Sex offenders’ mug shots ‘aged’ – BBC News
“A ‘most wanted’ website showing images of sex offenders has marked its first anniversary by posting age-progressed photographs of people it is hunting.”
BBC News, 16th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court ruling sought over ‘yuppie flu’ – Daily Telegraph
“A legal battle is being launched to force the Government’s health watchdog to stop defining so-called ‘yuppie flu’ as a mental illness.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Banks accused of condoning criminality via overdraft limit breaches – The Times
“Banks have been accused of condoning criminal behaviour among customers by allowing them to exceed their agreed overdraft limits.”
The Times, 16th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Disability law can protect alcoholic workers – OUT-LAW.com
“Alcoholic workers could receive protection from the Disability Discrimination Act despite the fact that alcoholism is specifically barred from protection, employment experts have said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th November 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
State of the Union – Law Society’s Gazette
“Leaders of the European Union member states will sign a new reform treaty next month. But what are the legal implications of this landmark agreement for the UK?
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th November 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Regina v Brown (Kirsty) – Times Law Reports
Courts-Martial Appeal Court
“There was no principle by which a serviceman absent without leave ceased to be under an obligation to obey a lawful order.”
The Times, 16th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication
Regina (Wright and Others) v Secretary of State for Health and Another – Times Law Reports
Regina (Wright and Others) v. Secretary of State for Health and Another
Court of Appeal
“Those who worked with vulnerable adults should be given the opportunity to make representations before being placed on a list preventing them doing such work.”
The Times, 16th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication
Her Majesty’s Court Service user survey – Ministry of Justice
“The bulletin presents the findings of the first full year (2006/07) results from Her Majesty’s Court Service (HMCS) User Survey.”
Ministry of Justice, 15th November 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Superbug hospital will not face charges – Daily Telegraph
“A hospital responsible for a series of failings that led to a superbug outbreak which claimed 33 lives will not face criminal prosecution, it was announced yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
OFT challenges banks on “misleading” overdraft charges – The Independent
“The Office of Fair Trading yesterday warned Britain’s banks it intended to take them to task over unauthorised overdraft charges whatever the outcome of a High Court test case on the fees that is scheduled to begin in January.”
The Independent, 16th November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BA offers £430 to strike-hit passengers – The Times
“British Airways is facing a multi-million-pound compensation bill after failing to keep secret a deal in which it has agreed to pay passengers £430 each for cancelling their flights.”
The Times, 16th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BBC admits error over bogus crying in film of quintuplets – The Times
“The BBC added its own soundtrack of babies gurgling to a news report about the birth of quintuplets, the corporation admitted. BBC News was at the centre of another ‘fakery’ allegation after admitting that producers manipulated the soundtrack of footage received from John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
The Times, 16th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Diabetic in coma shot with Taser out of fear he was suicide bomber – The Times
“A man who slipped into a diabetic coma on a bus was shot twice with a Taser gun because police mistook him for an Arab suicide bomber.”
The Times, 16th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
MoD sued over “36 hours of hell” in Basra – The Times
“Iraqi prisoners held by British troops at a detention centre in Basra were forced to dance ‘like Michael Jackson’ during 36 hours of alleged beatings and sleep-deprivation, according to a High Court writ against the Ministry of Defence.”
The Times, 16th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Bill could ban tax exiles from House of Lords – The Guardian
“A forthcoming constitutional reform bill could include measures to stop tax exiles from sitting in the House of Lords, the cabinet secretary said yesterday amid further questions about the tax status of the millionaire Tory donor Lord Ashcroft.”
The Guardian, 16th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Suspected Atlantic airline plotter faces deportation – The Guardian
“A key suspect behind an alleged plot to blow up airliners over the Atlantic appeared last night to be a step closer to being extradited to Britain after a court in Pakistan dropped charges against him there.”
The Guardian, 16th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Longer sentences have led to jail crisis says top judge – The Guardian
“The prison system is in a ‘critical situation’ and there must be a debate on linking sentencing to the resources available for punishing offenders the most senior judge in England and Wales, the lord chief justice, said last night.”
The Guardian, 16th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge ordered off divorce case after ‘flying carpet’ jibe – The Guardian
“A high court judge who made allegedly mocking remarks about a sheikh involved in a multi-million pound divorce was today ordered to step down from the case.”
The Guardian, 15th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
