“The call for automatic prison sentences to combat violence on our streets has become deafening in the past few weeks. But, pleads Robert Verkaik, Law Editor, politicians mustn’t act until they have considered the evidence.”
The Independent, 9th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Within three days of joining Freshfields, a schoolgirl on work experience forged her boss’s signature onto 11 cheques.”
The Times, 8th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A woman wrongly branded a violent alcoholic and drug addict by the Criminal Records Bureau has been told she will have to allow police to take her fingerprints if she wants to clear her name.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An abusive father killed himself in the dock of a court after being found guilty of a brutal assault on his baby daughter.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Three police forces are to be investigated after armed police ordered a man to lie face-down at a railway station in a case of mistaken identity.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A judge has jailed a murderer who 24 hours earlier had threatened to escape custody and kill him.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A ‘large number’ of court cases could be ‘at risk’ if judges do not have the power to grant anonymity to witnesses, MPs and peers have been told.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Welsh pub has been banned from selling alcohol for a month as part of a series of tough measures to reduce bad behaviour, the local council said today.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A cross-party group of MPs will attempt next week to end the requirement for a second doctor to give their approval for an abortion to take place.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A retired teacher has cleared the final legal hurdle standing in the way of her bid to claim compensation from a serial rapist who won £7m on the lottery.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“MPs are to debate emergency legislation to restore trial judges’ powers to grant anonymity to witnesses.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The two most senior legal figures in Tony Blair’s government will today join peers from all parties to attack the government’s plans for 42-day pre-charge detention for terrorist suspects.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A student has been awarded more than £7,000 compensation after breaking her ankle when a heel on one of her new shoes snapped at the start of a night out.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Whitehall department fighting benefit fraud and error will always lose more than £1bn of taxpayers’ cash every year to cheats and through mistakes, the civil servant running the department tells MPs in a letter published today.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New security devices, including hand-held mobile-phone blockers and metal-detecting chairs are to be introduced in prisons in England and Wales by March to crack down on the supply of illicit drugs into jails, it was announced yesterday.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The former Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, is to join a top American law firm, The Times has learned.”
The Times, 8th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government needs to do more to prosecute suspected benefit fraudsters, MPs have said.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Bar Council has prepared a Parliamentary Briefing on the Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill 2008 which is being taken through its Commons Second Reading stage tomorrow, Tuesday 8 July 2008.”
Parliamentary Briefing Paper (PDF)
The Bar Council, 7th July 2008
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“The UK’s privacy watchdog has said that EU privacy laws are out of date and in need of reform. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has commissioned a research firm to look into how the law could be changed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th July 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, has been forced to order a review of the penalties for carrying a knife, just weeks before rules which mean offenders could escape with just a fine come into force.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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