“A Doctor Who fan who created knitting patterns for the programme’s monsters and gave them away online has been told by the BBC to stop or face the threat of court action.”
The Times, 14th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A council which used anti-terrorism powers to check whether a child lived within a school’s catchment area has used the same law to spy on fishermen, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police officers in London were last night using powers that allow them to stop and search youths without having reasonable suspicion in an attempt to stem the tide of stabbing deaths on the capital’s streets.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Too few women and people from black and Asian backgrounds are appointed judges, Jack Straw has told MPs.”
BBC News, 13th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
A man has been given a suspended jail sentence for attacking two Star Wars fans while dressed as Darth Vader.”
BBC News, 13th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A convicted shoplifter is believed to be the first person to have requested her own Asbo, police have said.”
BBC News, 13th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has teamed up with a private pension scheme that manages the retirement savings of Ford, Jaguar and Land Rover workers to bring a £300 million legal challenge against the Government’s policy of charging VAT on investment management fees. ”
The Times, 12th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“For 300 years the wig and gown have symbolised the authority of the court. All that will change in October, when judges in civil and family cases will ditch their horsehair wigs and instead be dressed by a designer whose trademark is ‘funky British clothes for aspiring funky British girls’.”
The Times, 13th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Criminals convicted of carrying knives are likely to escape jail under sentencing guidelines issued on Monday.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A severely disabled woman has taken her campaign to save her local post office to the High Court.”
BBC News, 12th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
” A woman who tried repeatedly to kill her disabled husband was spared a prison sentence after a court accepted that she had been unable to cope with the strain of caring for him.”
The Times, 13th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“MPs were deeply split last night over embryo research and abortion as they began debating hugely contentious reforms to the way the practices are regulated.”
The Independent, 13th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain’s largest law firms are reducing the number of junior lawyers they are hiring amid concerns that debt finance and corporate takeover work both in London and overseas has largely dried up.”
The Times, 13th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner has been given the ability to fine organisations if their operational procedures cause a gross breach of data protection principles. The move, which had not been expected by privacy experts, follows a Government defeat in the House of Lords.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th May 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The government may take legal action against the directors and accountants behind Farepak, the Christmas savings club which collapsed leaving 150,000 people short of almost £40m in savings.”
The Guardian, 13th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge has criticised social workers for not helping a young mother who killed her two-year-old daughter.”
BBC News, 12th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A devoted teenage father who struggled to cope with the demands of raising a family was jailed today for killing his five-month old baby in a fit of anger.”
The Independent, 12th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Jailed Muslim Cleric Abu Hamza has begun a High Court bid to block his extradition to the USA.”
BBC News, 12th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Denial of service attacks will not be criminalised in England and Wales for another six months despite measures lying unused in existing laws since 2006. Changes to the Computer Misuse Act will not be activated until October.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th May 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A Wakefield prison officer who appeared as a witness in a whistleblowing case has been awarded £43,875 by an employment tribunal.”
BBC News, 12th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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