“The television watchdog imposed an £80,000 fine today after an investigation into ITV’s British Comedy Awards which named Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway as the People’s Choice vote winners, despite the public choosing a show that was broadcast on a rival channel.”
The Times, 2nd October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A watchdog’s report into the death of a man shortly after he was freed from custody says police should have sought medical advice while he was a prisoner.”
BBC News, 1st October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Wiltshire man who bludgeoned his landlady to death then threw her body into the River Avon has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.”
BBC News, 1st October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Doctors were forced to allow a suicidal woman who had swallowed anti-freeze to die, because she refused medical help.”
BBC News, 1st October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Rawnsley & Anor v Weatherall Green & Smith North Ltd [2009] EWHC B22 (Ch) (30 September 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Desmond v The Chief Constable of Nottinghamshhire Police [2009] EWHC 2362 (QB) (01 October 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“On the eve of the new legal year, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Jack Straw announced the successful delivery of the new UK Supreme Court.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th September 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“More than 50 bar association leaders from around the world have approved a communiqué in support of access to justice. The members of the group, which gathered in London on the occasion of the opening of the legal year, have voiced their concerns about cutbacks in funding legal services at the very time when recession has highlighted the need for access to legal advice and representation, especially for the weak and vulnerable.”
The Bar Council, 1st October 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Firms will have to review all the complaints about Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) mis-selling that they have rejected since 2005 under tough new proposals announced this week by the Financial Services Authority.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd October 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A Sikh police officer who was told to remove his turban during riot training has won his discrimination case against Greater Manchester Police.”
BBC News, 1st October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three pensioners involved in a £5m cannabis smuggling operation have been jailed.”
BBC News, 1st October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Competition Commission will press ahead with tougher planning hurdles to stop supermarkets dominating in a local area – but has revised its rules.”
BBC News, 2nd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“All 152 NHS organisations responsible for out of hours GP services in England have been ordered to review patient safety following the case of a German doctor who accidentally killed a patient on his first shift in Britain.”
The Guardian, 2nd October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The decision of the Serious Fraud Office to seek consent to prosecute BAE Systems could help to restore Britain’s international reputation for taking corruption seriously – and shed light on the opaque defence industry, says Chandrashekhar Krishnan.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Few parents will have forgotten the day they handed over their child to a nursery worker or other carer for the first time. For many, the experience would have been tinged with a sense of guilt – but all will recall the overwhelming need to trust the person into whose hands you deliver the most precious thing in your life. The horrors that unfolded at Little Ted’s Day Nursery in Plymouth will increase the anxieties of couples who, with the aid of the Government, have turned to professional childcare in ever greater numbers over the past decade. According to the National Day Nurseries Association, 15,500 nurseries in Britain cater for 700,000 pupils. Pre-school children spend an average of 21 hours a week in nurseries, a study by the Department for Children, Schools and Families found recently.”
The Independent, 2nd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“European court judgment over UK tax on firms that issue new shares abroad could be costly for British government.”
The Guardian, 1st October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Parents whose children attended a nursery where a string of child sex attacks took place were waiting last night to see if the woman responsible would end their agony and reveal the identities of her victims. Nursery worker Vanessa George and her accomplices Colin Blanchard and Angela Allen face lengthy jail terms after admitting a string of sex offences yesterday.”
The Guardian, 2nd October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The High Court showed it was in step with the times yesterday when it granted an order which allowed service of an injunction via Twitter.”
The Times, 2nd October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“People convicted of terrorism offences will join a register similar to that used to monitor sex offenders.”
BBC News, 1st October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The default retirement age for senior civil servants is to be abolished, the Government announced yesterday, as experts said it paves the way for the rule to be changed for all workers.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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