“Nearly 50,000 prisoners will have been released early by the beginning of next year to ease jail overcrowding, Jack Straw has admitted.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Judges, and the system, feel beleaguered. The Times has accused family courts of operating in a ‘conspiracy of silence’ — particularly in care cases. While injustices may occur, judges feel that the picture is distorted. So The Times had been granted rare access to sit on the bench and witness family justice from a judge’s-eye view. ”
The Times, 18th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Nepalese Gurkhas who fought with the British army but retired before their regimental headquarters moved to the UK from Hong Kong in 1997, do not have strong ties to the country and have no right to settle in it, a Home Office lawyer told a judge in the high court yesterday.”
The Guardian, 18th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published updated guidelines on what is and what is not acceptable in contracts for consumers. The new guidance replaces that which was published in 2001.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th September 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The law on assisting suicide is to be simplified to increase public understanding and reassure people that it applies as much on the internet as it does off-line, Justice Minister, Maria Eagle said today.”
Ministry of Justice,17th September 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The government’s response to the Law Commission report on the amount of interest courts should award on debts and damages in court proceedings. ‘Pre-judgment interest’ refers to the interest awarded from the day when payment fell due until judgment is entered or payment made (whichever is earlier).”
Ministry of Justice, 16th September 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Families of four army recruits found dead at Deepcut barracks in Surrey will today launch a campaign for a public inquiry into the circumstances of the fatal shootings.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police have dropped a bribery probe into one of the leading UK lawyers who represents terrorism suspects.”
BBC News, 16th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Covert surveillance was used in a bid to catch independent punt operators collecting customers from undesignated spots along the River Cam in Cambridge.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government’s drug advisers will begin a review of the classification of ecstasy next week, raising the prospect that the drug could be downgraded from class A.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Crime victims are having to wait for up to a week before they can see a police officer and untrained officers are being sent to investigate serious offences, reports from the policing standards watchdog show.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Retired Gurkhas have launched their High Court battle for the right to live in the UK.”
BBC News, 16th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Activists have complained to the UK’s privacy regulator about plans to keep information gleaned from number plate-reading cameras for five years. Privacy International has said that the keeping of data for that long is ‘unnecessary and disproportionate’.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th September 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A new Home Office body aimed at preventing another Soham murder tragedy could be at ‘significant risk’ of failing, Government auditors said.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police officers should not be allowed to sit on juries because of the danger they pose to the fairness of trials, senior members of the judiciary say.”
The Independent, 17th September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Sadiq Khan, a Government whip, said that the forthcoming Single Equality Act, which could force public bodies to actively promote equality on grounds of gender, race and disability, must also tackle religion and end ‘Islamophobia in the workplace’.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Actress Joanna Lumley brought a touch of showbiz glamour to the High Court today as she joined Gurkhas in their battle for the right to settle in Britain.”
The Independent, 16th September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Craig Meehan, who has been found guilty of downloading images of child abuse from the internet, was only caught because of the disappearance of his former partner’s daughter, nine-year-old Shannon Matthews.”
BBC News, 16th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A paramedic who ate celery while his colleague jokingly put a prawn on a dying man’s chin as he was given shock treatment was suspended for six months.”
BBC News, 15th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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