“The number of drunks being punished in the courts has plummeted to its lowest ever levels in the wake of 24 hour drinking being introduced.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Senior cabinet ministers will step up the pressure on the prime minister this week to rule out holding a referendum on electoral reform on the same day as the general election, because they believe it would set back the case for reform for a generation.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Up to 240 murder and rape convictions are being reviewed following the discovery of one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British legal history.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Asylum seekers are to be subjected to DNA tests in an attempt to confirm their true nationalities, the Observer can reveal.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former investment banker has succeeded in winning a bigger divorce settlement after appealing against a ruling in which his wife was awarded 65 per cent of their joint assets.”
The Times, 19th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A bigamist has escaped jail after the wife he tricked into marriage appealed to a judge to be lenient, saying she had ‘entirely forgiven’ him.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The future of the Attorney-General was in doubt last night as it emerged that the UK Border Agency had raided the home of an illegal migrant she had employed as her cleaner.”
The Times, 21st September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Objections to a 43-storey residential block on London’s South Bank were thrown out by a High Court Judge today.”
The Independent, 18th September 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A hospital trust has denied a nurse’s claim it is preventing her from openly expressing her religious beliefs.”
BBC News, 20th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Supreme Court, which opens its doors next month, is supposed to herald a new era in British justice — contemporary surroundings, television cameras and transparent justice.”
The Times, 21st September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Lawyers for the parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann have demanded the removal of a website which claims their daughter is dead.”
BBC News, 19th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Yvonne Hossack has dedicated her life to helping the elderly and disabled. She saved 80 care homes from closure. Yesterday, after a witch hunt by council leaders, she was allowed to continue with her crusade.”
The Independent, 19th September 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Guidelines for children wanting a sex change are under review, it can be disclosed, as it emerged that a 12-year-old British boy is hoping to become one of the world’s youngest transsexuals.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions, on new legislation on assisted suicide, whether to prosecute Damian Green and the death of Ian Tomlinson.”
The Guardian, 21st September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“People who stand to benefit financially from a person’s death are likely to be the ones prosecuted for assisting a suicide, under guidelines to be issued this week.”
The Times, 21st September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“People who wish to die through assisted suicide will this week have guidance for the first time on whether their partners, relatives or friends risk being prosecuted.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Rape claims are being left off official crime records, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 21st September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist, is to call for Britain’s libel laws to be reformed following a string of cases in which science researchers and writers have been sued for criticising health therapies they felt to be unreliable.”
The Times, 20th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Swindon Borough Council v Redpath [2009] EWCA Civ 943 (11 September 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Family Division)
H (A Child), Re [2009] EWHC 2280 (Fam) (11 September 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
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