“Fresh evidence that gang culture is flourishing inside Britain’s top-security prisons emerges today in a report by the chief inspector of prisons on Long Lartin jail in Worcestershire.”
The Guardian, 13th January 2009
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“Government fails to provide proof that the former attorney general was not pressured to change his initial opinion that 2003 invasion could be illegal.”
The Guardian, 13th January 2009
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“Privacy policies are full of jargon and are designed to reduce organisations’ liability rather than to help people understand what their personal data might be used for, the UK’s privacy watchdog has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th January 2009
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“It carries a knighthood, prestige and authority. But it is seen as lonely, fusty and male-dominated, with a culture of ‘male self-confidence and intellectual posturing’.”
The Times, 13th January 2009
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“Six in ten adults think anyone caught illegally carrying knife should face an automatic jail sentence to curb the menace.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th January 2009
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“Young people who join gangs could face banning orders to control their movements and prevent gun and knife crime, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 13th January 2009
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“Gary McKinnon’s case is only the latest in a string of high-profile extraditions involving British citizens to the United States. It comes after the NatWest Three and Ian Norris, former chief executive of Morgan Crucible, fought extradition battles through the courts – in the latter case successfully. Both highlighted the threat to the British business community from what is seen as the ‘long arm’ of US jurisdiction.”
The Times, 13th January 2008
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“Careless workers and their bosses could be more likely to go to prison than muggers when new health and safety legislation comes in to force this week, lawyers have warned.”
The Times, 12th January 2009
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Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“For the purpose of making the required assumptions in order to determine whether a defendant had benefited from drug trafficking, the Crown was required to prove on the balance of probabilities that the defendant had made payments out of payments received by him in connection with his drug trafficking. Prima facie evidence that the defendant had incurred such expenditure was insufficient.”
The Times, 12th January 2009
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Admiral Taverns (Cygnet) Ltd v Daniel and Another
Court of Appeal
“Any court had jurisdiction to stay the execution of a warrant of possession issued under section 89 of the Housing Act 1980.”
The Times, 12th January 2009
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Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“On a return to custody following release from a detention and training order, the period of the ‘remainder of the term’ was to be calculated from the date when it was proved to the satisfaction of the youth court that an offender had failed to comply with the requirements of the supervision element of the order.”
The Times, 12th January 2009
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“The power under s 5(3)(c) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 for the Boundary Committee of the Electoral Commission to make ‘an alternative proposal’ enabled the Committee to make two or more proposals.”
WLR Daily, 9th January 2009
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“Ministers have been accused of blocking compensation claims brought by hundreds of nuclear test veterans who believe they developed cancers and other illnesses after being forced to witness atomic bomb experiments in the 1950s and ’60s.”
The Independent, 11th January 2009
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“Gary McKinnon, the computer hacker facing extradition to the US for hacking into the Pentagon and Nasa systems, could now be prosecuted in Britain.”
The Guardian, 12th January 2009
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