Day: 24 September 2009
New blow to terror control orders as second suspect released – The Times
“Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, has allowed a second terror suspect to be released from virtual house arrest rather than disclose ‘secret’ evidence against him.”
The Times, 24th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
£400,000 damages for family of woman who died in childbirth – The Independent
“The family of a woman who died in labour and never saw the son she had conceived after IVF treatment was awarded £410,000 damages today.”
The Independent, 24th September 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police fined £40,000 for shooting ‘disaster’
“Thames Valley police force has been fined £40,000 after a firearms instructor, Pc David Micklethwaite, accidentally shot and nearly killed a former rifle marksman.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Three sent for trial in insider-dealing case – The Times
“An accountant and two lawyers accused of insider dealing by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) have been committed to stand trial at Southwark Crown Court.”
The Times, 23rd September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Punch death sentence ‘too short’ – BBC News
“The sister of a man who died after being punched by a 15-year-old boy in South Yorkshire has attacked the two-year sentence given to the teenager.”
BBC News, 23rd September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Business Rate Supplements (Rateable Value Condition) (England) Regulations 2009
The Business Rate Supplements (Transfers to Revenue Accounts) (England) Regulations 2009
The Energy Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009
The Ecodesign for Energy-Using Products (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
File sharing: how can the music industry get the public to pay up? – The Times
“Rock god versus pop diva — the music rights debate is producing some unexpected spectacles. Is file sharing creating a generation of people who expect never to pay for music or is it opening up a whole new audience who will save the industry?”
The Times, 24th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Food firm boss sold Tesco pies to Fortnum & Mason as organic – The Times
“The director of a food company that provided pies to Fortnum & Mason has been jailed for re-packaging cheap supermarket goods and claiming that they were organic.”
Full story
The Times, 24th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Coroner condemns Rye Hill jail where prisoner on suicide watch bled to death – The Guardian
“A coroner today (23 September) condemned ‘appalling and unacceptable conditions’ at a privately-run prison where an inmate on suicide watch was allowed to bleed to death. Aleksey Baranovsky, 33, a Ukrainian national, died in a blood-covered cell at HMP Rye Hill, Warwickshire, in June 2006.”
Full story
The Guardian, 23rd September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Since my son died we aren’t allowed to see our grandchildren – The Times
“A retired judge went to court over contact with his family. The hearing descended into a shouting match. He explains why the system is flawed.”
The Times, 24th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Without prejudice: what does it actually mean? – The Times
“Despite being in use in British courts for more than a 100 years, the ‘without prejudice’ rule is well known but not necessarily well understood.”
The Times, 24th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Suicide advice websites face prosecution – Daily Telegraph
“Internet campaigners whose advice on how to take your own life is used in an assisted suicide face possible prosecution, according to the new guidance published yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Assisted suicide guide is a blend of protection and compassion – The Times
“Keir Starmer has made the best of a difficult job. First, as widely trailed, he has decided that his assisted suicide guidelines must apply to England and Wales as well as to behaviour abroad. This is surely right: there is no moral difference between an act committed in Geneva and its replica in Hull.”
The Times, 24th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
