“Nearly 12,000 parents were prosecuted and 25 given prison sentences because of their children’s truancy from school last year, figures show. The longest jail sentence imposed on a parent was 90 days, according to the Ministry of Justice . A total of 11,757 parents were prosecuted for failing to ensure their child’s attendance at school, up from 11,188 the year before.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Euro MP must pay £575 after refusing to pay her TV licence fee. Jill Evans’ refusal to pay was part of a campaign by the Welsh Language Society over changes to the way S4C is run and cuts to its funding.”
BBC News, 4th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Companies that act anti-competitively should face greater maximum fines, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Ofgem has handed npower a £2 million penalty for breaching regulations in handling customer complaints.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“People on benefits who are fined in court could face a fivefold increase in the amount docked from their weekly payments to cover the penalty, David Cameron will announce on Saturday as the government response to the riots is intensified.”
The Guardian, 29th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke announced tough measures to better protect people from intruders, dangerous criminals and excessive no-win no-fee legal costs.”
Ministry of Justice, 26th October 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Courts should have the power to punish people breaching the Data Protection Act with prison sentences, MPs on the justice select committee have said.”
BBC News, 27th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Regulator Ofcom gives TalkTalk until mid-November to respond to allegations of ‘persistent’ silent calls, when it could levy a fine of up to £2m.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A pensioner was fined £75 for brushing his pet dog and leaving fur on the ground in a public park.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Londoners hoping to rent out their homes during the Olympics are being warned they could be breaking the law and left facing a fine.”
BBC News, 28th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lessons should be learned after a maintenance worker drowned at a Flintshire power station, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) says.”
BBC News, 21st September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Yobs are to be punished by their neighbours in new ‘justice panels’ as part of a radical overhaul of out-of-court penalties, the policing minister will say today.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A firm which admitted safety failures over the death of a worker at its Slough factory has been fined £200,000.”
BBC News, 9th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A field sports company has been fined £40,000 after damaging part of the North York Moors National Park.”
BBC News, 9th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Cambridge United player Jordan Patrick has been fined £750 for racially abusing a taxi driver and threatening a policeman in a drunken outburst.”
BBC News, 8th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man spotted using two mobile phones while behind the wheel of his car has been banned from driving for 12 months.”
BBC News, 15th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Businesses that fall short of set standards for ensuring the security of credit card data could be fined, the UK’s data protection watchdog said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Supermarkets that collaborated in attempting to drive the cost of dairy products up after exchanging price information have been fined by the UK’s competition regulator.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Prison numbers and crime rates will rise as a result of government attempts to curb youth crime, according to Napo, the union representing Britain’s probation workers.Napo claims late amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and the Punishment of Offenders bill, introduced in response to coalition concerns that it was seen to be going ‘soft on crime’, will backfire. The bill proposes a 10-fold increase in the fine for an individual who breaches a youth rehabilitation order, from the current £250 to £2,500.”
The Observer, 7th August 2011
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
“Two London solicitors have been fined and suspended for three months by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for sending intimidating letters accusing people of illegal filesharing.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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