“An ‘angry and aggressive’ man who was arrested carrying an axe in a crowd waiting for Queen Elizabeth was jailed for a total of six years today.”
The Guardian, 29th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has accused banks of writing its contracts in a ‘different language’ that consumers do not understand, while giving evidence in the ongoing bank charges case.”
The Times, 29th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Record labels and film studios cannot demand that telecoms companies reveal the personal details of people suspected of swapping copyrighted material on the internet, the European Court of Justice ruled yesterday.”
The Times, 30th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The UK’s top law firms are steeling themselves for a difficult year ahead with confidence among senior managers falling for the first time in six years, according to a survey. The news will add to fears that the legal market may have peaked.”
The Times, 29th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A judge’s decision to grant bail to a murder suspect was ‘properly conducted’ a coroner has said.”
BBC News, 29th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman has been found guilty of trying to kill her husband by slipping anti-freeze into his wine.”
BBC News, 29th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Insurance policies designed to protect consumers against a loss of income are so profitable that the lenders who sell them can earn revenue of £1,200 on a policy that can cost only £20 to sell, a report by competition authorities revealed yesterday.”
The Times, 29th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Closed-circuit television (CCTV) system operators would need exceptional justification for recording sound as well as video, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Information Commissioner Richard Thomas has asked the Government to create a new offence of recklessly or knowing breaching data protection principles punishable by unlimited fines. He has also asked for other powers to be strengthened.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The rules governing which elderly and disabled people in England are entitled to social care have been criticised.”
BBC News, 29th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A senior Tory MP could be banned from the Commons after paying his son nearly £44,000 of taxpayers’ money while he was a full-time university student.”
The Independent, 29th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The widow of the murdered headmaster Philip Lawrence has attacked Britain’s ‘Kafka-esque’ deportation laws after a petty criminal was forcibly sent back to the Philippines while her husband’s killer is allowed to stay in Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A campaign urging people to be more aware of human trafficking will be formally launched later.”
BBC News, 29th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Attorney-General has been forced to drop the task of instigating criminal proceedings in political cases such as ‘cash for honours’ after fallout from a series of apparent conflicts of interest.”
The Times, 29th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The prospect of phone-tap evidence being used in court, an issue at the heart of the dispute over proposed anti-terrorism measures, received a blow yesterday when the prime minister’s eavesdropping watchdog opposed the idea.”
The Guardian, 29th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Some software can be patented in the UK and the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) is wrongly rejecting applications, according to a new ruling in the High Court. The UKIPO is considering appealing against the verdict.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A former tax inspector was sentenced yesterday to six years in prison for a string of bomb hoaxes against Britain’s biggest supermarket chain.”
The Independent, 29th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Five members of a gang of armed robbers were found guilty today of stealing £53m from a Securitas depot in the UK’s biggest ever cash robbery.”
The Guardian, 28th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“It is a year since Jimi Ogunkoya’s two children were murdered by their mother, and five years since a report into the death of Victoria Climbié which was supposed to put an end to similar tragedies.”
The Guardian, 28th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prisoners who are held in police cells as a result of jail overcrowding are costing the taxpayer £459 a night, figures released today show.”
The Guardian, 28th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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