“The Government plans to extend the term of copyright for performers from 50 years to ‘something like 70 years,’ according to Culture Secretary Andy Burnham. That proposal was criticised today as ‘silly and out of touch’ by former FT editor Andrew Gowers.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Two Somerset men jailed for life for killing a Cornish couple have lost their appeal against their convictions.”
BBC News, 17th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mother fighting breast cancer has been cleared of failing to send her son to school after a court was told the teenager stayed at home to look after her.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A hospital nurse who was found guilty of murdering two of his patients is to appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 17th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Jailed Liverpool fan Michael Shields has won an important battle at the High Court in London in his bid for a free pardon.”
BBC News, 17th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain’s opt-out from the EU’s 48-hour working week was soundly defeated in a vote by the European Parliament today, with many Labour MEPs voting against the Government’s attempts to keep the measure first won by John Major in 1993.”
The Times, 17th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An NHS doctor who plotted car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow was today sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 32 years.”
The Guardian, 17th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Statement by the President of the Family Division – ‘I welcome the publication of the Government’s announcement on taking forward the issue of transparency in the family courts. The revised proposals will require a good deal of work in the coming months to make the necessary rule changes and in preparing for the pilots.’
Judiciary of England and Wales, 16th December 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“DNA samples are to be taken from serious offenders who are in prison but were convicted before the national database was created, Jacqui Smith announced yesterday.”
The Times, 17th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“DJ Andy Kershaw has been given a suspended six-month prison sentence after breaching a restraining order banning him contacting his ex-partner.”
BBC News, 16th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Amid the economic gloom, UK drinkers have found a measure of good news – the pint will not have to be renamed. Decades of wrangling with the EU over switching to metric measures has ended with a vote confirming that imperial measures can carry on indefinitely.”
BBC News, 16th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A senior Scotland Yard commander will launch his claim of racial discrimination against the Metropolitan Police today.”
The Guardian, 17th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An advert for the Robert de Niro and Al Pacino police thriller Righteous Kill, which used the line ‘there’s nothing wrong with a little shooting as long as the right people get shot’, was criticised by a watchdog for running during the inquest into the police shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.”
The Guardian, 17th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The secrecy of the family courts – in which nearly 95,000 cases are heard in private each year – is to end under reforms announced yesterday that will allow the media access to all levels of the system. The move could mean that social workers and expert witnesses who fail children, and now enjoy the protection of anonymity, will in future be named publicly when criticised by judges.”
The Times, 17th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The teenage killer of Rhys Jones was jailed for a minimum of 22 years yesterday by a judge who expressed his disgust at the murderer’s ‘brutality’ and ‘cowardice’.”
The Times, 17th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A juror who faced jail after posting details of a trial on Facebook is to escape court action.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A primary school teacher who struck his son-in-law with a cricket bat as he tried to defend his daughter has been jailed for manslaughter.”
BBC News, 16th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An NHS doctor who waged a terrorist car-bomb campaign intended to kill and maim hundreds of people in London and Glasgow has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder.”
The Times, 16th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A teenage gangster has been found guilty of murdering Rhys Jones, an 11-year-old schoolboy who was shot dead as he walked home from football practice last year.”
The Times, 16th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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