“Hundreds of thousands of men who buy sex risk acquiring a criminal record under plans set out today to clamp down on prostitution.”
The Independent, 19th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Thousands of BNP members whose details were leaked will not be able to sue either the far-right group or the disgruntled former member suspected of publishing the list, leading lawyers said last night.”
The Times, 19th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The criminal justice system is failing people with learning disabilities from the point of arrest to their release from prison, a report suggests.”
BBC News, 19th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Immigration minister Phil Woolas faced a scathing attack from leading lawyers after suggesting those representing asylum seekers were ‘playing the system’.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Heather Mills has made a series of complaints to the UK’s press watchdog about alleged harassment, inaccurate reporting and invasion of privacy over articles in four newspapers, including the Sun and Daily Mail.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An estimated 300,000 visas giving foreigners the right to come to Britain may have been wrongly approved every year, a committee of MPs has been told.”
BBC News, 18th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice is seeking to save over £1 billion over the next three years.”
BBC News, 18th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A London judge has defended her memoir detailing a childhood of cruelty and neglect, which was published in 2006.”
BBC News, 18th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The first person to be prosecuted by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) over falsifying an application for authorisation to sell financial products has been given a suspended sentence.”
The Times, 18th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Peakman v Linbrooke Services Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1239 (13 November 2008)
H v Tomlinson [2008] EWCA Civ 1258 (13 November 2008)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Allen Wilson Joinery Ltd v Privetgrange Construction Ltd [2008] EWHC 2802 (TCC) (17 November 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
“No government reforms can ‘make good the evil’ that happened to Baby P, the children’s secretary, Ed Balls, said today.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government last night moved to tighten its commitment to the 80% reduction of carbon emissions by the year 2050, introducing a safeguard that a limit be placed on reductions achieved by buying international offsetting credits.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A policeman who posted abusive comments on a website, which appeared to condone the use of violence, has been fined by his force.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“DLA’s head of competition, who was born on a fairground, says that competition watchdogs will only get more active.”
The Times, 17th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Immigration minister Phil Woolas has attacked lawyers and charities working on behalf of asylum seekers, accusing them of undermining the law and ‘playing the system’. In an interview with the Guardian, Woolas described the legal professionals and NGO workers as ‘an industry’, and said most asylum seekers were not fleeing persecution but were economic migrants.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible
“Hundreds of victims of the Buncefield fire moved closer to an initial payout today after a judge instructed the oil depot’s operator to make them a ‘sensible and generous’ offer.”
The Times, 17th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An inquest is to be opened into the death of a woman murdered by a convicted rapist who had used the Human Rights Act to convince a panel he should be freed from jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Magistrates gave warning yesterday that the criminal justice system is being ‘undermined’ because thousands of serious offences are being processed by police using fixed penalty notices away from public scrutiny.”
The Times, 17th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A member of the Court of Appeal has argued that only rare or occasional criminal cases should be heard by the new Supreme Court because its judges are too out of touch.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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