“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
“The Government is looking at using ‘coercion’ tactics as a way of introducing the controversial ID card scheme, a leaked memo suggests.”
The Times, 28th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An official review of internet sites which encourage suicide is expected to include an examination of a recent cluster of deaths in south Wales.”
BBC News, 27th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government’s attempt to reform the system for choosing judges to create a more diverse judiciary is failing to break the stranglehold of privately-educated white males over the high court bench.”
The Guardian, 28th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Violent crime committed by children and teenagers has gone up by a third in only three years, an investigation by The Sunday Telegraph revealed last week. Total offences climbed steadily from 184,474 in 2003 to 222,750 in 2006. Most of these are dealt with by overstretched youth courts in possession of limited sentencing powers. Patrick Sawer reports from the ‘frontline’ of youth justice, as magistrates, lawyers and officials struggle to cope with rising levels of youth crime.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Murders of children by other children have tripled in three years, as more of the nation’s youth get drawn into a deadly world of guns and knives.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A court hearing tomorrow, being described by lawyers as unprecedented in UK legal history, will decide whether the death of the man who took the last photograph of George Bernard Shaw must remain a mystery.”
The Independent, 27th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The UK’s first family drug and alcohol court is due to open in London with the aim of helping parents beat addictions so they can keep their children.”
BBC News, 28th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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