Driver is jailed for 51st offence – BBC News
“A 35-year-old man has been jailed for eight months and banned for driving for five years for his 51st offence of driving while disqualified.”
BBC News, 21st April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Babysitter guilty of boy’s murder – BBC News
“A teenage babysitter has been found guilty of the murder of a 22-month-old boy in his care.”
BBC News, 21st April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
File-sharing should not be a crime, says European Parliament – OUT-LAW.com
“The European Parliament has said that copyright-infringing music and film file-sharing should not be criminalised. The Parliament has said that file-sharers should not be prosecuted as criminal offenders unless they seek to profit from the sharing.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Bank charges ruling due on Thursday – The Guardian
“The long-running controversy over bank charges could come a step closer to being resolved this week after it was announced that the judge hearing the test case would be handing down his judgment on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 21st April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
College of Law set for 2009 Manchester launch – Legal Week
“The College of Law has announced plans to open up a new centre in Manchester.”
Legal Week, 21st April 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
New anti-terrorism rules ‘allow US to spy on British motorists’ – Daily Telegraph
“Routine journeys carried out by millions of British motorists can be monitored by authorities in the United States and other enforcement agencies across the world under anti-terrorism rules introduced discreetly by Jacqui Smith.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Inquiry reveals errors in investigation of Eddie Gilfoyle – The Times
“Nine blunders were made by police investigating the death of a woman whose husband claims he was wrongly jailed for her murder, an inquiry report seen by The Times shows.”
The Times, 21st April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Man jailed for first Friends Reunited murder – Daily Telegraph
“A Sardinian who stabbed his wife’s British lover to death has become the first person to be convicted of a murder involving the website Friends Reunited.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Drink-drive offenders could keep licences – The Times
“Drink drivers would no longer automatically lose their licences under government plans to lower the alcohol limit for motorists to the equivalent of less than a pint of beer or glass of wine.”
The Times, 21st April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Increase in sex offender arrests – BBC News
“The number of suspected child sex offenders arrested in the UK has risen threefold in the past year, says the organisation set up to tackle abuse.”
BBC News, 20th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government to quiz households on sex lives and salaries – Daily Telegraph
“More than 500,000 people a year are to be questioned about their sex lives and salaries by Government inspectors, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge sums up with Shakespeare – The Guardian
“A senior appeal court judge livened up a hearing over a boundary dispute yesterday by quoting from Shakespeare.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Unfair’ royal succession law may be changed – Daily Telegraph
“The law that forces the eldest daughter of a monarch to make way for her younger brother in the succession could be abolished under new equality legislation.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Almost 3,000 children now held in custody – The Independent
“A drive to cut the number of children behind bars in England and Wales – the highest in western Europe – has failed.”
The Independent, 19th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Thalidomide compensation demanded – BBC News
“Dozens of people born with deformities due to the drug thalidomide have demanded compensation from the company that invented the drug 50 years ago.”
BBC News, 18th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Detention centres attacked as figures reveal self-harm by asylum-seekers – The Independent
“The true cost of using detention centres to lock up failed asylum-seekers has been exposed by statistics showing the extent of self-harm among those held.”
The Independent, 19th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Coroner blames MoD again over troops’ deaths – Daily Telegraph
“An outspoken coroner has condemned shortages of military equipment again and claimed that two British soldiers would not have died in Iraq had they been in armoured vehicles.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Cherie Blair’s firm hired to stop EU treaty – Daily Telegraph
“One of Britain’s richest men has hired Cherie Blair’s law firm to advise him on a £750,000 High Court battle that could force Gordon Brown to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Abramovich and Berezovsky begin £2bn legal battle over disputed assets – The Independent
“A £2bn legal tussle between Britain’s two most high-profile Russian oligarchs which began with a skirmish in a Hermes boutique reached the High Court yesterday with claims that the entire case revolved around an unrecorded oral agreement as they haggled over the sale of former Soviet assets.”
The Independent, 19th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
