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Taser shooting man fails in bid for IPCC probe

26.10.09
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Briton beaten and drugged by Saudi police sues for £2m

19.10.09
British man who was tortured in a Saudi jail is fighting to win £2million in compensation at the European Court of Human Rights... more

Crime boss goes on spending spree as he ignores £4 million confiscation order

01.10.09
Frauster defies prosecutors by going on an extravagant spending spree despite owing more than £4 million after a court order... more

Top Tory facing suspension for calling blogger poisonous

07.09.09
One of London’s most outspoken politicians faces censure and £10,000 legal bill after describing an internet blogger as an 'obsessive, poisonous individual'... more

Transsexual killer can go to women's jail

04.09.09
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Mother of ‘UFO hacker’ asks Obama to stop his extradition to America

31.07.09
Mother of British computer hacker Gary McKinnon appeals to Barack Obama after son loses High Court bid to block extradition... more

Landmark human rights ruling protects all soldiers serving abroad

18.05.09
Soldiers serving abroad are protected by Human Rights laws, the Court of Appeal has ruled in a controversial landmark judgment... more

MS wife: I've lost case but won argument on suicide trips

19.02.09
A woman with multiple sclerosis claimed a victory in her court battle for her husband to be allowed to help end her life legally... more

Northern Rock shareholders go to court for compensation

13.01.09
Legal : Shareholders in nationalised mortgage lender Northern Rock went to court to try to force the British government to compensate them for their now-worthless stocks... more

Judges and MPs must heed media's fears about privacy law 'by back door'

12.11.08
At face value, it is difficult to find much to disagree with in the good intentions enshrined in Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)... more

Banking excess may save us from the police state

16.10.08
The government climbdown over 42 days augurs well for the future - and the RBS and HBOS bail-out may even swallow the funds for ID cards and other horrors on the Home Office wish-list... more

42-day plan may clash with human rights, watchdog says

01.10.08
A European human rights watchdog whose members include John Prescott has criticised the Government's plans to hold terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge... more

Mark wasn't aiming at police when they shot him says mother

09.09.08
The barrister shot dead by police in the Chelsea siege was holding his shotgun "limply" and was not aiming it at firearms officers when he was killed... more

Comment: Judge seems to like press freedom less than people who buy newspapers

24.07.08
The News Of The World has reacted to losing the privacy action brought by Max Mosley by saying: "Our press is less free today"... more

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