What's Reporting

Gun Crime Task force and witness protection, but not targets Times, Press Release Crime statistics bring mixed messages 10.01.03 Independent
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Card Fraud Dud cheques are definitely old-style, new wave crime is all about abuse of credit card information 10.01.03 Guardian
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Crime Capital 455 residents of absolute monarchy bring 608 criminal charges and 397 civil cases every year. Has to be Vatican City ... 10.01.03 Independent
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Crime News Gun crime up 20% in a year, double since Labour took power 09.01.03 BBC Carrying replica guns to be banned 09.01.03 Times
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Terror Further arrests in ricin case, links to Paris gang, community leaders alerted 09.01.03 Times, Terror Links
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Immigration Jamaicans will need visas as of next week in move to curb illegal entry 09.01.03 Times
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Medical Complaints Medical Defence Union reports 10-year rise in complaints from 36 to 558 09.01.03 Financial Times
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Terror Update Six North Africans, including suspected qualified chemist, are being questioned over deadly poison Ricin found in their Wood Green flat 08.01.03 BBC
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Asylum Rules change today, only asylum applications at time of entry will be accepted, court challenge certain 08.01.03 BBC
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Probation Strike 6k probations staff will strike for one day in protest at workloads 08.01.03 Guardian
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Prison News Five year gun-crime sentence will not be mandatory, judges to retain discretion Times Irving lashed over defence of community sentencing for first time burglars 07.01.03 Sun
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Chatrooms Govt guidelines on good practice for chatrooms include prominent warnings and 'virtual panic buttons' 06.01.03 Guardian, Press Release
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Gun Crime Lethal firearms used in 9k incidents last year, rise of 20%, as campaign begins to force tougher sentencing 05.01.03 Times
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Cases & Issues

Congestion Class Law have been instructed by Smithfield workers to look into a legal challenge to London congestion charge 10.01.03 Press Release
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Identity Theft New information commissioner promises crackdown on 'theft' of personal data, unlimited fines and prison 08.01.03 Independent
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Who's Counting? Westminster City is leading test case against National Statistics over census estimates, lower population leading to lower grants 08.01.03 Guardian
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Claims Direct Judgement on Claims Direct test cases 08.01.03 Court Service
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Rape Convictions Prosecution of rape still hampered by belief in victim leading on attackers, says DPP Independent Rapists prefer pubs and clubs to streets 07.01.03 Guardian
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Leaping Lords Hereditary peers plan to sue govt at ECHR for compensation over loss of parliamentary seats, claimed as private property BBC Lords reform is toughest task in 100 years, says Irving 07.01.03 BBC
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Business

Supermarkets Wal-Mart deeply tempted to rush out counterbid for Safeway, but regulators likely to insist on Morrison's 'dream deal' 10.01.03 Independent
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Agency Workers Cost of Agency Workers Directive will be £636m in the UK, unintended effect of eroding permanent job opportunities 10.01.03 Independent
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Bent Fags Imperial Tobacco accused of 'turning blind eye' to cigarette smuggling 10.01.03 Telegraph
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Microsoft v EU Software maker eases Commission fears that its 'Passport' system does not break privacy rules 10.01.03 Bloomberg
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Property Halifax predicts continued rise in house prices, at slower pace; prices still affordable, mortgages cost only 15% of income 10.01.03 BBC
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Equitable Auditor E&Y is applying to High Ct to strike out assurer's claim of negligence 09.01.03 Guardian, Equitable Links
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Stakeholder Thousands of companies are in breach of law on stakeholder pensions, but nothing will be done about it 09.01.03 BBC, Pension Links
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Party Funding Labour admits to massive non-compliance with its own anti-sleaze funding law 09.01.03 Times
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Market News Market Abuse Directive (MAD) is another step forward in 'regulatory creep' — the tide of rules governing financial information 08.01.03 Times
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Financial Advertising FSA is launching campaign to keep financial advertising on the straight and narrow 08.01.03 Bloomberg
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Britannic Excluding expected profits, assurer's 'free asset ratio' is below regulator's minimum 07.01.03 Independent
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Audit Rules DTI joins Big Four expressing concern for audit quality under new rules proposed by SEC for all companies operating in the US 07.01.03 Financial Times
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Skellett Bribe City police have handed CPS file on bribe allegedly paid to Wessex Water chief Colin Skellett 07.01.03 Times
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Lost Boys Gt Ormond St Hospital is battling to control Peter Pan rights, contested in US as test case in abuse of copyright 06.01.03 Independent
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Co-op Bribery Fromer head of Hobson Food returns to court on charge of bribing Co-operative executives 06.01.03 Times
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Flexible Working Most companies expect to make changes to comply with flexible work regulations, but expect little improvement in recruitment or productivity 06.01.03 Financial Times
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Practice News

Prince Derry Defending his Lord Chancellor, Tony Blair looked a bit like Henry IV when he snubbed the ageing Falstaff 09.01.03 Independent


Swift Justice Solicitor general Harriet Harman nicked at 99 mph on the M4 09.01.03 Independent
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Management Involving the entire partnership in decisions is a thing of the past, but what is the model of the future? Four firms examined 08.01.03 Times
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CRE Head Frontrunners emerge for top job in racial equality, inlcuding London Assembly chair Trevor Phillips 08.01.03 Guardian
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Marconi Fees Allen & Overy alone will take £18m from Marconi restructuring, £2m more than all lawyers on all sides were originally expected to receive 07.01.03 Lawyer
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Permissive Society Roy Jenkins oversaw one of the most profound reforms of social law in English history, dies at 82 06.01.03 Guardian

International

DVD Jon Acquital of teenager who unravelled DVD encryption will lead copyright holders to combine technical with legal remedies 10.01.03 Economist
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Accounting Board No chair, no staff, board members vote themselves higher pay than president, ratify move into Andersen office (talk about post-ironic) 10.01.03 NY Times
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GM Case US likely to take case to WTO over EU refusal to trade in genetically modified foods 10.01.03 Washington Post
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Fat Fees Broker Robertson Stephens fined $28m for kickbacks on IPOs 10.01.03 Financial Times
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Who Dies... Governor of Illinois to decide on 160 executions this weekend 10.01.03 Guardian
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Corporate Crimes US sentencing commission rushes through 'emergency' approval of extended sentences for corporate crime 09.01.03 NY Times, Governance Links
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DVD Copyright Court dismisses claim of US film industry giants that Norwegian teenager 'aided piracy' with DVD de-scrambling software 08.01.03 BBC
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Tax Cuts US administration unclear on whether abolition of tax on dividends will extend to foreign companies 08.01.03 Financial Times
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Judges Renominated Judges rejected by Senate in previous congress have been immediately renominated by Bush 08.01.03 Washington Post
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Trichet Trial Governor of Bank of France goes on trial for allegedly covering up losses at Credit Lyonnais 07.01.03 BBC
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Too Real TV Participants in reality TV shows are rapidly learning to sue producers for physical and emotional damage 07.01.03 NY Times
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Dividend Tax Bush stimulus plan will include scrapping tax on company dividends, worth £30b a year 06.01.03 NY Times
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