“A solicitor who was paid through a profit share rather than receiving a salary should not be classified as a partner for employment law purposes, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 28th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Lord McNally said restorative justice was ‘not a soft option’, after visiting a probation trust and a prison in Norwich to see how offenders there are being made to face up to their crimes.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th July 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Consumer rights journalist Martin Lewis has won a High Court case protecting his ‘Money Saving Expert’ trade mark.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The UK supreme court announced this week that it was looking to recruit a couple of new judges (at salaries of £206,857). There is one immediate vacancy following the death of Lord Rodger last month, and there will be a further vacancy next April when Lord Brown retires. Who will get the jobs?”
The Guardian, 27th July 2011
Soruce: www.guardian.co.uk
“Retailers will no longer have to hand over addresses of TV buyers to TV licensing authorities due to a red-tape overhaul. Nearly two-thirds of regulations specifically aimed at shop owners will be scrapped or reformed, as part of a bureaucratic tidying-up exercise by ministers.”
The Guardian, 28th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Veterans involved in Britain’s nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s are taking their case for compensation to the Supreme Court.”
BBC News, 28th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Joshua Davies, 16, can be named for the first time today after being found guilty of murder by a jury at Swansea Crown Court. He lured Rebecca Aylward, 15, to a secluded wood and then used a rock the size of a rugby ball to smash her skull with at least six brutal blows to the back of the head.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Social networking websites such as Facebook could threaten the existence of jury trials in the UK, the attorney general has warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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