“Government departments have failed to tighten data handling rules despite losing 30 million personal files in two years, it has been disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Law Society survey finds that even after being reformed, the system for appointing new silks has its critics.”
The Times, 12th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The man behind a project to build a film studio at St Agnes in Cornwall has been ordered to forfeit £100,000 at a court hearing.”
BBC News, 9th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Guardian’s recent libel victory over Elton John opens the way for other publishers to invoke a US-style parody defence, according to a libel law expert. Publishers should not consider the ruling as a licence to insult though, he said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th January 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Online music retailer Play.com has been criticised by the UK’s advertising watchdog for the second time in a year for claims about the savings it offers. The company has been told not to repeat the claims.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th January 2009
Surce: www.out-law.com
“The owners of an Oxford care home have been fined £80,000 following the death of an 82-year-old woman with dementia.”
BBC News, 9th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Earl of Wessex has been cleared by the RSPCA of animal cruelty over photographs that appeared to show him lashing out at two gundogs with a stick during a pheasant shoot.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Plaid Cymru’s parliamentary leader, the Meirionnydd and Nant Conwy MP Elfyn Llwyd, has lost his driving licence for a month after admitting speeding.”
BBC News, 9th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The director of public prosecutions has said the law on assisted suicide is ‘workable’ in its current form.”
BBC News, 9th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“In our recent Law Society survey, solicitors criticised the system for the award of Silk. Our survey sought members’ views about their experience of the process and the Society’s future stance towards Queen’s Counsel Appointments (QCA’s).”
Law Society News, 8th January 2009
“A 19-year-old man who threw vodka in the face of a teenage girl before setting light to her was jailed indefinitely today.”
The Independent, 8th January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A breakthrough in the dispute threatening to disrupt trials of very high cost criminal cases (VHCCs) could be in sight following the publication of new funding proposals.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th January 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Two men have been convicted of publishing ‘obnoxious and abhorrent’ racist material.”
BBC News, 8th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A new crime unit to target rogue dealers trading in metal theft will be announced today to combat a growing menace that is costing the country £360 million a year.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Serious Fraud Office is opening an investigation into the UK operations of Bernard Madoff, the disgraced Wall Street trader accused of conning clients out of $50bn (£33bn), it announced today.”
The Guardian, 8th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A health watchdog should issue damning verdicts on six deaths of vulnerable NHS patients, a charity has said.”
BBC News, 9th January 2009
SOurce: www.bbc.co.uk
“Rules forcing internet companies to keep details of every e-mail sent in the UK are a waste of money and an attack on civil liberties, say critics.”
BBC News, 9th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An atheist advertising campaign with the slogan ‘There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life’ has been reported to the Advertising Standards Authority.”
The Times, 9th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Mike Tindall has been banned from the road for three years after he was caught driving while over the alcohol limit on his way to commentate on an international rugby match.”
The Times, 9th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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