“A campaign to stop restaurants from keeping a portion of the £4 billion tips left for low-paid waiting staff each year is gaining momentum. MPs are now calling for a loophole in the law to be closed, to stop major restaurant chains from using the service tips left by customers to top up earnings so they reach the minimum wage, or meet costs.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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“The manager of an eating disorder clinic who abused more than 100 patients over twenty years has escaped charges after prosecutors decided a conviction was unlikely.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The families of 20,000 violent or troublesome teenagers face being evicted from their homes. Parents who fail to take responsibility for their unruly offspring will be thrown out of council accomodation or be forced to attend intensive classes under the Government’s heavily-trailed youth crime strategy, set to be unveiled today by ministers.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A joyrider who won a string of awards and was honoured by the Prince of Wales after vowing to turn his life around killed a pensioner in an uninsured car.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Illegal migrants awaiting deportation from Britain will be required to provide ‘large bail bonds’ and wear electronic tags to avoid detention, under Home Office legislation unveiled yesterday.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A long-term prisoner will go to the high court in London today to try to overturn an official policy that condemns him to remain in jail indefinitely because he is protesting his innocence.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than 700 violent prisoners will be released and may be awarded thousands of pounds in compensation if the government loses an appeal court case this month.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“On 15 July 2008 the Sentencing Guidelines Council published its definitive guideline ‘Causing death by driving.'”
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 15th July 2008
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
“Motorists convicted of causing death by dangerous or careless driving may face tough penalties under new guidelines published today for England and Wales.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A zero drink-driving limit should be imposed on all drivers under 20, the chief medical officer recommended yesterday, saying that such a ban would save lives.”
The Guardian, 15th july 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“MPs are calling for an investigation into allegations that British intelligence has ‘outsourced’ the torture of British citizens to Pakistani security agencies after hearing accounts of people being abducted and subjected to mistreatment and, in some cases, released without charge.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The wife of John Darwin, the canoeist who faked his own drowning, played an ‘equal and vital role’ in the scheme to gain £250,000 in insurance and pension payouts by staging his death, a court heard today.”
The Times, 14th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A benefit that enriches family life or a burden that sabotages women’s careers? Nicola Brewer’s claim that the extension of maternity leave and parental rights has hampered women’s employment chances has drawn praise and criticism in equal measure.”
The Times, 15th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Government’s strategy on knife crime was in disarray last night as the Home Secretary was accused of a U-turn over plans, briefed at the weekend, to confront offenders with stabbing victims in hospital.”
The Times, 15th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner has repeated his call for more powers to protect personal data and has said that local authorities should not be selling the electoral roll to marketers.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th July 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“An actor today lost a high court challenge over the £2.3m estate of a distinguished sculptor who had a 50-year lesbian relationship with her mother.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The average profit per equity partner (PEP) of the UK’s top 30 law firms has grown by 92.7 per cent to £764,900 since the turn of the century.”
The Lawyer, 14th July 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The co-head of White & Case’s banking practice says that, for her, becoming a solicitor felt ‘normal'”
The Times, 14th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
The Serious Fraud Office v Lexi Holdings Plc [2008] EWCA Crim 1443 (10 July 2008)
Rahman & Anor v R [2008] EWCA Crim 1465 (08 July 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Faarah, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Southwark [2008] EWCA Civ 807 (11 July 2008)
McGuane v Welch [2008] EWCA Civ 785 (11 July 2008)
HB v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 806 (11 July 2008)
Roberts v Gill & Co & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 803 (11 July 2008)
ING Lease (UK) Ltd v Harwood [2008] EWCA Civ 786 (09 July 2008)
Zambia v Meer Care & Desai (a firm) & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 754 (09 July 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Croftcall Ltd v Morgan & Anor [2008] EWHC 1622 (Ch) (11 July 2008)
Bank of New York v Montana Board of Investments & Anor [2008] EWHC 1594 (Ch) (10 July 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Greene Wood & McLean v Templeton Insurance Ltd [2008] EWHC 1593 (Comm) (10 July 2008)
High Court (Admiralty Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
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