Because you were clamoring for one:
- Police warn householders of three convicted burglars but say they cannot describe them for fear of violating their human rights [Telegraph]
- Eight year old Connor McCreaddie is very fat indeed, so North Tyneside officials are considering taking him from his mum into protective custody [Gillespie, Reason “Hit and Run”]
- Sounds promising but haven’t seen: author Simon Carr has published compendium of legal horror stories entitled “Sour Gripes” [Telegraph]
- As in the U.S., prospect of discrimination suits has deterred efforts to keep unhealthily thin fashion models off the catwalk [Guardian]
- Ban on fox hunting not only is widely evaded but in fact has led to renaissance of the sport [Telegraph]
- “An incompetent expert [witness] can cause more misery than a psychotic gang member.” [Slapper/Times]
- Vacationing cop busted for Swiss Army knife [Daily Mail]
- In hospitals, perhaps a surfeit of privacy [Huddersfield Daily Examiner via KevinMD] and sensitivity [Daily Mail via ditto]
- Man obsessed by sex after motorcycling injury expected to get multi-million-pound award [Telegraph]
- Children’s sack race scrapped for lack of liability insurance [Telegraph]; industrialist says inordinate playground risk-aversion is bad omen for economy [ditto]
- Convicted armed robber “given legal aid to sue over a telephone message that reveals that his phone calls come from prison” [Telegraph]
- Familiar ring? Controversy mounting over “ambulance chasing”, allegations of sharp practices as no-fee-no-win injury work makes fortunes for some well placed solicitors [Times here, here, here, here]