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Report calls for changes to rape coverage - The Independent

Posted on February 25, 2008
“Stereotypical media representations of rape are damaging conviction rates when cases come to court, according to a Home Office funded study.” Full story The Independent, 24th February 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Social workers put themselves above the law - The Times

Posted on February 25, 2008
“In far too many cases social workers are putting themselves above the law. Doctors increasingly report that a child who is admitted to hospital has injuries that may be ‘nonaccidental’. This is translated by local authorities as proving guilt...

Middle-class criminals cost millions in taxes - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 25, 2008
“How many of us pay for work in cash, knowing we’ll get a cheaper deal - and that the worker won’t be paying VAT? David Harrison reports on a white-collar crime that costs the Treasury millions.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2008 Source: www...

Consumer group claims software licences are unfair - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on February 25, 2008
“Software licences are obscure, unbalanced and unfair, according to the National Consumer Council (NCC), which has filed a complaint with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). It wants the OFT to force software publishers to use clearer licences.” Full story OUT-LAW...

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One small legal step and a giant leap for Northern Rock - The Lawyer

Posted on February 25, 2008
“Northern Rock passed into public ownership last Friday (22 February) following what was ultimately a very simple legal process.” Full story The Lawyer, 25th February 2008 Source: www.thelawyer.com

Killer Bellfield suspected in Milly Dowler murder - The Guardian

Posted on February 25, 2008
“A ‘bus stop stalker’ found guilty today of killing two young women is the prime suspect in the murder of schoolgirl Milly Dowler, it can be revealed.” Full story The Guardian, 25th February 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on February 22, 2008
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) MB (Somalia) v Entry Clearance Officer [2008] EWCA Civ 102 (20February 2008) AM (Cameroon), R (on the application of) v Asylum and Immigration Tribunal & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 100 (20 February 2008) Roberts v Crown Estate Commissioners [2008] EWCA Civ 98 (20 February 2008) Boehringer Ingelheim KG & Anor v Swingward Ltd [...

Family Procedure Rules - a new procedural code for family proceedings - Ministry of Justice

Posted on February 22, 2008
“This consultation invited comments on the policy behind the new Family Procedure Rules.” Consultation paper and responses Ministry of Justice, 22nd February 2008 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Lawyers penalised for data protection breach - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on February 22, 2008
“Two London law firms must pay �815 each after the Information Commissioner sued them for not fulfilling thier duties under the Data Protection Act.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 21st February 2008 Source: www.out-law.com

BSkyB to argue against John Hutton?s ?error of law? - The Times

Posted on February 22, 2008
“BSkyB will begin an appeal today against John Hutton and the Competition Commission’s ruling that it must sell more than half of its 17.9 per cent stake in its rival ITV.” Full story The Times, 22nd February 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Insects? right to life will be decided in court - The Times

Posted on February 22, 2008
“Many people do not think twice about trampling over a spider or beetle while walking on grass. But insects have rights, too, and today in the High Court a charity is to defend the right for the creepy-crawlies to live undisturbed on the West Thurrock marshes along the Thames in Essex...

Strangler conviction triggers DNA debate - The Times

Posted on February 22, 2008
“Steve Wright, the Suffolk Strangler, faces spending the rest of his life in prison when he is sentenced today for murdering five Ipswich prostitutes during a six-week killing spree.� His conviction, on forensic evidence, last night reignited the debate on the rapid expansion of the national DNA database, which holds the profiles of at least [...

Police ?failed to protect murdered couple? - The Guardian

Posted on February 22, 2008
“A couple murdered on the orders of a gangland boss were offered inadequate protection by the police, a report to be published today will conclude.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd February 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Case brings contrasting calls for change in ?inadequate? law - The Guardian

Posted on February 22, 2008
“Campaigners with widely diverging beliefs last night called on the government to re-examine the law on prostitution following the murder convictions of Steve Wright.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd February 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

MP?s bill aims to ease plight of 1.4m agency workers - The Guardian

Posted on February 22, 2008
“For three and a half years, Rebecca Ames helped British Telecom customers to connect up to broadband services. She sat alongside BT staff doing the same job but received, she claims, barely half their pay. Ames, 34, was one of an estimated 1.4 million workers in the United Kingdom on agency contracts...

Bugging of MP on prison visit did not break the rules, inquiry finds - The Guardian

Posted on February 22, 2008
“Police officers knew they were covertly bugging conversations between a terror suspect and his MP, but were not breaking any rules when they did so, an official report said yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd February 2008 Source: www...

Send fewer to jail, Straw urges courts - The Guardian

Posted on February 22, 2008
“Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, last night made an urgent appeal to magistrates to send fewer people to jail as the prison population in England and Wales soared past 82,000 to an all-time high.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd February 2008 Source: www...

Home owner sued for junk mail injury - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 22, 2008
“A home owner is being threatened with legal action after a woman claimed she trapped her hand in his letterbox while delivering unwanted junk mail.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 22nd February 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Steve Wright suspected of more murders - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 22, 2008
“Steve Wright will today be sentenced for the murder of five prostitutes as police investigate whether he was responsible for a string of other unsolved cases.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 22nd February 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

UK prisons now ?over-capacity? - BBC News

Posted on February 22, 2008
“The prison population in England and Wales has exceeded its highest normal level for the first time.” Full story BBC News, 22nd February 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Muslim convert not a threat, says judge - The Guardian

Posted on February 22, 2008
“The High Court today quashed a control order restricting the movements of a British convert to Islam on the grounds there was ‘no reasonable suspicion’ that he was planning to travel abroad to engage in terrorist activity.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd February 2008 Source: www...

Burnham targets illegal downloading - The Guardian

Posted on February 22, 2008
“The government is to consult on legislation to punish internet service providers if they fail to take action against the illegal downloading of music, films and TV programmes.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd February 2008 Source: www.guardian...

British troops executed 20 captives in southern Iraq, say lawyers - The Guardian

Posted on February 22, 2008
“British troops may have executed up to 20 captives in southern Iraq in 2004, human rights lawyers claimed today.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd February 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Suffolk serial killer Steve Wright jailed for life - The Guardian

Posted on February 22, 2008
“Steve Wright will spend the rest of his life in jail for killing five women in Suffolk in what prosecutors described as a six-week ‘campaign of murder’. Judge Mr Justice Gross, at Ipswich crown court, ruled that Wright, a 49-year-old former forklift truck driver, should serve a whole life term and never be released...

Chef Mark Dixie will serve at least 34 years for Sally Anne Bowman murder - The Times

Posted on February 22, 2008
“A pub chef obsessed with violent sex has been jailed for life for the brutal murder of an aspiring model who was found in a pool of blood outside her South London home in September 2005.” Full story The Times, 22nd February 2008 Source: www...

Miliband blocks release of key Lockerbie files - The Guardian

Posted on February 21, 2008
“The foreign secretary has been accused of interfering in the appeal of the man jailed for the Lockerbie bombing, after he refused to release secret papers which could clear the Libyan.” Full story The Guardian, 21st February 2008 Source: www...

New ad rules: bookies are playing fair - The Guardian

Posted on February 21, 2008
“Gambling and betting companies are abiding by new liberalised rules that have allowed them to advertise on TV for the first time, according to the first compliance report published by the advertising regulator. The Advertising Standards Authority said the compliance report’s findings vindicated its system of self-regulation for gambling ads...

Mayor?s aide cleared of fraud - The Guardian

Posted on February 21, 2008
“Scotland Yard said yesterday that one of London mayor Ken Livingstone’s closest aides, who has been accused of corruption, had no criminal case to answer.” Full story The Guardian, 21st February 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Inquiry ordered into DNA disc blunder - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 21, 2008
“The Attorney General has ordered an inquiry into a ‘catastrophic’ blunder that allowed foreign criminals to commit crimes in Britain.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Cost of violent crime is over �13 billion a year - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 21, 2008
“Violent crime costs the British economy more than �13 billion a year, according to a report released today.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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