“The government will ensure that the ‘fathers, brothers and husbands’ who have sex with trafficked girls are prosecuted, Harriet Harman vowed yesterday.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Almost 300,000 miners with a disabling chest disease have received less money in compensation than it cost the Government to administer their claim, a report discloses today.”
The Times, 18th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The rock star Sting and his wife Trudie Styler were ordered to pay their former chef £24,944 yesterday after her ‘shameful’ dismissal when she became pregnant.”
The Times, 18th July, 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“More than half of those arrested in the UK on suspicion of terrorism since September 2001 have been released without charge, according to figures.”
BBC News, 17th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“More than 200 complaints were lodged in the past year arising from the conduct of judges, according to the annual report of a judicial watchdog.”
The Times, 17th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Fewer than half of the criminals brought to justice by authorities in England and Wales are taken to court, it was revealed today.”
The Times, 17th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Google is planning to recruit an in-house team across Europe after growing by more than 50 per cent in the last year.”
The Lawyer, 16th July 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“An economics graduate was sentenced to 160 hours of community service yesterday for making ‘sick jokes’ about ethnic groups and people with disabilities on a website.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Four thousand al-Qa’ida suspects and sympathisers are on M15’s watchlist, the Home Office warned as it accelerated plans for new anti-terror legislation.”
The Independent, 17th July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Cameras that automatically record car number plates, a weapon in the fight against crime and terrorism, could breach human rights and privacy laws, the government’s surveillance watchdog warned today.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The doctor who linked the MMR jab to autism, prompting one of the biggest medical controversies of the past 10 years, paid children attending his son’s birthday party to donate their blood for his research, it was alleged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Judges should be able to decide how long alleged terrorists can be detained without trial, a Government adviser said yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An estimated 125,000 people who lost their retirement savings when their companies went bust could receive higher payouts from the government, it was announced today.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior judge took the unprecedented step of initiating disciplinary action against one of his own High Court judges last night.”
The Times, 17th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The police are already hunting for 18 prisoners who are ‘unlawfully at large’ after being released among the 1,700 let out during the first week of the government’s new emergency scheme to cope with jail overcrowding, the justice ministry said yesterday.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Criminals released early from prison because of an overcrowding crisis committed eight more offences within days of being freed, the Ministry of Justice said.”
The Independent, 17th July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Education authorities are launching a crackdown on injury claims over fears of a burgeoning compensation culture in school playgrounds.”
The Times, 17th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“MPs called for legislation yesterday to make British retailers pay their garment workers overseas a living wage.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, the elite London law firm that is fighting an age-discrimination claim from a former partner, is being sued by another ex-employee, it emerged yesterday.”
The Times, 17th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Employees who use social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace and Bebo could find their bosses own part of the content, lawyers have warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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