“Elderly people must have the same legal safeguards as children, experts said yesterday after research found that almost 350,000 pensioners were abused in their own homes by carers last year.”
The Times, 15th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Senior judges have upheld a decision to delay the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian shot dead on a London train by police who believed he was a suicide bomber.”
Reuters, 15th June 2007
Source: www.reuters.com
“The Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) today published its first Agency business plan alongside a report into the failure to consider some foreign national prisoners for deportation last year and an update on progress in deporting those 1013 foreign national prisoners from the UK.”
Home Office press release, 14th June 2007
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“The Prison Service paid £2.5 in compensation to prisoners in England and Wales last year, figures show.”
BBC News, 15th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Four prisoners who were facing deportation after finishing sentences for serious crimes have gone missing, immigration officials admitted yesterday.”
The Guardian, 15th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Drivers face a drastic reduction in the drink-drive limit and the introduction of random roadside breath tests in a government crackdown on alcohol-related road deaths.”
The Guardian, 15th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An ill-conceived attempt to remove Parliament from Britain’s newly created Freedom of Information laws now looks almost certain to fail. The Tory MP David Maclean’s Private Member’s Bill, supported by ministers and elements of the Labour Party, has failed to attract a peer to sponsor it in the House of Lords.”
The Independent, 15th June 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Gordon Brown is being urged to intervene to stop the Home Office banning a British resident from returning home after more than four years at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.”
The Independent, 15th June 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“European laws protecting the health and safety of workers are being applied correctly in the UK, European judges ruled today.”
The Times, 14th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A UK terror suspect under a control order who absconded can be named as Zeeshan Siddique, a court has ruled.”
BBC News, 14th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Work on the new Supreme Court started this week after final contracts were signed with the developer, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice announced today. The building is expected to open for business in October 2009.”
Ministry of Justice press release, 14th June 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Maranowska v. Richardson & Anr
AXA Insurance UK plc v. Norwich Union Insurance Ltd.
Birmingham City FC plc v. Revenue & Customs Commissioners
Corbett v. South Yorkshire Strategic HA
Shanks v. Swan Hunter Group plc
Daily Telegraph, 14th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Please note the Daily Telegraph Law Reports are only available online for one week.
“A range of tough new measures that will enhance the protection of children from sex offenders was unveiled today by the Home Secretary, John Reid.”
Home Office press release, 13th June 2007
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Most leading business lawyers have concerns about proposals to create alternative routes into the legal profession, according to a survey this week.”
Legal Week, 14th June 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A move to exempt parliament from the Freedom of Information Act appeared to have collapsed last night, when no peer came forward to sponsor the private member’s bill lodged by the former Tory chief whip, David Maclean, in the Lords.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The judiciary has come under fresh scrutiny this week after a retiring senior judge’s details appeared prematurely on a mediation website and another continued working until days before his high profile trial for indecent exposure.”
Legal Week, 14th June 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Women in the public sector seeking equal pay with their male colleagues are taking more than 1,500 cases to court a month, at a cost to the taxpayer of more than £1 billion, it has been claimed.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The new coroner for the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales yesterday pledged an “open, fair and transparent” inquiry – then immediately attempted to gag the press.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Only one in five criminals convicted of possessing a firearm has been sentenced to the mandatory minimum jail terms created by the Government to fight gun crime, Home Office figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Mail on Sunday will be forced to return Prince Charles’ diaries after the House of Lords today rejected the paper’s request for leave to appeal the case.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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