“Opposition politicians have accused the government of ‘arrogantly’ misusing its oversight of parliamentary business, as it emerged yesterday that the number of days MPs would attend parliament in the next session would be the smallest since 1979-80.”
The Guardian, 30th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The former owner of a nursery, where a toddler died after getting her neck trapped in the drawstring of a bag, was fined £35,000 yesterday for breaking health and safety regulations.”
The Guardian, 30th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“He has been an outspoken and robust holder of the post. So Sir Ken Macdonald, QC, was unlikely to end with a whimper. True to form, his final speech just days ago was a forceful attack on ministers’ plans for a new super database and the dangers of expanding state surveillance and growth of the security State.”
The Times, 30th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The public may believe that lawyers thrive in bad as well as good times. But it is becoming clear that some smaller firms will not survive the turmoil of the downturn.”
The Times, 30th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) is to launch a review into the conflict rules governing all solicitors after calls from leading firms and the City of London Law Society (CLLS) to increase flexibility for City firms.”
Legal Week, 30th October 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The issue of assisted suicide has again been thrust into public view with another UK court case.”
BBC News, 29th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined a senior manager of Sindicatum Holdings, the financial advisory and asset management firm, nearly £20,000 for failing to have adequate anti-money laundering controls in place.”
The Times, 29th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Gordon Brown’s claims that a national ID card scheme would help prevent terrorist attacks are ‘absolute bunkum’ according to a senior Government security adviser.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A government initiative to improve prisoners’ education ‘has not succeeded’, MPs have said.”
BBC News, 30th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Suspected Holocaust denier Dr Gerald Toben has won his fight against extradition to Germany where he is wanted for allegedly publishing anti-Semitic material on his website.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Many people who heard Debbie Purdy’s dignified plea for clarity on whether her husband would be prosecuted if he assisted her suicide have been moved by the reasonableness of her request. Lord Justice Scott Baker said the court could not leave the case without expressing ‘great sympathy’.”
The Times, 29th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A secretary was facing jail today for kicking a train passenger in the face with her stiletto heel after he told her boyfriend to take his feet off a first class seat.”
The Independent, 29th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A lorry driver has been cleared of death by dangerous driving after a crash which killed a 10-year-old girl.”
BBC News, 29th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 22-year-old woman will serve at least 13 years of a life sentence for stabbing her mother’s partner to death.”
BBC News, 29th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who killed a woman in a hit-and-run almost three years ago has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 29th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One of the teenage boys who kicked a 20-year-old woman to death because she was dressed as a Goth has won a cut in his minimum term for the murder.”
BBC News, 29th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A terminally ill woman who wants her husband to help her die has lost her landmark High Court legal bid to clarify the law on assisted suicide.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The BBC today suspended Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand until an investigation into their prank calls to actor Andrew Sachs has been completed, in an attempt to quell the mounting furore over the ‘Sachsgate’ affair.
The Guardian, 29h October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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