“This woman doesn’t want to die, so why has she asked the High Court to allow her husband to assist in her suicide?”
Daily Telegraph, 15th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Mothers will win a legal right to breast feed in public, under plans being considered by the Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Financial Services Authority (FSA), the City watchdog, was attacked across the City today as it unveiled draconian new rules to force short sellers to disclose their positions in companies undertaking a rights issue.”
The Times, 13th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Offenders carrying out community sentences could be forced to wear high-visibility bibs that will mark them out as criminals, part of measures designed to restore public confidence.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Banks, mortgage companies and credit card providers could face a flood of mis-selling claims following a report from the Competition Commission that claims consumers are being overcharged £1.4 billion a year for payment protection insurance (PPI).”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th June 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“In choosing to examine the status of pre-nuptial agreements, the Law Commission has missed an opportunity to clarify the wider and far more significant issue of how to split marital assets on divorce.”
The Times, 13th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The UK’s new supreme court could answer the vexed question of how judges might legitimately help the government confront terrorism.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th June 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Britain is accused of holding Iraqi prisoners of war in a legal black hole after it emerged that two men accused of killing British soldiers have been detained without trial for more than five years.”
The Independent, 15th June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The head of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales has urged magistrates and judges to impose fewer custodial terms on young offenders.”
BBC News, 16th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Solicitors risk breaching conduct rules and could face insurance claims if they use non-specialist online sources for legal research, a leading QC solicitor has warned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th June 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A senior family judge has attacked the present system of family courts run by a ‘self-selecting great and good and a professional judiciary’ as out of tune with society.”
The Times, 16th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The two brothers at the centre of the Forest Gate anti-terror raid will receive £60,000 in compensation from Scotland Yard, it emerged last night.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A senior judge made a passionate plea for the Government to clamp down on disturbing internet images as he jailed four teenagers for a ‘sickening’ attack which they filmed.”
The Independent, 14th June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, was last night facing a Commons summons to explain how another batch of secret documents were left on a train.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“First Bus has defended a bill, believed to be for £125,000, which was sent to police for providing CCTV equipment to help a terrorism investigation.”
BBC News, 15th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Teenagers and students have an average of more than 800 illegally copied songs each on their digital music players, the largest academic survey of young people’s music ownership has found.”
The Times, 16th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Strict regulations are to be imposed on herbalists and acupuncturists amid growing concerns about the safety of their treatments.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government is outlawing a number of offshore corporation tax avoidance schemes, one of which has been operated by Tesco, the supermarket giant has confirmed.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Victoria Climbie’s social worker has accused officials at London’s Haringey Council of the UK’s ‘worst case of institutionalised scapegoating’.”
BBC News, 14th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A British man accused of the ‘biggest military computer hack of all time’ will make a last desperate plea today to try to stop his extradition to the US.”
The Independent, 16th June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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