“A court of appeal decision has shone a light on the homegrown cannabis industry. The quashing of the convictions of three men involved in hydroponics comes at a time when cultivation of cannabis in the UK is at record levels.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A group of 84 landowners is backing a hunt’s attempt to ban saboteurs from almost every piece of open land and countryside in West Sussex.”
The Times, 14th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government’s drive to curb street gangs and knife crime is challenged today by research suggesting official tactics are fundamentally misinformed, frequently failing, and sometimes actively strengthen the gangs they target.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Magistrates should be banned from handing out custodial sentences to help ease overcrowding in prisons, an influential report says.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Sarah Vince-Cain describes herself as a child of the Eighties, brought up in the age of ‘hard work, power suits and Margaret Thatcher’, and felt guilty about taking time off to start a family.”
The Times, 14th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A judge has said there was no ‘point’ in community punishments if offenders were given nothing to do and were ‘sitting around’.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police are to be ordered to mount a new offensive against knife crime, with more young people searched for weapons in the eight parts of the country worst affected by stabbings.”
The Independent, 14th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Ministry of Defence is facing fresh court action over as many as 11 cases of alleged abuse of Iraqis, including the alleged sexual humiliation of a teenage boy by British soldiers at a base near Basra in 2003, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
” A solicitor who was forced by his law firm to retire at 65 will lodge a test appeal today, claiming that he was the victim of age discrimination.”
The Times, 14th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The radical extension of maternity leave and parents’ rights is sabotaging women’s careers, according to the head of the new equalities watchdog.”
The Times, 14th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An innocent commuter mistakenly detained at gunpoint has filed an official complaint over his arrest after it emerged that he did not match the description of the armed suspect police had been seeking.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“People suffering from pleural plaques through exposure to asbestos could qualify for a £5,000 payment if the outcome of a new government consultation goes in their favour.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The biggest case ever to be brought by the Serious Fraud Office, involving an alleged price-fixing conspiracy said to have defrauded the NHS of millions of pounds, has been thrown out of court after more than six years of investigation and pre-trial hearings.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Max Mosley is suing for breach of privacy over reports he participated in a sadomasochistic ‘Nazi orgy’. The case has big implications for tabloid culture and freedom of expression”
The Times, 13th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government is to change a loophole in the law after a 20-year campaign by a woman who was not allowed to pass on her Britishness to her daughter.”
BBC News, 13th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The number of peers sitting in the House of Lords is to be slashed from 735 to only 400 under proposals to be announced by Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“MPs have spent more than £3 million of taxpayers’ cash redesigning the parliamentary website, it has been revealed.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Their bills are astronomical, but what’s a few million here if it saves more money there? These days an expensive lawyer is a necessity — not a luxury — especially if you’re visiting the divorce courts. So who among the top 50 is raking it in — and are they really worth it?”
The Times, 13th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A drink-driver who killed a woman when she crashed into her broken-down car while using a mobile phone has been jailed for six years.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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