Bank watchdog “to get more power” – BBC News
“The chancellor is planning to give the Financial Services Authority more power to deal with failing banks to avoid another Northern Rock-style crisis.”
BBC News, 4th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: news
Ministers “lost nerve” over Hips – BBC News
“The government has been criticised for causing delays in introducing compulsory Home Information Packs.”
BBC News, 3rd January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Women’s groups may get power to rescue “brides” from wedlock – The Times
“Teachers, social workers, women’s rights groups and local councils may be given the power to stop forced marriages, under government plans to protect vulnerable teenagers.”
The Times, 4th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Police board calls in independent experts to re-examine Omagh bombing evidence – The Guardian
“The Northern Ireland Policing Board last night agreed to appoint a team of independent experts to re-examine evidence from the Omagh bombing, in an attempt to bring to justice those responsible for the 1998 atrocity.”
The Guardian, 4th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Racism at immigration centres revealed in report – The Guardian
“Staff training at immigration detention centres must be improved, says an official report which recorded a catalogue of racist behaviour in the system.”
The Guardian, 4th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jail claim over prostitute rules – BBC News
“Many prostitutes face being jalied for up to 72 hours if they fail to attend counselling sessions under proposed new laws, a probation service union claims.”
BBC News, 2nd January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Dentists defeat fashion giant that cried “snap” over croc logo – The Times
“It was a battle that pitted a dental practice in the suburbs of Cheltenham against the might of a global fashion corporation – all because of the grinning crocodile on the surgery’s sign. And the dentists have won. For the second time in a year, a trademark judge has overruled the objections of the French clothing giant Lacoste to the crocodile symbol that adorns a private dentist’s surgery in Gloucestershire.”
The Times, 3rd January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Public shame for lawyers who break the rules – The Times
“Thousands of solicitors who are found guilty each year of a range of crimes and misdemeanours, from ignoring letters to plundering clients’ money, are to be identified publicly.”
The Times, 3rd January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Whitehall should be prosecuted over data loss, say MPs in call for new law – The Times
“MPs are calling for new offences to allow Whitehall departments to be prosecuted for data security blunders such as the loss of child benefit records for 25 million people.”
The Times, 3rd January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Senior police officer accused of plundering widow’s assets – The Guardian
“A high-ranking policeman who befriended an elderly widow bought her house for half its true value and then spent years plundering her assets until she was penniless, a court heard yesterday.”
The Guardian, 3rd January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
More families take inheritance battles to court – Daily Telegraph
“Families are increasingly using the courts to dispute relatives’ wills, as the size of inheritances increases, legal experts have said.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gordon Brown to keep 24-hour drinking law – Daily Telegraph
“Gordon Brown may be forced to keep controversial 24-hour drinking laws after it emerged that his own review of the measures had found little evidence that they had fuelled Britain’s alcohol culture.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Warning on high-risk transfers to open jails – The Observer
“Increasing numbers of high-risk prisoners are now being moved to open jails after they have served only small portions of their sentences in secure conditions, in an apparent breach of official guidelines.”
The Observer, 30th December 2007
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
Police shoot man dead on village road in Kent – The Observer
“An investigation has been launched after a man was shot and killed by police on a quiet road in Kent yesterday.”
The Observer, 30th December 2007
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
Civil rights fears over DNA “census” – The Observer
“More than 100,000 people, including children as young as 10, will be asked to provide saliva tests and DNA samples in a new annual survey of the lives, behaviour and beliefs of people in the United Kingdom.”
The Observer, 30th December 2007
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
Christmas Break
There will be no posts during the Inner Temple Library’s Christmas closed period which starts on 21st December. We will resume posting on 3rd January 2008.
See you in the new year!
House manager wins claim over flexible work – The Guardian
“A former Barbican house manager who said she was refused flexible working time stands to receive a six-figure payout after winning her claims for sex discrimination and unfair dismissal.”
The Guardian, 21st December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Anger as pension reform rejected – BBC News
“The government has rejected a plan to let women boost their state pensions by buying up to nine years’ worth of extra National Insurance (NI) contributions.”
BBC News, 20th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for heart attack – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for blocking the path of an ambulance carrying a dying heart attack victim to hospital.”
BBC News, 20th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Shotgun licences issued to eight-year-olds – Daily Telegraph
“Children as young as eight are being issued gun licences by the police, figures showed yesterday. Forces granted 1,291 shotgun certificates to those aged 16 and under in England and Wales during the 12 months to October.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
