“The metropolitan police are to investigate MI6, the secret intelligence service, over alleged complicity in the torture of a terror suspect, in the second criminal investigation of British intelligence officers in the war on the terror to be announced this year.”
The Independent, 12th September 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“About 150,000 sick miners and their families are still owed £100m by solicitors who wrongly charged them for compensation claims, an MP says.”
BBC News, 13th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Divorcing and separating couples would be compelled to consider mediation before going to court, under plans being drawn up by ministers.”
The Times, 14th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Three men found not guilty of the plot to blow up transatlantic airlines could face a retrial, after the director of public prosecutions said last night he was willing to break with convention and press for a conviction, despite two juries clearing the trio.”
The Guardian, 12th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A powerful new European commissioner for human rights who is expected to push for new protection for asylum seekers and workers is set to be appointed later this year.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman who admitted causing the death of a baby in a car crash in Bedfordshire has been fined £2,500.”
BBC News, 11th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The three people jailed over Baby Peter Connelly’s death have been denied leave to appeal against their sentences.”
BBC News, 11th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Tens of thousands of motorists fined for straying into bus lanes could have their money refunded as a result of a High Court test case next month.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who swallowed 106 packages of cocaine to smuggle them into the UK was today starting a 10-year jail sentence.”
The Independent, 11th September 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two police officers are under investigation after using anti-terror stop-and-search powers against a man and two young children in a south London street.”
The Guardian, 10th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A doctor who killed a grandmother with a diamorphine overdose and gave another patient a potentially lethal injection within the space of an hour operated at ‘far below’ the medical standard expected, a disciplinary panel ruled today.”
The Guardian, 11th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“MI6 is to be investigated over alleged ill-treatment of a suspect after the security service raised concerns over one of its own officers.”
The Times, 11th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for five years for leaving a fake bomb in a bank in Gloucester with a note to the manager saying: ‘Many lives are in your hands’.”
BBC News, 10th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
MGR (A Minor), Re [2009] EWCA Civ 942 (09 September 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2009
The Accession (Worker Authorisation and Worker Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009
The Companies (Companies Authorised to Register) Regulations 2009
The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Payment Services (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has walked out of talks on extending fixed costs in personal injury cases, the Gazette has learned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th September 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Law Society has called on the Ministry of Justice to clarify its ‘incoherent’ and ‘deeply flawed’ consultation on criminal legal aid cuts.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th September 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Solicitors have handed back more than £1.5m to injured former miners under a new voluntary repayment scheme after wrongly deducting fees from miners’ government compensation awards – and this figure could rise further as the project rolls on, the Gazette can reveal.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th September 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Three men have been jailed after a 26-year-old man, who was on a night out in Greater Manchester, was beaten into a coma over a cigarette.”
BBC News, 10th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man hailed as a hero for saving a policeman from rioting hooligans has been jailed for making a hoax 999 call which sparked a £1m rescue operation.”
BBC News, 10th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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