“Activists claim they were legally justified in causing £180,000 damage to an arms factory as they were seeking to stop what they believed were Israeli war crimes in Gaza, a court heard today.”
The Guardian, 7th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Forty years on, the gender pay gap remains a yawning chasm. And with access to justice through employment tribunals loaded against the ordinary person, that is unlikely to change.”
The Guardian, 7th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Almost half of all sex offences are committed against children, despite them making up just 21% of the population, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 7th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court (Chancery Division)
Whitney v Monster Worldwide Ltd & Anor [2010] EWHC 1298 (Ch) (26 May 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Bradshaw v General Medical Council [2010] EWHC 1296 (Admin) (04 June 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) Order 2010
The Seed Potatoes (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Children are being put in danger because the family court service is facing an ‘acute situation of crisis’, according to Sir Mark Potter, the former president of the family division and head of family justice for England and Wales.”
Full story
The Guardian, 6th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk10
“There will be no swift law change to give people greater rights to defend themselves against burglars, Justice Minister Nick Herbert has suggested.”
BBC News, 6th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Black and minority ethnic lawyers are being refused compulsory insurance in what they describe as blatant race discrimination in the legal profession.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The age of criminal responsibility should be raised to 14 to better protect the ‘truly young’, one of the country’s leading barristers has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The safety practices of oil companies operating in Britain will be highlighted on Tuesday in the conclusion of a criminal case following the 2005 Buncefield oil storage explosion, in which 40 people were injured and 250,000 litres of petrol spilled less than 30 miles from central London.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers want the rules surrounding leasehold homes to be clarified amid claims some freeholders are charging too much for extensions.”
BBC News, 5th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A supreme court ruling expected this week is being seen as setting a precedent for divorcing couples who have signed prenuptial agreements.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A satellite TV installer was jailed for at least 22 years today (4 June) after being found guilty of murdering a prostitute when visiting her for sex.”
Full story
The Independent, 4th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Teachers, lawyers and parents warn today that Michael Gove’s first bill – to create thousands more academies – is ‘anti-democratic’ and concentrates the fate of the country’s schools into too few hands.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
