“The family of a woman who died in labour and never saw the son she had conceived after IVF treatment was awarded £410,000 damages today.”
The Independent, 24th September 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Thames Valley police force has been fined £40,000 after a firearms instructor, Pc David Micklethwaite, accidentally shot and nearly killed a former rifle marksman.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An accountant and two lawyers accused of insider dealing by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) have been committed to stand trial at Southwark Crown Court.”
The Times, 23rd September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The sister of a man who died after being punched by a 15-year-old boy in South Yorkshire has attacked the two-year sentence given to the teenager.”
BBC News, 23rd September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Business Rate Supplements (Rateable Value Condition) (England) Regulations 2009
The Business Rate Supplements (Transfers to Revenue Accounts) (England) Regulations 2009
The Energy Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009
The Ecodesign for Energy-Using Products (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Rock god versus pop diva — the music rights debate is producing some unexpected spectacles. Is file sharing creating a generation of people who expect never to pay for music or is it opening up a whole new audience who will save the industry?”
The Times, 24th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The director of a food company that provided pies to Fortnum & Mason has been jailed for re-packaging cheap supermarket goods and claiming that they were organic.”
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The Times, 24th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A coroner today (23 September) condemned ‘appalling and unacceptable conditions’ at a privately-run prison where an inmate on suicide watch was allowed to bleed to death. Aleksey Baranovsky, 33, a Ukrainian national, died in a blood-covered cell at HMP Rye Hill, Warwickshire, in June 2006.”
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The Guardian, 23rd September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A retired judge went to court over contact with his family. The hearing descended into a shouting match. He explains why the system is flawed.”
The Times, 24th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Despite being in use in British courts for more than a 100 years, the ‘without prejudice’ rule is well known but not necessarily well understood.”
The Times, 24th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Internet campaigners whose advice on how to take your own life is used in an assisted suicide face possible prosecution, according to the new guidance published yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Keir Starmer has made the best of a difficult job. First, as widely trailed, he has decided that his assisted suicide guidelines must apply to England and Wales as well as to behaviour abroad. This is surely right: there is no moral difference between an act committed in Geneva and its replica in Hull.”
The Times, 24th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A controversial broadband tax ‘will be law before the next election’, according to Minister for Digital Britain Stephen Timms.”
BBC News, 23rd September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Launching his interim policy on prosecuting cases of assisted suicide today, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, called for public participation in a 12-week consultation on the factors he has identified which will be taken into account when considering whether prosecutions will be brought for this offence.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 23rd September 2009
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“A judge who was arrested for allegedly being drunk in charge of a car while on bail for a similar offence has resigned, the Ministry of Justice said.”
BBC News, 23rd September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Family members who help loved ones to commit suicide when they are not suffering from a terminal illness are more likely to be prosecuted, Keir Starmer, Director of Public Prosecutions, has suggested.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The publication of guidance on when prosecutions should be brought in assisted suicide cases represents a victory for multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy.”
BBC News, 23rd September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Guidelines will be published clarifying whether people in England and Wales are likely to be prosecuted if they help relatives or friends commit suicide.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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