Police misconduct costs forces £44m – The Times

Posted December 3rd, 2007 in compensation, damages, news, police by sally

“Police forces have paid out more than £44 million in compensation and damages in the past five years, mostly to victims of alleged police misconduct, The Times has learnt.”

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The Times, 3rd December 2007

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Ban proposed on disability abortions – The Times

Posted December 3rd, 2007 in abortion, news by sally

“Pregnant women who find out that their baby has a serious disability would no longer be able to have an abortion under amendments to the law tabled in Parliament yesterday.”

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The Times, 1st December 2007

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Ofcom sets two-hour deadline for mobile number porting – OUT-LAW.com

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news, telecommunications by sally

“Mobile phone networks must allow consumers moving to a rival network to take their mobile number with them and customers must be able to receive calls on that number within two hours of moving to the new network, under new rules coming into force in 2009.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 29th November 2007

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Data disc report “in three weeks” – BBC News

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news by sally

“An interim report into how two discs containing the personal details of 25 million people went missing, is expected in December, the chancellor has said.”

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BBC News, 29th November 2007

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Lloyd Webber charity fights for right to sell £33m Picasso portrait – The Independent

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news by sally

“A Picasso portrait worth an estimated £33m is the subject of an intense legal battle between Andrew Lloyd Webber’s art foundation and a German-Jewish professor who claims it was looted from his family by the Nazis in the 1930s.”

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The Independent, 30th November 2007

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Bail-jumpers face tougher sentences – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news by sally

“Suspects who deliberately fail to turn up in court should be jailed, according to guidelines announced yesterday.”

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Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2007

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Kissing gates and stiles “breach Act” – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news by sally

“Stiles and kissing gates may have to be replaced for fear that they are in breach of the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act.”

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Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2007

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Tighter controls over abortions for disability – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news by sally

“New guidance will be drawn up to clamp down on late abortions of foetuses with a cleft lip and palette, it has emerged.”

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Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2007

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Ban on paying for sex comes a step nearer – The Guardian

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news, prostitution by sally

“The government has launched a root-and-branch review of prostitution laws, which will examine the effects of Sweden’s policy of prosecuting men for buying sex.”

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The Guardian, 30th November 2007

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Jail for jilted student who killed lover’s pregnant wife in frenzied knife attack – The Times

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news by sally

“A student was jailed for life yesterday for stabbing her lover’s pregnant wife to death after the breakdown of her affair.”

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The Times, 30th November 2007

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Publican appeals over right to pick her football satellite – The Times

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news by sally

“A publican convicted of breaking the law by using a Greek satellite decoder to screen English Premier League football matches asked the High Court yesterday to rule in a test case that she did not commit a crime.”

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TheTimes, 30th November 2007

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Doctor who killed is free to work – The Times

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news by sally

“A doctor convicted of killing a patient through gross negligence has been told that he can return to work in the NHS.”

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The Times, 30th November 2007

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Morrissey sues as racism row ends NME love-hate affair – The Times

Posted November 30th, 2007 in defamation, news by sally

“Morrissey is suing the NME and its editor for defamation after the music magazine quoted him on its cover this week as saying: ‘The Gates of England are flooded. The country’s been thrown away.’ ”

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The Times, 30th November 2007

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Warrant failure “let hundreds of suspects go free” – The Times

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news, warrants by sally

“Jack Straw has begun an urgent inquiry into allegations that hundreds of criminals, including sex offenders, have escaped prosecution because warrants were not issued when they failed to turn up at court.”

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The Times, 30th November 2007

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More than half of criminals now punished without going to court – The Times

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news, punishment, sentencing by sally

“Out-of-court punishments accounted for more than half of all offences dealt with by the justice system last year, for the first time in modern criminal history, according to figures published yesterday.”

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The Times, 30th November 2007

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46 years after inquest, witness is charged with teenager’s murder – The Times

Posted November 30th, 2007 in murder, news by sally

“Almost half a century ago Anthony Hall told an inquest that he had nothing to do with the murder of a 15-year-old girl whose body was found lying in a Birmingham allotment.

Yesterday Mr Hall, 70, stood in the dock at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court, charged with killing the teenager, Jacqueline Thomas, who is believed to have been sexually assaulted and strangled. It is one of the oldest cases to reach court.”

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The Times, 30th November 2007

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Brown faces full police enquiry after admitting links to donor – The Times

Posted November 30th, 2007 in elections, news by sally

“Gordon Brown was facing a full police investigation into Labour’s donations scandal as his campaign team admitted yesterday that it had links with David Abrahams.”

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The Times, 30th November 2007

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Burglar freed early battered mother to death – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 29th, 2007 in electronic monitoring, murder, news, young offenders by sally

“A teenage serial burglar battered a mother to death in her home after being freed early from prison with an electronic tag.”

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Daily Telegraph, 29th November 2007

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Information Commissioner will investigate latest gaffe by taxman – The Times

Posted November 29th, 2007 in confidentiality, HM Revenue & Customs, news by sally

“The Information Commissioner is to investigate a fresh security lapse by the taxman as the confidential details of millions of parents were included in apology letters sent to their last known address.”

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The Times, 29th November 2007

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Tesco ordered by watchdog to push for quick sale of former Slough Co-op – The Times

Posted November 29th, 2007 in competition, news by sally

“Tesco has been ordered by the Competition Commission to appoint an independent third party to sell a former Co-op store in Slough after the supermarket giant failed to find a buyer and was accused of reducing competition in the area.”

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The Times, 29th November 2007

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