“Government ministers were castigated today over their ‘bungled’ creation of the Ministry of Justice and ‘insensitive’ treatment of judges in two separate Parliamentary reports.”
The Times, 26th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“UK telecoms companies will have to keep phone call logs for a year under a new law to come into force in October. The law does not apply to records of internet activity, such as web surfing, email and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone calls.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th July 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“Regulations set to come into force in December will be costly and could lead to a drop in competitiveness, according to a survey.”
The Times, 26th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act received its Royal Assent today (26 July) after 10 years of campaigning by unions and pressure groups.”
The Lawyer, 26th July 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Appeal judges have ordered a surrogate mother who refused to give up her baby boy to return the child to his father.”
BBC News, 26th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Marriage on the rocks? Two big money divorce lawyers tell you 20 ways to make the split less painful.”
The Times, 26th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Heathrow airport is targeting climate change activists with a sweeping injunction which could prevent members of the RSPB and the National Trust, plus millions more affiliated to environmental organisations, from attending a green protest.”
The Guardian, 27th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hundreds of thousands of small businesses and family partnerships will be forced to pay more tax under reforms proposed by the Government today.”
The Times, 26th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The attorney general’s legal advice could be made public and the attorney could lose the right to take prosecution decisions under a range of options for radical reform of the job outlined by the government yesterday.”
The Guardian, 27th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Attorney-General could in future have to explain before Parliament the legal basis for going to war, under reforms proposed yesterday. He or she could also give up any role in deciding prosecutions.”
The Times, 26th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A university tutor who taught students about computer security and identity theft has been jailed for two years for identity fraud offences.”
BBC News, 26th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police officers armed with bolt cutters had to be called in last night to help government officials seize Shambo, the sacred Hindu bullock wanted for slaughter.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The High Court set a deadline yesterday for Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, to decide whether a terrorist suspect held at Guantanamo prison should be allowed back into the Britain.”
The Independent, 27th July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain’s high street banks and the main consumer watchdog will today go to court to seek a test-case ruling aimed at resolving the uncertainty over ‘illegal’ bank penalty charges.”
The Guardian, 27th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man accused of drugging and raping a woman, and getting her pregnant with twins, is fighting for access to the children.”
The Times, 27th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Government has launched its formal consultation over the role of Attorney General in the justice system in England and Wales.”
Legal Week, 26th July 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Four students and a schoolboy who planned to fight British soldiers and die as martyrs have been sentenced by a court at the Old Bailey.”
BBC News, 26th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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