“Lawyers acting for vulnerable children and families have today joined forces with the leading children’s charity, the NSPCC, to call for a Parliamentary inquiry into the state of the family justice system.”
The Bar Council, 16th March 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“The Foreign Office has admitted failing to make complaints on behalf of British nationals who say they have been tortured after being detained overseas during counter-terrorism investigations.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former Oxford university chemist has been jailed for sexually assaulting a 17-month-old girl and having almost 20,000 child sex images and videos.”
BBC News, 16th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Media law specialists Carter-Ruck has obtained a legal injunction from the high court to protect popstar Lily Allen from harassment by two paparazzi agencies, Big Pictures and Matrix Photos.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Single mothers will be forced to give the name of the child’s father on birth certificates to encourage men to take responsibility for their children, under plans to be approved by Parliament.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A prisoner who could be freed after DNA evidence cast doubt over his conviction has apologised for wrongly confessing to murder in 1979.”
BBC News, 16th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A British Muslim man accused of raising funds for terrorism was punched, kicked and strangled during his arrest by specialist officers from the Metropolitan police, the high court in London heard today.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police Federation vice-chairman Simon Reed has accused the Crown Prosecution Service of allowing serious criminals to avoid justice so that they can save money and meet government targets.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A new code of conduct for banks to stop them avoiding billions of pounds in taxes is to be introduced, Alistair Darling announced yesterday.”
The Independent, 17th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“One of Scotland Yard’s elite sexual assault units has been condemned for serious failures after untrained officers were left investigating rapes, despite repeated pleas to management for more detectives.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The information commissioner has said pubs with no history of trouble should not be forced to install CCTV cameras.”
BBC News, 16th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A schoolboy awoke from surgery to remove a lump from his finger to discover the wrong one had been operated on.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Human rights campaigner and former hostage Terry Waite has called on the US to drop charges against British computer hacker Gary McKinnon.”
BBC News, 16th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man whose invention caught the attention of millions of television viewers may have infringed a patent he applied for himself 10 years ago. A contestant on the Dragons’ Den TV programme may have to defend his invention from legal action.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th March 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A young father was convicted of unlawful imprisonment after he put a young tearaway into his car and gave him a ‘good talking to’.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A senior judge has called for an end to the use of the phrase ‘honour killings’ to describe what is ‘in reality sordid, criminal behaviour’.”
The Times, 16th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government has outlined the details of its proposed digital rights agency.”
BBC News, 16th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Targeted stop-and-search tactics are an effective way to cut gun and knife crime, research suggests.”
The Times, 16th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Findings from blood expert and undisclosed police negatives are reviewed as murderer makes his third appeal against conviction.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“British pension funds are to sue Sir Fred Goodwin and the Royal Bank of Scotland in the American courts for hundreds of millions of pounds, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 16th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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