‘A specific criminal offence should be created to deal with cases of domestic violence, the Law Commission has suggested in a consultation launched on Wednesday.’
The Guardian, 12th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A Cumbrian man who is HIV positive has been jailed for knowingly infecting his former partner with the virus.’
BBC News, 1st September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Man in court for rare prosecution under The Cancer Act 1939 which prohibits advertisements offering to treat or to cure cancer.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Two “predatory” paedophiles, one of whom is HIV positive, have been jailed for life.’
The Independent, 2nd December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who sexually abused three boys when he knew he was HIV positive, has been jailed for 10 years at Caernarfon Crown Court.”
BBC News, 26th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Home-testing kits that allow people to test themselves for HIV will be legal in the UK from next spring.”
The Independent, 14th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Surgeons, dentists, midwives and other healthcare workers who have HIV are to be allowed to perform all kinds of procedures on patients, following the lifting of an outdated ban that led in some cases to the loss of careers and livelihoods.”
The Guardian, 15th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man accused of infecting two women with the HIV virus has died in hospital.”
The Independent, 8th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The first Commission into Sex in Prisons has drawn attention to a rarely reported issue.”
The Independent, 6th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The lifetime ban on blood donations by men who have sex with men is expected to be lifted in the UK.”
BBC News, 8th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Staffordshire man who had unprotected sex with his partner knowing he had HIV has been jailed for four years.”
BBC News, 25th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A custody officer who was bitten on the face by an HIV positive asylum seeker has been awarded more than £100,000 compensation.”
BBC News, 31st May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 31-year-old man was jailed today after infecting a young woman with HIV.”
The Independent, 31st August 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Nadja Benaissa’s trial in Germany has highlighted the shortcomings of the law on HIV in the UK.”
The Guardian, 17th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A fire service control room operator with HIV is suing Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service for disability discrimination over his condition.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An HIV-positive Ugandan woman’s claim to stay in the UK has been rejected by the European Court of Human Rights.”
BBC News, 27th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Cardiff couple infected with HIV via contaminated blood products are taking their fight to the British courts.”
BBC News, 3rd September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lawyers for a couple infected with HIV through contaminated blood products are hoping to reopen the issue of government responsibility for the scandal in the British courts.”
The Guardian, 3rd September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A seven-year-old boy and his HIV-positive parents at the centre of a deportation battle have been granted a legal reprieve after coming within hours of being put on a plane to Malawi.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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