“The Prime Minister urged the courts yesterday to make more use of tough sentencing powers available for gun crimes.”
The Times, 26th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Speaker of the House of Commons yesterday took to the High Court the fight to stop details of MPs’ expenses being disclosed, despite receiving legal advice that he is pursuing a case that he cannot win.”
The Times, 26th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A woman who told a gang of swearing teenage girls to be quiet spent 16 hours in a police cell after being falsely accused of assault.”
BBC News, 25th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Passengers across the UK have been hit by EU rules on working hours meant to protect drivers, bus companies say.”
BBC News, 25th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Only one person has been found guilty of selling alcohol to a drunk person since the 2003 Licensing Act was introduced, a minister has admitted.”
The Times, 25th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Procedures governing group actions could be overhauled to improve access to justice, the Civil Justice Council (CJC) has told The Lawyer.”
The Lawyer, 24th March 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Firms with burgeoning pensions practices could face a threat to their client lists under conflicts of interest guidance set out by the Government’s Pensions Regulator.”
The Lawyer, 24th March 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A senior civil servant who detailed the inner workings of Government has reportedly been suspended pending an investigation into her conduct. The author of the popular Civil Serf blog is reported to have confessed to a Government investigating team.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th March 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A company behind a non-existent crime awareness website has been closed after a Government investigation into its business.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th March 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A free law publication charity will publish the UK’s 3,000 most important legal decisions freely for the first time by June. The project will involve publishing vital rulings, dating back to the nineteenth century, on which UK common law is based.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th March 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Plans for a joint drive by Britain and France against illegal immigration could backfire by forcing ‘soft targets’ to return to dangerous countries, refugee groups have warned.”
The Independent, 25th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An elderly woman was left to die in hospital after doctors made an order not to resuscitate her without her family’s knowledge, it has been claimed.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An award-winning winemaker whose wares are sold at the royal palaces is facing a £30,000 bill after European bureaucrats ruled that he was using the wrong-shaped bottles.”
The Times, 25th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A powerful coalition of children’s charities is urging ministers to make it illegal for companies to trawl Facebook and other social networking websites for information on prospective recruits.”
The Times, 25th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The fight against gun crime is being undermined by judges who fail to ensure that tough penalties set down in law are imposed in the courts, a senior police chief has told The Times.”
The Times, 25th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“One in six murders was committed last year by someone who was out on bail for another offence, figures disclosed suggest.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An heiress who married a penniless Kosovan refugee and was ordered by the divorce courts to hand him a £1m car wash she had bought for him to run has been told by the appeal court that she can keep half the business.”
The Guardian, 24th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Further fundamental reform of the criminal justice system is crucial if the government is to overcome a lack of public confidence, Gordon Brown has been warned by his own strategy unit.”
The Guardian, 24th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A significant overhaul of electoral legislation to give voters a second vote, open polling stations at weekends and make it compulsory to participate is being proposed by the government to increase turnout and improve the legitimacy of the Commons.”
The Guardian, 24th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A new DNA technology hailed as having the potential to solve thousands of murders, rapes and other serious crimes could lead to innocent people being convicted, one of Britain’s most respected forensic scientists has warned.”
The Times, 24th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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