“A prisoner released early from jail with no money was handed an IOU for £140 but no information about where it could be redeemed, it was claimed today.”
The Guardian, 20th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The prospect of dangerous prisoners being released was raised yesterday by a High Court Judge who ruled that an inmate should be freed because of lack of facilities to assess whether he remained a threat to the public.”
The Independent, 21st August 2007
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“Only a third of MPs believe the opening up of law firms to external investors will have a positive impact on the profession, according to new research published today (20 August).”
Legal Week, 20th August 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The man who knifed head teacher Philip Lawrence to death has been allowed to stay in the UK after winning an appeal against deportation.”
BBC News, 20th August 2007
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“Plans to deregulate the legal market may threaten the existence of small practitioners but they can compete on service, says one High Street lawyer.”
The Times, 20th August 2007
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“There must be greater urgency behind the fight to tackle knife crime and anti-social behaviour, the innovation, universities and skills secretary says.”
BBC News, 19th August 2007
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“Social Services chiefs are investigating the murders of vulnerable children even though blunders by their own staff may have contributed to the tragedies, writes Ben Leapman.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Victims of corporate crime – such as the Maxwell pensions scandal and the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International – are largely overlooked by officials because they do not fit government targets, it is claimed today.”
The Times, 20th August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Department of Trade and Industry has been criticised by a government watchdog for unjustifiable spying on former coalminers claiming compensation for industrial injuries. The department used investigators in clandestine surveillance operations to verify claims from miners who say they have suffered illnesses from working down the pits.”
The Guardian, 18th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Wales’s disability rights commissioner is taking legal advice on whether the absence of a lift at a rail station’s £5.5m new platform breaks the law.”
BBC News, 19th August 2007
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“The price fixing scandal at British Airways deepened yesterday after it emerged the US department of justice will open criminal investigations into senior staff at the airline next week.”
The Guardian, 18th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two of the UK’s supermarket giants have been ordered to hand over millions of e-mails and letters as part of a Competition Commission investigation.”
BBC News, 18th August 2007
“A heavily pregnant woman is at the centre of an extraordinary legal battle with social workers after she secretly recorded them threatening to take away her newborn baby.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Serious concerns have been raised in a new report into the use of a London court’s cells during the prison overcrowding emergency this summer.”
BBC News, 20th August 2007
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“A former Paratrooper whose career was destroyed after he was falsely accused of spying is to sue the Government for record damages.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Dozens of people who had set up a peace camp opposite the House of Commons to protest against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were evicted yesterday after officials claimed they had turned the area into a health hazard.”
The Guardian, 18th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The effectiveness of police community support officers has been called into question after it emerged last night that those from several forces had failed to detect any offences in the past 12 months.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th August 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A new law swept through Congress by the US government before the summer recess is to give American security agencies unprecedented powers to spy on British citizens without a warrant.”
The Observer, 19th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The family and legal team of a British resident jailed in Spain as a terror suspect claim he is the victim of the Spanish equivalent of Guantánamo Bay. Mohammed Fahsi has been detained for more than 18 months after being arrested by Spanish police who claimed to have struck a blow against a recruiting network that was sending suicide bombers to Iraq.”
The Guardian, 20th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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