BBC fined £400,000 over phone-ins – BBC News
“The BBC has been fined £400,000 by media watchdog Ofcom for misleading its audiences by ‘faking’ phone-ins.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: news
Tesco tax avoidance schemes can form part of libel case, judge rules – The Guardian
“Details of elaborate offshore corporation tax avoidance schemes operated by Tesco were yesterday allowed to be introduced into evidence in a libel case the supermarket chain is bringing against the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Crime: Map shows domestic violence is everywhere – The Guardian
“Humberside police service recorded the highest number of women murdered by their partners, and the City of London police the lowest, in the past five years, according to a new map of murder rates across England and Wales published by the government’s Equalities Unit yesterday.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ruling due in witness murder case – BBC News
“Law Lords are expected to rule later on whether a police force breached the human rights of a witness who was murdered before he could give evidence.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sikh teenager Sarika Watkins-Singh wins right to wear bangle – The Times
“A Sikh teenager won a legal battle yesterday over her right to wear a bangle that she holds central to her faith.”
The Times, 30th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Ruling due on hacker extradition – BBC News
“The Law Lords are due to decide whether a Briton accused of hacking into top secret military computers should be extradited to the US to stand trial.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Curse of the DNA register – The Independent
“A generation of young Britons is being criminalised for life by the relentless expansion of the national DNA database, ministers are warned today.”
The Independent, 30th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
SAS troops may be named at inquests after new ruling – Daily Telegraph
“Special Forces soldiers who die in action could be named in inquests after a coroner overturned a ruling to allow the identification of two dead troops.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Molseed killer is refused appeal – BBC News
“A man who murdered a schoolgirl and dumped her body on the Yorkshire moors 30 years ago has been told he cannot appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 29th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Women win landmark equal pay battle – The Times
“Tens of thousands of women working for local councils and health authorities won the right to higher wages today following a landmark Court of Appeal ruling on equal pay laws.”
The Times, 29th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Patient’s sex attack carer jailed – BBC News
“A care worker has been jailed for nine years for carrying out a ‘vicious’ sex attack on an elderly patient at a nursing home.”
BBC News, 29th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sarika Watkins-Singh wins right to wear bangle at school – The Times
“A Sikh girl who took her fight for the right to wear a religious bangle at school to the High Court has won a landmark claim for discrimination.”
The Times, 29th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Daily Cause List, 29th July 2008
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible
Murder, manslaughter and infanticide: proposals for reform of the law – Ministry of Justice
“The government has been conducting a review into the law on homicide. The first part of the review was conducted by the Law Commission. This paper now sets out the government proposals for reforms on:
- partial defences to murder of diminished responsibility and provocation
- the law on complicity in relation to homicide
- infanticide”
Ministry of Justice, 29th July 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Related link: Murder, manslaughter and infanticide: proposals for reform of the law (PDF)
Decision expected in bangle case – BBC News
“A teenager is due to find out later whether she has succeeded in her fight to wear a religious bangle at school.”
BBC News, 29th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Justice Cranston rules himself out of foxhunting case – The Times
“A High Court judge ruled himself out of a case involving hunting yesterday after it emerged that he had spoken out against the sport’s ‘barbarity’ and voted for a ban when he was an MP.”
The Times, 29th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Dyslexic student’s exams battle – BBC News
“A medical student with dyslexia is to take legal action in a bid to prevent the use of multiple choice exams as part of doctors’ training.”
BBC News, 29th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Couple win £5,000 for lesbian house advert – Daily Telegraph
“A lesbian couple who were publicly outed in a web advert by their estate agents have won £5,000 in compensation.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Child rapist jailed for 10 years – BBC News
“A former immigration officer from Kent has been jailed for 10 years after admitting 17 sex offences including the rape of a girl under the age of 13.”
BBC News, 28th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Murder law shake-up ends ‘crime of passion’ – The Times
“The traditional crime of passion is to be swept away in the most radical overhaul of the murder laws in 50 years.”
The Times, 29th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
