“A court in Sweden has found the co-founders of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay guilty of copyright offences. Each of them has been sentenced to one year in prison. But while the ruling has symbolic significance outside Sweden, it has little legal significance.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The head of the police complaints watchdog is calling for a national debate on how officers maintain public order after revealing nearly 90 complaints had been received about the use of force at the G20 protests.”
The Independent, 19th April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An elderly waiter is suing the hotel where he worked for more than £100,000 after they called time on his career.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to clamp down on local councils who use anti-terror laws to catch litterbugs and other minor offenders.”
BBC News, 17th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police officers must remember they are ‘the servants and not the masters’ of the people, the head of the police watchdog said yesterday as he condemned the practice of concealing shoulder numbers as ‘unacceptable’.”
The Independent, 20th April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Hundreds of appeal hearings are going ahead without a representative from the Home Office to defend its original decision to deny asylum.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, is facing calls to explain how one of Britain’s most notorious murderers allegedly terrorised a crucial witness from prison.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The argument over the right to stage two Premier League football matches on Easter Sunday was a stark reminder of the battles fought 15 years ago about the introduction of Sunday trading. Football chiefs have been accused by church leaders of disregarding the importance of religion in the name of profit.”
The Times, 20th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A nurse who was struck off for misconduct after secretly filming patients being neglected is considering appealing against the decision.”
BBC News, 17th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Plans to stop investigatory powers being used for trivial purposes were announced by the Home Secretary today (17 April).”
Home Office, 17th April 2009
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A chartered accountant who admitted raping a child has been jailed for an indefinite term, despite the fact his victim has never been found.”
BBC News, 17th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mother was charged yesterday with the attempted murder of her daughter who had been bedridden while suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome for 17 years.”
The Times, 17th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A court ruling has thrown into doubt a company’s right to reclaim VAT relating to goods that it later repossessed. The ruling could undermine the usefulness of businesses retaining the right to repossess goods they supply to other businesses.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The government tried yesterday to quell rising concern over the abuse of powers designed to fight terrorism and serious crime, which some councils were using to target people who put their bins out on the wrong day.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Amazon has barred web monitoring advertising system Webwise from accessing its web sites. The online retailer, which is the UK’s second biggest shopping site behind eBay, will not allow the system to monitor people’s use of its site.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A drug dealer convicted of cutting part of a woman’s ear off because she owed him £10 has been jailed.”
BBC News, 16th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Both women in lesbian couples with children should be given compulsory paternity and maternity leave, under proposals tabled in the European Parliament.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Prince of Wales’ youth charity broke the law by running a joint fundraising event with an offshoot of the Conservative party, watchdog the Charity Commission ruled today.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former local councillor has been jailed for six years after police found an illegal gun and child abuse images at his Greater Manchester home.”
BBC News, 16th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Like most visitors to London, Klaus Matzka and his teenage son Loris took several photographs of some of the city’s sights, including the famous red double-decker buses. More unusually perhaps, they also took pictures of the Vauxhall bus station, which Matzka regards as ‘modern sculpture’.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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