Web business closed after site fails to appear – 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
Category: news
Free law pioneer will publish vital precedents free for the first time – 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
Britain and France join forces on immigration – The Independent
“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
Family complains after patient was ‘left to die’ – Daily Telegraph
“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
Wrong bottles cost winemaker £30,000 – The Times
“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
Plea to ban employers trawling Facebook – The Times
“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
Police chief condemns judges on gun crime – The Times
“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
Bail suspects commit one in six murders – Daily Telegraph
“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
Divorce ruling serves as warning on behaviour and assets – The Guardian
“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
Justice reforms urged to win back public confidence – The Guardian
“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
Ministers back radical plan for voting reform – The Guardian
“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
DNA test ‘puts innocent at risk’ of convictions – The Times
“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
Report warns alcohol abuse and drugs ‘are behind most crimes’ – The Times
“Hard drug use and heavy drinking have been highlighted as key problems for Britain in a study by the Government’s Strategy Unit.”
The Times, 24th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Waitrose in row over meat-labelling – ‘mongrel meat’ labelled as rare native breed of pig – The Times
“Supermarket meat that is labelled as coming from a rare native breed is little more than ‘mongrel meat’, say breeders who have complained to trading standards officers.”
The Times, 24th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Privacy alarm over fingerprinting at Heathrow’s fifth terminal – The Times
“BAA and the Government are at odds over plans to fingerprint passengers at Heathrow’s new fifth terminal. The Home Office denies having told the Spanish-owned airport operator to use fingerprinting as an extra security measure and the privacy watchdog says that the plan may be illegal.”
The Times, 24th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Embryology Bill: Bishop’s ‘Frankenstein’ attack smacks of ignorance, say scientists – The Times
“Senior scientists have offered to meet Roman Catholic bishops and MPs to explain the need for legislation to allow experiments on embryos that are part-human and part-animal.”
The Times, 24th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Cigarettes to be sold under shop counters – The Times
“Cigarettes are to be forced beneath shop counters with supermarkets and cornershops banned from displaying tobacco products, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 24th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Wordsworth’s village bakers fight over their gingerbread – The Observer
“The tranquil village of Grasmere has long drawn visitors seeking out the serene Lakeland setting that inspired William Wordsworth. But the peace of this small community has been shattered as a battle rages over its most famous commodity, Grasmere Gingerbread.”
The Observer, 23rd March 2008
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
Payout threat to asbestos cancer victims – The Observer
“Patients with an asbestos-related form of cancer who had been hoping for compensation now fear they will run out of time under new government rules on payouts.”
The Observer, 23rd March 2008
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
Ban on protests at Parliament to be lifted – The Observer
“A controversial ban on protests outside the Houses of Parliament will be scrapped by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith this week in a symbolic victory for freedom of speech campaigners.”
The Observer, 23rd March 2008
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
