”
BBC News, 16th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who attacked another woman because she had a facial disfigurement has been jailed for eight months.”
BBC News, 17th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Super-injunctions will not be scrapped despite being the worst example of ‘secret justice’ for almost 400 years, the senior judge reviewing them signalled yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A mother who kept her baby a secret from her husband has been told she can not have the boy adopted after judges refused to back ‘a great lie’.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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“Initiative to scrap ‘burdensome’ duties on local authorities will review requirement to provide ‘comprehensive and efficient’ library service”
The Guardian, 17th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two new control orders have been imposed on suspected terrorists by the home secretary, Theresa May, in the past three months despite an intense coalition debate over whether they should be scrapped, the Home Office has disclosed.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The top civil judge in England and Wales has suggested televising hearings to increase confidence in justice.”
BBC News, 17th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Dr Freddy Patel, the former Home Office pathologist suspended for misconduct in a series of high profile autopsies, is facing the threat of being struck off the medical register.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The London mayor has won his latest bid to evict veteran peace campaigner Brian Haw from Parliament Square Gardens.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2011
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The Education (Free School Lunches) (Prescribed Tax Credits) (England) (Amendment) Order 2011
The Education (Residential Trips) (Prescribed Tax Credits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2011
The Registered Pension Schemes (Transfer of Sums and Assets) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Sea Fishing (Penalty Notices) (England) Order 2011
The National Savings Bank (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The London Insolvency District (Central London County Court) Order 2011
The Terrorism Act 2000 (Remedial) Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
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