“Universities with large numbers of Muslim students should consider rejecting demands for separate prayer and washing facilities to prevent their campuses segregating along religious lines and risking a climate where illegal extremist views can flourish, the government will suggest today.”
The Guardian, 22nd January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency risks becoming ‘a complete laughing stock’ after it emerged nearly 40% of motorbikes were untaxed, MPs have said.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The latest round of QC appointments has finally been made public – 18 months after the previous batch of silks were appointed – with just under 100 barristers set to claim the elite kite-mark.”
Legal Week, 22nd January 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
Related link: QC Appointments: list in full – The Times
“Mobile phone network 3 has been refused permission to force its rivals to disclose emails and documents in a process that would have cost each of them £200,000. The High Court ruled that 3’s requests were not specific enough.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Lawyers say a new call centre system which is supposed to put them in touch with arrested clients in England and Wales is in chaos.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has decided that the death of Justin Petty who died of knife wounds is suitable for investigation by Bedfordshire Police.”
Independent Police Complaints Commission, 21st January 2008
Source: www.gnn.gov.uk
“Social networking forums, where users give full vent to their gripes about everyone from gas providers and airline companies to the local bus operator, have caught the eye of media lawyers, who warn that such postings may be leaving sites such as Facebook and MySpace open to libel actions.”
The Guardian, 21st January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Road safety experts have condemned a driver who faked his own death to avoid paying £180 in speeding fines.”
BBC News, 21st January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police in London have launched a campaign urging young men and boys to hand in their imitation firearms.”
BBC News, 21st January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An overwhelming majority of MPs support adopting a new system of organ donation, because the shortage of donor kidneys, hearts and lungs is so severe, a survey carried out by The Observer has found. Of the 120 who responded to a poll last week, 97 said they were in favour of proposals to change current rules, so that everyone would automatically be considered a donor after their death, unless they had opted out during their lifetime, or relatives objected.”
The Observer, 20th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prime Minister Gordon Brown is pressing ahead with controversial plans to extend the time terror suspects can be held without charge to 42 days.”
BBC News, 20th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Jacqui Smith began the toughest week of her ministerial career yesterday trying to defend herself after saying that the streets of London were too dangerous to walk alone at night.”
The Times, 21st January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man has died after he was shot with a Taser gun and then apparently injured himself with a knife, according to police.”
The Guardian, 21st January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of crimes being solved by police has fallen or ground to a halt in nearly two thirds of forces in England and Wales, The Daily Telegraph has learned.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Senior ministers are bracing themselves for the most significant revolt Gordon Brown has faced when Eurosceptic Labour rebels join forces with the Conservatives to try to force a referendum on the EU’s Lisbon treaty.”
The Guardian, 21st January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Solicitor General will be heard weeping on Monday as she describes on radio how the tragic case of a teenager who killed her pimp inspired her proposed reform of the prostitution laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The information watchdog is to grill the Ministry of Defence over its data protection policies after it lost the personal details of 600,000 people.”
BBC News, 19th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Jack Straw is to consider giving up his power to block the transfer of long-term offenders, including murderers, into open prisons in preparation for their release.”
The Times, 21st January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“One of Britain’s biggest property law firms has become embroiled in a spectacular fraud claim.”
The Sunday Times, 20th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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