“The UK’s Data Protection Act turned ten years old on Wednesday amid calls to either update [sic] the legislation or enforce the rules it established.”
The Register, 16th July 2008
Source: www.theregister.co.uk
“Four convicted drug dealers have become the first criminals in England and Wales to be banned from owning or using more than one mobile telephone, under new police powers.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2008
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“The rock dinosaurs of the 1960s are in line for a spectacular windfall after the EU announced plans yesterday to extend musicians’ entitlement to retrospective royalties from 50 to 95 years.”
The Times, 17th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Health professionals failed to assess the risk a mentally ill mother posed to her two young children, a report into their deaths has found.”
BBC News, 17th July 2008
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“The Government’s information watchdog is to be given expanded powers to raid companies suspected of breaking data protection rules.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2008
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“Last month marked 793 years since Magna Carta was signed, a great step forward for the cause of liberty in Britain. Yet although there has been much progress over these eight centuries, there is one area of shame for lawyers like myself — that opportunities for high-flying women in our profession seem more suited to the 13th than the 21st century.”
The Times, 17th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Emergency legislation to allow witnesses in sensitive criminal trials to give evidence anonymously has cleared Parliament.”
BBC News, 16th July 2008
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“Police will get a ‘bureaucracy champion’ to help cut red tape, the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to announce.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Shami Chakrabarti has hit out at Sadiq Khan and eight other Asian Labour MPs over their decision to vote in favour of the government’s 42-day detention plan.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“One of the country’s largest trade unions discriminated against female members while negotiating a pay deal with their employer, the Court of Appeal said today in a ruling that could cost it and other unions millions of pounds.”
The Times, 16th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The police inquiry into the loss of data discs containing the details of 25 million people cost £473,544, the government has revealed.”
BBC News, 16th July 2008
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“Recommendations made after an official inquiry into the Soham murders remain unimplemented four years later, a report revealed today.”
The Independent, 16th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The European Commission has proposed a Directive that would give performers rights over recordings for 95 years after the recording. The change would give a player on a recording rights for the same length of time as the writer of the material.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th July 2008
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“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) today threatened to report banks to the Competition Commission after finding that the current account market did not offer good value for customers.”
The Times, 16th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior judge last night hit back at ‘ill-informed attacks’ on judges, particularly over granting bail.”
The Times, 16th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A GP accused of supplying a suicidal pensioner with sleeping tablets to enable her to take her own life told patients that he was in favour of euthanasia, a General Medical Council (GMC) hearing was told yesterday.”
The Times, 16th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An official complaint alleging that British intelligence officers colluded in the torture of a British medical student who was detained in Pakistan after the July 2005 suicide attacks in London has been lodged with the tribunal that conducts investigations into MI5 and MI6.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The prison service is to review the jail status of a man serving life for a murder he claims he did not commit. The case could set a precedent for prisoners who claim to be victims of miscarriages of justice and thus have to serve longer sentences than if they admitted guilt.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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