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Decision against animal snare ban- BBC News

Posted on February 20, 2008
“The Scottish Government has decided against a ban on animal snares.” BBC News, 20th February 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Train attack youth?s sentence cut - BBC News

Posted on February 20, 2008
” A youth who dropped masonry from a bridge shattering a train’s windscreen and hitting the driver of a seperate train has had his prison sentence cut.” Full story BBC News, 20th February 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Deported nationals ?bounced back? - BBC News

Posted on February 20, 2008
“More than 100 foreign nationals deported to their home countries have been returned immediately to the the UK, in the past five years.” Full story BBC News, 20th February 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Migrants must pay a tax to enter UK - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 20, 2008
“Foreigners coming to Britain are to face a new ‘immigrant tax’ under Government plans to try to make them help pay for the schools and hospitals they use, ministers are to announce.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2008 Source: www...

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Labour?s smacking laws could be ?unworkable? - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 20, 2008
“Senior judges want parents who are taken to court for smacking their children to be treated leniently.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Heiress fights refugee over divorce share-out - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 20, 2008
“An heiress who married a penniless East European refugee told the Court of Appeal yesterday that her ‘equal shares’ divorce settlement was unfair.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Austen Ivereigh was ?cruel? to lovers - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 20, 2008
“A senior aide to the head of England’s Roman Catholic Church behaved ‘cruelly and callously’ to two girlfriends, forcing them to contemplate having abortions, the High Court heard yesterday. He has launched a libel case against the Daily Mail over an article in June 2006 which accused him of being a hypocrite on abortion...

Drunk squire used dead man?s name - The Times

Posted on February 20, 2008
“A squire who tried to save his family?s reputation by giving police the name of a dead friend after he was caught drink-driving has been jailed for six months for perverting the course of justice.” Full story The Times, 20th February 2008 Source: www...

Schools on alert after 17th Bridgend suicide - The Times

Posted on February 20, 2008
“Experts are to be sent into every school in Bridgend as part of an urgent strategy drawn up to halt the spate of suicides in a small area of South Wales that claimed a 17th young victim yesterday.” Full story The Times, 20th February 2008 Source: www...

Church told to play pipes of peace as organists get workers? rights - The Times

Posted on February 20, 2008
“Organists have been second-class citizens in the church hierarchy since before Bach and bridal marches, but organists are to receive full employment rights after a landmark ruling.” Full story The Times, 20th February 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Papers reveal how alleged war criminal escaped UK arrest - The Guardian

Posted on February 20, 2008
“Scotland Yard allowed a suspected war criminal to escape from Britain partly because they feared an attempt to stop him would lead to a gun battle at Heathrow airport, police documents seen by the Guardian reveal.” Full story The Guardian, 20th February 2008 Source: www...

Broadcasters face spot checks on phone lines - The Guardian

Posted on February 20, 2008
“Broadcasters face unannounced spot checks on their operation of premium rate phone lines as part of a clampdown by regulators.” Full story The Guardian, 20th February 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

CPS admits disc of suspects? DNA was ?mislaid? for a year - The Guardian

Posted on February 20, 2008
“The government last night faced fresh embarrassment over lost personal data, after admitting that a disc containing the DNA details of thousands of suspected foreign criminals was mislaid for a year.” Full story The Guardian, 20th February 2008 Source: www...

Man behind plot to behead soldier is jailed - The Times

Posted on February 19, 2008
“A fanatic backed by al-Qaeda was jailed for life yesterday for planning the kidnap, torture and beheading of a British soldier as a way of terrorising Muslims who join the Armed Forces.” Full story The Times, 19th February 2008 Source: www...

Abortion libel claim by cardinal?s former aide - The Guardian

Posted on February 19, 2008
“The former spokesman for the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales was ‘robbed of his moral authority’ by a newspaper article which accused him of hypocrisy over abortion, the high court heard yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 19th February 2008 Source: www...

Legal aid: war of words erupts - The Times

Posted on February 19, 2008
“Scores of top-level terror trials as well as the most complex murder and rape cases are at risk of being run by second-rank lawyers after more than 2,000 Queen?s Counsel and junior barristers boycotted new pay rates.” Full story The Times, 19th February 2008 Source: www...

Pension schemes? liabilities could rise by �75bn - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 19, 2008
“Pension schemes’ liabilities could soar by �75 billion under proposed guidelines set out by the Pensions Regulator.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 19th February 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Plan to prevent violent crime includes hundreds of knife detectors for police - The Guardian

Posted on February 19, 2008
“One hundred mobile metal detector arches and 400 search wands are to be provided to the police to screen people going into knife crime hotspots, including pubs, nightclubs and football grounds, under the government’s violent crime action plan published yesterday...

Lawyer-free consumer compensation plans - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 19, 2008
“New compensation laws will allow consumers to claim back just a few pounds from rip-off shops and websites without the need of a lawyer.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 19th February 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Treasury seeks to head off legal action - The Independent

Posted on February 19, 2008
“The Government will try to head off legal challenges to nationalisation from Northern Rock shareholders by appointing an independent arbitrator to value the battered lender.” Full story The Independent, 18th February 2008 Source: www.independent...

Divorce battle goes public as McCartneys can?t agree deal - The Times

Posted on February 19, 2008
“Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills look set to fight out their divorce settlement in public after failing yesterday to reach a deal.” Full story The Times, 19th February 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Brother keeps murder bail cash - BBC News

Posted on February 19, 2008
“The brother of a man who is thought to have killed himself and his mother-in-law while awaiting trial will not lose his �200,000 bail bond.” Full story BBC News, 18th February 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

?Barely trained? paralegals will be forced to take CPS cases to trial - The Times

Posted on February 19, 2008
“Plans are due to go ahead for thousands of trials a year to be prosecuted by non-lawyers, even though the paralegals themselves say that they are insufficiently trained, The Times has learnt.” Full story The Times, 19th February 2008 Source: www...

Whistleblowing website vows to defy court gag - The Guardian

Posted on February 19, 2008
“An international website that claims to blow the whistle on corporate and governmental fraud vowed yesterday to defy attempts by a US court to close it down. Wikileaks allows whistleblowers to anonymously post documents in an attempt to expose corruption and wrongdoing...

Lord Carlile Report: Control Orders Are ?Justifiable And Proportional? - Home Office

Posted on February 19, 2008
“Lord Carlile?s report on the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 analyses the operation of the control order system in 2007 and concludes that he ‘would have reached the same decision as the Secretary of State in each case in which a control order has been made, so far as the actual making of the order [...

Cutting costs will hit the quality of our legal system - The Times

Posted on February 19, 2008
“This week plans come before the House of Lords to expand the powers of Crown Prosecution Service caseworkers to handle a wide range of magistrates? courts cases. It may be logical to argue that deploying these so-called designated case workers or DCWs for minor cases will free more experienced and qualified lawyers [...