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Cosmetic surgeons fear laser rule change is risk to patients? health - The Times

Posted on March 26, 2008
“Government plans to drop the regulation of lasers used by beauty salons for cosmetic treatments, such as the removal of wrinkles, hair and tattoos, would pose a serious risk to patients? health, doctors said yesterday.” Full story The Times, 26th March 2008 Source: www...

Prisoners were paid Ł730,000 in university grants loophole - The Times

Posted on March 26, 2008
“Prisoners have been paid student grants and loans totalling Ł730,000 while taking university courses in jail, the Government admitted yesterday.” Full story The Times, 26th March 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Successful visa appeals mean courts give green light to forced marriages - The Times

Posted on March 26, 2008
“British courts are overturning decisions taken by immigration officers that would have protected men and women from being forced into marriage.” Full story The Times, 26th March 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Tighten controls on bail in murder and serious offences, ministers told - The Times

Posted on March 26, 2008
“Tighter curbs on the granting of bail to suspects in murder cases and other crimes is called for in a report being considered by ministers, The Times has learnt.” Full story The Times, 26th March 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Gordon Brown urges courts to use full powers against gun criminals - The Times

Posted on March 26, 2008
“The Prime Minister urged the courts yesterday to make more use of tough sentencing powers available for gun crimes.” Full story The Times, 26th March 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Speaker of the House Michael Martin turns to High Court to shield MPs? expenses details - The Times

Posted on March 26, 2008
“The Speaker of the House of Commons yesterday took to the High Court the fight to stop details of MPs? expenses being disclosed, despite receiving legal advice that he is pursuing a case that he cannot win.” Full story The Times, 26th March 2008 Source: www...

Heather Mills to challenge Sir Paul?s valuation - Daily Telegraph

Posted on March 26, 2008
“Heather Mills has hired a new team of forensic accountants to try to prove that ex-husband Paul McCartney is worth double the Ł400 million he claimed in their divorce struggle, according to friends of the former model.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 26th March 2008 Source: www...

Man in Ł1,000 parking fine battle - BBC News

Posted on March 26, 2008
“A man with severe memory problems is hoping to get Ł1,000 worth of parking fines writen off.” Full story BBC News, 26th March 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Persistent 999 caller given Asbo - BBC News

Posted on March 26, 2008
“A woman who rang emergency services more than 100 times when she was drunk to ask for a lift home has been given an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo).” Full story BBC News, 26th March 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Smith (Jean) v Northamptonshire County Council - Times Law Reports

Posted on March 25, 2008
Smith (Jean) v Northamptonshire County Council Court of Appeal “A council which had no control over a ramp not on its property was not strictly liable to an employee who was injured on it.” The Times, 24th March 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Britain and France join forces on immigration - The Independent

Posted on March 25, 2008
“Plans for a joint drive by Britain and France against illegal immigration could backfire by forcing ’soft targets’ to return to dangerous countries, refugee groups have warned.” Full story The Independent, 25th March 2008 Source: www...

Family complains after patient was ?left to die? - Daily Telegraph

Posted on March 25, 2008
“An elderly woman was left to die in hospital after doctors made an order not to resuscitate her without her family’s knowledge, it has been claimed.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 25th March 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Family justice system is at risk, warns new chief judge - The Times

Posted on March 25, 2008
“The first woman Attorney-General was enthusing in Law last week about government moves to combat domestic violence. A starkly different message comes this week from the first woman to lead the 455-judge strong Association of District Judges. Edwina Millward believes that recent reforms to curb domestic violence are having the reverse effect ? and that [...

Wrong bottles cost winemaker Ł30,000 - The Times

Posted on March 25, 2008
“An award-winning winemaker whose wares are sold at the royal palaces is facing a Ł30,000 bill after European bureaucrats ruled that he was using the wrong-shaped bottles.” Full story The Times, 25th March 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Plea to ban employers trawling Facebook - The Times

Posted on March 25, 2008
“A powerful coalition of children?s charities is urging ministers to make it illegal for companies to trawl Facebook and other social networking websites for information on prospective recruits.” Full story The Times, 25th March 2008 Source: www...

Why judges find ways to ignore the law in gun crime sentences - The Times

Posted on March 25, 2008
“Passing sentence in the case of the death of Kamilah Peniston, Mr Justice Holland condemned Britain?s gang-gun culture. According to the judge, there were ‘exceptional circumstances’ that allowed him to hand down a sentence below the five-year minimum term set down in law...

Police chief condemns judges on gun crime - The Times

Posted on March 25, 2008
“The fight against gun crime is being undermined by judges who fail to ensure that tough penalties set down in law are imposed in the courts, a senior police chief has told The Times.” Full story The Times, 25th March 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Bail suspects commit one in six murders - Daily Telegraph

Posted on March 25, 2008
“One in six murders was committed last year by someone who was out on bail for another offence, figures disclosed suggest.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 24th March 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Divorce ruling serves as warning on behaviour and assets - The Guardian

Posted on March 25, 2008
“An heiress who married a penniless Kosovan refugee and was ordered by the divorce courts to hand him a Ł1m car wash she had bought for him to run has been told by the appeal court that she can keep half the business.” Full story The Guardian, 24th March 2008 Source: www...

Justice reforms urged to win back public confidence - The Guardian

Posted on March 25, 2008
“Further fundamental reform of the criminal justice system is crucial if the government is to overcome a lack of public confidence, Gordon Brown has been warned by his own strategy unit.” Full story The Guardian, 24th March 2008 Source: www...

Ministers back radical plan for voting reform - The Guardian

Posted on March 25, 2008
“A significant overhaul of electoral legislation to give voters a second vote, open polling stations at weekends and make it compulsory to participate is being proposed by the government to increase turnout and improve the legitimacy of the Commons...

DNA test ?puts innocent at risk? of convictions - The Times

Posted on March 25, 2008
“A new DNA technology hailed as having the potential to solve thousands of murders, rapes and other serious crimes could lead to innocent people being convicted, one of Britain?s most respected forensic scientists has warned.” Full story The Times, 24th March 2008 Source: www...

Report warns alcohol abuse and drugs ?are behind most crimes? - The Times

Posted on March 25, 2008
“Hard drug use and heavy drinking have been highlighted as key problems for Britain in a study by the Government?s Strategy Unit.” Full story The Times, 24th March 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Waitrose in row over meat-labelling - ?mongrel meat? labelled as rare native breed of pig - The Times

Posted on March 25, 2008
“Supermarket meat that is labelled as coming from a rare native breed is little more than ‘mongrel meat’, say breeders who have complained to trading standards officers.” Full story The Times, 24th March 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Privacy alarm over fingerprinting at Heathrow?s fifth terminal - The Times

Posted on March 25, 2008
“BAA and the Government are at odds over plans to fingerprint passengers at Heathrow?s new fifth terminal. The Home Office denies having told the Spanish-owned airport operator to use fingerprinting as an extra security measure and the privacy watchdog says that the plan may be illegal...

Embryology Bill: Bishop?s ?Frankenstein? attack smacks of ignorance, say scientists - The Times

Posted on March 25, 2008
“Senior scientists have offered to meet Roman Catholic bishops and MPs to explain the need for legislation to allow experiments on embryos that are part-human and part-animal.” Full story The Times, 24th March 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Cigarettes to be sold under shop counters - The Times

Posted on March 25, 2008
“Cigarettes are to be forced beneath shop counters with supermarkets and cornershops banned from displaying tobacco products, The Times has learnt.” Full story The Times, 24th March 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Wordsworth?s village bakers fight over their gingerbread - The Observer

Posted on March 25, 2008
“The tranquil village of Grasmere has long drawn visitors seeking out the serene Lakeland setting that inspired William Wordsworth. But the peace of this small community has been shattered as a battle rages over its most famous commodity, Grasmere Gingerbread...

Payout threat to asbestos cancer victims - The Observer

Posted on March 25, 2008
“Patients with an asbestos-related form of cancer who had been hoping for compensation now fear they will run out of time under new government rules on payouts.” Full story The Observer, 23rd March 2008 Source: http://observer.guardian.co...

Ban on protests at Parliament to be lifted - The Observer

Posted on March 25, 2008
“A controversial ban on protests outside the Houses of Parliament will be scrapped by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith this week in a symbolic victory for freedom of speech campaigners.” Full story The Observer, 23rd March 2008 Source: http://observer...

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