“Innocent people’s DNA profiles are being removed from the national database at a rate of barely one a day, figures showed today.”
The Independent, 14th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010
The Overhead Lines (Exempt Installations) Order 2010
The Health Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2010
The Overhead Lines (Exempt Installations) (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010
The Data Protection (Monetary Penalties) (Maximum Penalty and Notices) Regulations 2010
The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Commencement No.1) (Wales) Order 2009
The Education (Information About Children in Alternative Provision) (Wales) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“A legal adviser tricked two estranged couples into believing they had been divorced in order to pocket their fees.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Law Society has filed a judicial review application in a move to overturn new government regulations restricting the costs that can be recovered by acquitted defendants.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th January 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The attorney general materially changed his advice on the legality of military action against Iraq a few days before the invasion, the inquiry into the war was told today.”
The Guardian, 13th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A rape case against five men collapsed after a court heard that the female victim had spoken online about taking part in group sex.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Claimant personal injury lawyers and after-the-event (ATE) insurers were nervously awaiting the publication of the Jackson report as the Gazette went to press.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th January 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Government has published Regulations that will absolve internet service providers (ISPs) and other digital service providers of responsibility for religion or sexuality-related hate speech transmitted over their networks.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th January 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“Ministers are under mounting pressure to combat voting fraud at this year’s general election after evidence of continuing abuse emerged.”
The Times, 14th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Why are we asking this now?
This week Britain’s first crown court criminal trial to take place without a jury in more than 400 years started at the Royal Courts of Justice. The case, involving four men accused of a £1.75m armed robbery, is being heard by a judge, sitting alone, who will decide upon the men’s guilt or otherwise.”
The Independent, 14th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The number of inmates in England and Wales’ jails should be cut by a third, and the money saved put into community penalties, a report by MPs has said.”
BBC News, 14th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A campaign to allow cameras into courts to film proceedings was announced by Sky News last night.”
The Times, 13th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The home secretary may have acted unlawfully by pursuing the extradition of the computer hacker Gary McKinnon, a high court judge said yesterday.”
The Guardian, 14th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“All’s fair in love — and divorce. Or is it? It may surprise those unfamiliar with acrimonious divorce battles that courts condone a degree of DIY detective work.”
The Times, 12th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Kate Middleton is pursuing legal action against a photographer who took pictures of her on Christmas Day, a month after the Queen warned the media over publication of paparazzi photographs of the royals.”
The Guardian, 13th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers have given a concession over what critics claimed were ‘draconian’ powers which would enable them to crack down on online copyright infringement.”
BBC News, 13th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Conservative Party is refusing to pay a £215,000 bill after one of its local election candidates rigged a poll using hundreds of fictitious voters to oust Europe’s first black woman mayor. The party went to the High Court yesterday to challenge an attempt to make it pay the costs of a scandal that pressured the Government into introducing tough new reforms to make it harder to steal elections.”
The Times, 13th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Former pop star Shakin’ Stevens has been found guilty of hitting a press photographer with a microphone stand.”
BBC News, 12th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Bristol teacher has been jailed for 10 months after being convicted of downloading thousands of images of children being sexually abused.”
BBC News, 12th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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