“Sex equality will take generations to achieve at the current ‘painfully slow’ rate of progress, the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) said today in a final report before being wound up by the government after more than 30 years fighting gender bias across British society.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The long-running saga of Shambo the bull entered its final chapter yesterday, as the Court of Appeal ruled a slaughter order on the animal was justified, despite his sacred status for the Hindu monks who keep him.”
The Independent, 24th July 2007
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“A woman who was thrown off a murder trial jury for allegedly listening to an MP3 player while the accused was giving evidence appeared in court today.”
The Guardian, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Thirty years ago, the case of Automotive Products Limited v Peake made history by becoming the first sex discrimination case to reach the Court of Appeal. Curiously, it was brought by a group of male employees.”
The Times, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A bogus lawyer who evaded security at two detention centres and took thousands of pounds from desperate asylum seekers is at the centre of a police investigation. The Home Office confirmed that detectives are examining the activities of Alan Kamara-Francis, a self-styled ‘street barrister’ who claims he has been entering Yarl’s Wood and Oakington detention centres for the past four years to act as a legal adviser to migrants facing deportation.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three cases will ask if they have too much influence on decisions.”
The Times, 24th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“New curbs could be introduced on older drivers under plans being considered by the Department for Transport.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Nearly 1,000 out of 1,390 criminals let out early to ease the jails overcrowding crisis had been assessed as too much of a risk to be released under the electronic tagging system, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“New regulations are to ban members of the Armed Forces from selling their stories, as a committee of MPs said yesterday that allowing those held captive in Iran to do so had been a ‘disturbing failure of judgment’.”
The Times, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Young criminals placed on the Government’s flagship community punishment scheme could break the rules more than 40 times before being sent back to court, it has been disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Criminals looking to steal identities are trawling social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, experts warn.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd july 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Detectives in the cash for honours investigation seized a draft list of people Labour wanted to nominate for peerages which showed all those put forward had loaned the party millions of pounds, sources confirmed yesterday. The list shows that the government had considered offering peerages to eight businessmen. Until now only four had been known about.”
The Guardian, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The three main suspects officially cleared yesterday of any wrongdoing in the cash for honours investigation are considering retaliatory action against the police as the backlash began against Scotland Yard’s conduct of the marathon inquiry.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Criminals who plead guilty after being caught red-handed will receive longer sentences under new guidelines announced yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Highly sensitive information about the religious beliefs, political opinions and even the sex life of Britons travelling to the United States is to be made available to US authorities when the European Commission agrees to a new system of checking passengers.”
The Observer, 22nd July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Rape conviction rates are at an all-time low despite efforts by the government, police and prosecutors to improve performance, according to Home Office research.”
The Guardian, 21st July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Cherie Booth QC missed the first meeting of an inquiry into English prisons yesterday because she has been on jury service. Her stint in the jury room is believed to have included sitting on at least one case.”
The Guardian, 21st July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The father and uncle of a young Kurdish woman began life sentences last night for arranging her ‘barbaric and callous’ murder to restore their family’s ‘honour’.”
The Guardian, 21st July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Consumers have been given greater legal protection from rogue estate agents.”
Reuters, 20th July 2007
Source: www.reuters.co.uk
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