“A Flintshire couple have been banned from keeping animals for 10 years after admitting causing unnecessary suffering to a pet dog with a cancerous tumour.”
BBC News, 15th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for life after he beat a fellow tenant to death with a claw hammer.”
BBC News, 15th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice has told the Gazette that it will not commence legislation that would extend the media’s right to report family cases without ‘looking closely’ at the changes, amid pressure from family lawyers.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th September 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Pressure is mounting on the Legal Services Commission over its handling of the tender for civil legal aid contracts, as it faces a growing number of judicial review challenges to the process, and talks with the Law Society broke down.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th September 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Media reports last weekend claimed that not a single burglar gets the maximum jail sentence. But statements like this give the wrong impression of the criminal justice system and do not properly explain how it works. Have you ever wondered how punishments for criminals are decided? If so, read on.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th September 2010
Source; www.justice.gov.uk
“In our consultation we have identified some 73 obsolete Acts relating to a variety of benevolent institutions. Many of these institutions are, or were, charitable bodies such as schools, hospitals and almshouses which were established in the 18th or 19th centuries to meet the needs of the poor, sick or elderly.”
Law Commission, 16th September 2010
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
“The guilty plea today by Ray Gosling shows he now accepts that he put Nottinghamshire Police to a lot of unnecessary effort investigating a fake allegation of murder, said Crown Prosecution Service senior lawyer Simon Clements.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 14th September 2010
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“The Attorney General addresses the World Bribery & Corruption Compliance Forum in London, 14th September 2010.”
Attorney General’s Office, 14th Setember 2010
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“The Government has published the six principles that will be used to determine whether or not a company is responsible for bribery offences committed by its employees or agents under new anti-corruption laws.”
OUT.LAW.com, 16th September 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“The makers of Bodyform sanitary protection products did not need the permission of fashion house Stella McCartney Ltd to advertise its garments as prizes in a competition, the advertising regulator has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th September 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“Three people who made more than £1m by fraudulently obtaining benefits, credit and store cards in a long-running identity scam have been jailed.”
BBC News, 15th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The police officer blinded by gunman Raoul Moat has revealed he is fighting the Government after being awarded £18.95-a-week mobility allowance.”
The Independent, 16th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The BBC has learned that Ofcom will be asked to review News Corporation’s bid for BSkyB once a formal offer is made.”
BBC News, 15th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A hunger striker who protested at the treatment of immigration detainees in Yarl’s Wood detention centre is due to be deported to Jamaica today.”
The Guardian, 15th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has said it is committed to tackling sham marriages after a couple were jailed for staging a ceremony in Lancashire.”
BBC News, 15th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A driver who hit a cyclist leaving him dying in a Buckinghamshire road has been jailed for five years.”
BBC News, 15th September 2010
Source; www.bbc.co.uk
“Public inquiries are failing to restore public confidence and have ‘little impact’ on reforms, according to the former chairman of the Soham inquiry.”
The Guardian, 15th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ofcom receives complaints that scene featuring hypnotised man chained to train tracks was dangerous.”
The Guardian, 15th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A rogue trader has been jailed for more than five years in what is thought to be the longest term handed out for a trading standards prosecution.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three men have been jailed for eight months after admitting stealing lead from the roof of Stoke Minster.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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