“Midwives and maternity groups are urging the Government to extend a new law to give mothers the legal right to breastfeed babies more than six months old in public.”
The Independent, 28th June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Police last night criticised prosecutors for failing to charge a crack addict accused of rape who went on to sexually assault and murder a woman a week after being released from custody.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The High Court’s Queen’s Bench Division (QBD) is in turmoil after being branded ‘chaotic’ by a raft of judges, some of whom claim not to have had a break in the past 10 months.”
The Lawyer, 28th June 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Policies on gun crime are flawed because ministers overlook its root causes – poverty and inequality, a report by criminologists claims.”
BBC News, 28th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A school caretaker has successfully sued Hampshire County Council after he was injured falling off a stepladder.”
BBC News, 27th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Freelance journalist Shiv Malik must hand over his source material for a book on terrorism to Greater Manchester Police within seven days and pay legal costs, a judicial review of the case ruled yesterday.”
The Guardian, 27th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Response on behalf of the Council of Her Majesty’s Circuit Judges (PDF) and Postscript (PDF)
Response on behalf of the Magistrates Association (Word)
Judiciary of England and Wales, 26th June 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The removal of anonymity from sperm and egg donors has provoked a crisis in fertility treatment that is denying couples the chance to try for a baby.”
The Times, 26th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Voluntary groups who force adults to have unnecessary criminal records checks will be given special training by the Government, ministers said.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
” Children as young as 5 will be identified as being at risk of becoming criminals or troublemakers under government plans to tackle offending and disorder on the streets.”
The Times, 27th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Jack Straw, the justice secretary, will introduce an emergency bill in the Commons next week to try to stop hundreds of serious criminal cases collapsing because of concerns about anonymous witnesses. Announcing the move yesterday, he said the bill was expected to go through all its Commons stages the week beginning July 7.”
The Guardian, 27th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Takeover Panel received a significant boost to its authority to police takeovers today after the High Court approved a £1.8 billion acquisition of Expro, the oil services provider, by a private equity consortium.”
The Times, 26th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A lorry driver who caused a fatal accident while talking on his Bluetooth headset was jailed yesterday for four-and-a-half years. Haulier Mervyn Richmond, 49, was so distracted during a conversation with his mother that he ploughed into a line of stationary traffic, killing father-of-two Michael Buston.”
The Guardian, 27th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A prisoner allegedly raped someone after being released early under a government scheme aimed at easing jail overcrowding, it has emerged.”
BBC News, 27th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Icann, the organisation that regulates the internet domain name system, has passed a landmark vote to relax rules limiting web addresses to ‘top-level’ suffixes, such as .com and .uk, a move that could see people and companies register almost anything they want.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prosecutors have dropped charges against a man who was accused of failing to disclose information about one of the attempted 21 July bombers.”
BBC News, 26th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 21-year-old man from Greater Manchester who temporarily blinded a police helicopter pilot with a laser pen has been jailed for four months.”
BBC News, 26th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The prosecutor in the trial of three men accused of helping the 7 July London suicide bombers has denied the case was a witch-hunt.”
BBC News, 26th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government has announced a new equality bill aimed at tackling ‘entrenched discrimination’ in the workplace and beyond. The bill replaces more than 100 separate pieces of legislation covering race, disability and gender equality.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Four men have been jailed for a so-called “honour killing” where the husband of a woman was executed on the outskirts of a West Yorkshire town.”
BBC News, 26th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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