“Court-awarded damages for people whose spouses die could be up to £300,000 too low, a report claimed today.”
The Times, 30th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Related link: Death and the Calculation of Hedonic Damages (PDF)
“Judges should be less ready to rule that control orders imposed on terrorism suspects breach human rights, the independent watchdog on terrorism law said yesterday. Lord Carlile of Berriew QC called on judges to review their approach to restrictions imposed by control orders after a further three terrorist suspects absconded last week, bringing the total to six.”
The Guardian, 30th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Nuisance neighbours could face being shut out of their homes under proposed new powers, the Home Office has said.”
BBC News, 29th May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lloyds TSB has won a second county court case against a customer trying to reclaim overdraft charges.”
BBC News, 29th May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An internet retailer that broke a legally-binding promise not to sell imported CDs at almost half the price they sold for on the High Street has been ordered to pay the UK record industry £35 million, it emerged today.”
The Times, 29th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Senior judges have dealt a blow to the ancient legal principle that a person is protected from incriminating himself.”
The Times, 29th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), the UK equivalent of the FBI, has been strongly criticised by Law Lords [sic] in the Court of Appeal for its “unlawful” action in freezing payments to a company that the organisation believed may have been involved in a VAT fraud.”
The Independent, 27th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Tough new laws to prevent British consumers being ripped off by aggressive doorstep sellers and bogus prize-draw scams are to be enforced within a year.”
The Times, 28th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Moves to help police track sex offenders across the country have been delayed because of computer problems, prompting claims that public safety could be endangered as a result.”
The Independent, 29th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, is facing accusations that he told the Army its soldiers were not bound by the Human Rights Act when arresting, detaining and interrogating Iraqi prisoners.”
The Independent, 29th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman who had a backstreet abortion when she was seven-and-a-half months pregnant was convicted on a rare charge of child destruction yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Related link: Child destruction: charge is rarely used
“Laws allowing problem families to be thrown out of their own homes will be in force within weeks in a fresh blitz on anti-social behaviour.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Government plans for new police powers to stop and question people were greeted with a barrage of criticism yesterday, after it emerged that senior police officers had neither requested the change nor been consulted. The Home Office confirmed that the power would be included in a counterterrorism bill to be announced in early June. But the vehemence and breadth of criticism led Home Office ministers to signal a willingness to compromise after the idea was also attacked by MPs, civil liberties and Muslim groups as unnecessary and harmful.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s ambassador to Moscow yesterday delivered a request for the extradition of the man suspected of murdering former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London.”
The Guardian, 29th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Patients at Rampton high security psychiatric hospital, which houses some of the country’s most dangerous criminals, are challenging a smoking ban in a test case which claims the refusal to permit cigarettes in the hospital’s buildings or grounds violates their human rights.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Scotland Yard’s head of counterterrorism has criticised what he called excessive secrecy in Britain’s terrorism trials, and he called for changes that would permit freer reporting and wider discussion.”
The Independent, 27th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Wealthy people would be ‘mad’ to marry without a prenuptial agreement after last week’s decision by senior judges that a woman can keep her £48m divorce settlement – and they could be legally enforceable within months, said the lawyer acting for her husband.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ruling seen as ‘judicial endorsement’ of attempts to stop B52 bombers.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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