“Pro bono body LawWorks is to create the first ever set of UK pro bono league tables, ranking law firms on their commitment to providing free legal advice.”
Legal Week, 28th February 2008
Source: www.legalweek.co.uk
“Advances in forensic science have prompted speculation about a new trial, but it would still have to serve the interests of justice.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Home Office has launched an investigation into how an optical disc holding confidential information was discovered hidden beneath the keyboard of a laptop bought on the online auction site eBay.”
The Guardian, 28th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
” Jack Straw dropped measures to overhaul the law on prostitution yesterday to ensure that a Bill that prevents prison officers from striking is law by May.”
The Times, 28th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Westminster sleaze watchdog will not conduct an independent inquiry of MPs’ expenses for fear of duplicating an internal review headed by the Commons Speaker, it was revealed today.”
The Guardian, 27th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Why are we asking this now?
Because the Government has been ordered to release the minutes of two key cabinet meetings held in the run up to the Iraq invasion in 2003. The Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, has ordered the Government to hand over the minutes after it initially turned down a request for them made under the Freedom of Information Act.”
The Independent, 28th February 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Channel 4’s Dispatches editor Kevin Sutcliffe and the programme makers behind Undercover Mosque are pursuing a libel claim against West Midlands Police and the Crown Prosecution Service.”
The Guardian, 27th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A senior police officer has been denied promotion to chief inspector level because he posted personal information about his gay lifestyle on the social networking website Facebook.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government today lodged an appeal in the case of an Algerian pilot who was wrongly accused of training some of the September 11 hijackers.”
The Guardian, 27th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The trial of a man charged with murdering a pregnant 22-year-old woman on her doorstep began at the Old Bailey in London today.”
The Guardian, 27th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Details of Sir Paul McCartney’s acrimonious divorce are set to be published by the High Court to end the speculation over the size of the financial award which could be the biggest in British legal history.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The widow of a man who killed himself six years after an industrial accident should be compensated by his former employers, the House of Lords said this morning.”
The Times, 27th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A ‘sparky young man’ who suffered serious brain damage at birth has been awarded £5.4m in damages.”
BBC News, 27th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The number of failed asylum-seekers and their dependants removed from Britain fell last year by more than a quarter compared with the previous 12 months, according to government figures published yesterday.”
The Times, 27th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Members of a gang that made millions of pounds from swindling thousands of holidaymakers were convicted yesterday of setting up one of Britain’s biggest tourism scams. The three men and a woman are believed to have made up to £12 million by taking reservations for holidays from at least 8,000 people via the internet and teletext, but never booking them, Southwark Crown Court was told.”
The Times, 27th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“False allegations of rape may make for gripping headlines in the newspapers, but they can also ruin the lives of those men who’ve been accused despite being innocent.”
BBC News Magazine, 27th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A group from Wales is campaigning for the UK government to overturn a decision to stop compensating people suffering from an industrial illness.”
BBC News, 27th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The scale of youth binge drinking was exposed yesterday by a single day’s hearings in one court where a dozen teenagers claimed that their separate crimes were all drink fuelled.”
The Times, 26th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Water voles are to be given protection from persecution and accidental disturbance to try to stem the decline in their population. The species has suffered more than a 90 per cent fall in numbers in less than 20 years.”
The Times, 27th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Aweys and Others) v Birmingham City Council
Court of Appeal
“A housing authority acted unlawfully when persons unintentionally homeless and in priority need, but unsuitably accommodated rather than on the streets, were left in the same accommodation pending permanent re-housing.”
The Times, 27th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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