Lloyds wins second charges case – BBC News
“Lloyds TSB has won a second county court case against a customer trying to reclaim overdraft charges.”
BBC News, 29th May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Online music retailer ordered to pay £35m damages – The Times
“An internet retailer that broke a legally-binding promise not to sell imported CDs at almost half the price they sold for on the High Street has been ordered to pay the UK record industry £35 million, it emerged today.”
The Times, 29th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Judges’ ruling challenges a traditional right – The Times
“Senior judges have dealt a blow to the ancient legal principle that a person is protected from incriminating himself.”
The Times, 29th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Law Lords slam crime agency for freezing UMBS payments – The Independent
“The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), the UK equivalent of the FBI, has been strongly criticised by Law Lords [sic] in the Court of Appeal for its “unlawful” action in freezing payments to a company that the organisation believed may have been involved in a VAT fraud.”
The Independent, 27th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
New law will put bullying salesmen at risk of prison – The Times
“Tough new laws to prevent British consumers being ripped off by aggressive doorstep sellers and bogus prize-draw scams are to be enforced within a year.”
The Times, 28th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Sex-offender computer system hits delay – The Independent
“Moves to help police track sex offenders across the country have been delayed because of computer problems, prompting claims that public safety could be endangered as a result.”
The Independent, 29th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Human rights in Iraq: a case to answer – The Independent
“The Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, is facing accusations that he told the Army its soldiers were not bound by the Human Rights Act when arresting, detaining and interrogating Iraqi prisoners.”
The Independent, 29th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Jury convicts mother who destroyed foetus – Daily Telegraph
“A woman who had a backstreet abortion when she was seven-and-a-half months pregnant was convicted on a rare charge of child destruction yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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Asbo law will give power of eviction – Daily Telegraph
“Laws allowing problem families to be thrown out of their own homes will be in force within weeks in a fresh blitz on anti-social behaviour.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Minister’s plan for new stop-and-question powers takes senior officers by surprise – The Guardian
“Government plans for new police powers to stop and question people were greeted with a barrage of criticism yesterday, after it emerged that senior police officers had neither requested the change nor been consulted. The Home Office confirmed that the power would be included in a counterterrorism bill to be announced in early June. But the vehemence and breadth of criticism led Home Office ministers to signal a willingness to compromise after the idea was also attacked by MPs, civil liberties and Muslim groups as unnecessary and harmful.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK ambassador asks Moscow to extradite polonium murder suspect – The Guardian
“Britain’s ambassador to Moscow yesterday delivered a request for the extradition of the man suspected of murdering former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London.”
The Guardian, 29th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Rampton patient fights smoking ban at high security hospital – The Guardian
“Patients at Rampton high security psychiatric hospital, which houses some of the country’s most dangerous criminals, are challenging a smoking ban in a test case which claims the refusal to permit cigarettes in the hospital’s buildings or grounds violates their human rights.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Heavy secrecy over terror fuels suspicion, says expert – The Independent
“Scotland Yard’s head of counterterrorism has criticised what he called excessive secrecy in Britain’s terrorism trials, and he called for changes that would permit freer reporting and wider discussion.”
The Independent, 27th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Prenups’ could be in force within months – The Guardian
“Wealthy people would be ‘mad’ to marry without a prenuptial agreement after last week’s decision by senior judges that a woman can keep her £48m divorce settlement – and they could be legally enforceable within months, said the lawyer acting for her husband.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Fairford Two strike blow for anti-war protesters after jury decide they were acting to stop crime – The Guardian
“Ruling seen as ‘judicial endorsement’ of attempts to stop B52 bombers.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Civil rights fears over DNA file for everyone – The Guardian
“Civil liberties groups are warning that the details of every Briton could soon be on the national DNA database, raising fresh concerns of a ‘surveillance society’. Controversial plans being studied by the government would see the DNA of people convicted of even the most minor, non-imprisonable offences, such as dropping litter, entered on the national database.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Crime Bill may add to prison overcrowding – The Times
“Tony Blair’s final measures to tackle law and order are being threatened by a Cabinet dispute over fears that the Bill will fuel a further 3,000 rise in prison numbers.”
The Times, 26th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Law failing to keep up with advances in data technology – The Times
“The 1998 Data Protection Act (DPA) is the main tool for the public to take control of its personal data, but there are concerns that the law is falling behind the technological curve.”
The Times, 26th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
