Judges to review the secrecy of royal wills – The Times
“The Royal Family’s 100-year-old convention that their wills may be kept secret is to be reexamined by senior judges..”
The Times, 24th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Category: news
Appeal over UKIP donation ruling – BBC News
“The High Court has granted an appeal against a ruling that UKIP should forfeit only a fraction of £367,697 it received in ‘impermissible donations’.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Daily Cause List, 26th January 2009
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
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Pair not guilty of manslaughter – BBC News
“A farmer and his son have been found guilty of health and safety failings after a teenager died in a farm machinery accident near Bristol.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Council is fined over bath death – BBC News
“The death of a 50-year-old disabled man who drowned in a bath in council-run accommodation was preventable, health and safety officials have said.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Brothers jailed for arson killing – BBC News
“Two teenage brothers who started a fire at a derelict factory in which two homeless people died have been sentenced to six years in custody.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
British hacker wins right to challenge US extradition – The Guardian
“The British computer hacker Gary McKinnon has today won permission to launch a fresh high court challenge against attempts to extradite him to America.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Father jailed for killing four children by dangerous driving – The Guardian
“Nigel Gresham sentenced for two years after his unsafe Land Rover plunged into river Witham in Lincolnshire.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Karen Matthews sentenced to eight years in jail for kidnapping daughter, Shannon – The Times
“Karen Matthews has been sentenced today to eight years in jail for kidnapping and imprisoning her nine-year-old daughter.”
The Times, 23rd January
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Hospital at fault over baby death – BBC News
“A couple from Worcestershire have received a five-figure pay out after hospital staff missed warning signs that led to their baby’s death.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Firm to pay price of trainee sacking – Law Society’s Gazette
“Firms that sack a trainee without the agreement of the Solicitors Regulation Authority could find themselves liable for hefty damages, a landmark employment tribunal decision suggests.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd January 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Husband killer fights nursing ban – BBC News
“A 61-year-old woman from Kent who admitted killing her estranged husband with an axe is fighting a decision to strike her off the nurses’ register.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fears over stop and search powers – BBC News
“Metropolitan Police officers are stopping and searching too many innocent people using powers designed for fighting terrorism, it is claimed.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman who let son, three, smoke is sentenced – The Guardian
“A mother who let her three-year-old son smoke a cigarette butt while she talked on the telephone was given a suspended sentence yesterday.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Straw and Hain censured over donations – The Independent
“Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, and the former cabinet minister Peter Hain received embarrassing rebukes from anti-sleaze watchdogs yesterday over their failure to register donations.”
The Independent, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Steven Gerrard to appear in court following alleged nightclub attack – Daily Telegraph
“England star Gerrard, 28, is due to appear at North Sefton Magistrates’ Court, in Southport after part-time disc jockey Marcus McGee was allegedly left with bruises and a missing tooth after a fight in the town’s Lounge Club on December 29.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd Janaury 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gypsies on greenbelt site face eviction after court ruling – The Guardian
“More than 100 Gypsy families living illegally on greenbelt land in Essex were yesterday told they would be evicted after a senior judge ruled that allowing them to stay would encourage others to follow their lead.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2009
Soure: www.guardian.co.uk
Asylum system not coping with backlog of cases, says watchdog – The Guardian
“The asylum system is developing a backlog of new cases that threaten to undermine efforts to clear an existing bank of more than 200,000 ‘legacy cases’, some dating back more than 10 years, a Whitehall spending watchdog warns today.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Superhead’ is banned after giving twin sister £80,000 school post – The Times
“A headmistress made a dame after transforming a sink-estate school and then sacked amid accusations of nepotism and financial mismanagement, was yesterday banned from running another school.”
The Times, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Fresh inquest into custody death – BBC News
“A fresh inquest into the death of a Lancashire teenager found hanged at a secure unit in County Durham has been ordered by the High Court.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
