“Three of the July 21 failed suicide bombers are using the European Court of Human Rights to try and overturn their convictions, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
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Daily Telegraph, 12th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Major reforms of the libel laws will see a duty placed on internet service providers to try to identify internet trolls without victims needing to resort to costly legal action.”
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The Guardian, 12th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Too many sex offenders are being released from prison without having access to a treatment programme at all, inspectors said today.”
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The Independent, 12th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Regulating nanotechnology is fraught with difficulties. Current environmental law simply doesn’t apply on the nano-scale.”
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The Guardian, 11th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An internet ‘troll’ who sent a threatening email to a Conservative MP has been banned from contacting a host of celebrities, including Lord Sugar.”
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The Guardian, 11th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Human rights group Liberty is to apply for a judicial review into the inquest of a soldier who hanged herself after alleging two colleagues had raped her.”
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BBC News, 11th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A union is taking legal action to seek compensation on behalf of workers it claims were blacklisted by one of the UK’s biggest companies.”
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The Independent, 11th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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Tyrolean Airways Tiroler Luftfahrt Gesellschaft mbH v Betriebsrat Bord der Tyrolean Airways Tiroler Luftfahrt Gesellschaft mbH (Case C-132/11); [2012] WLR (D) 173
“A provision in a collective agreement applicable to a group of companies within the airline industry which only took into account experience acquired as a cabin crew member from the date of recruitment by a specific airline company for the purposes of grading in the employment categories provided for in that agreement did not constitute indirect discrimination within the meaning of article 2(2)(b) of Council Directive 2000/78/EC.”
WLR Daily, 7th June 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Majeed; Regina v Westfield [2012] EWCA Crim 1186; [2012] WLR (D) 172
“Where a sportsman corruptly accepted financial inducements to identify, in advance, occasions when during a match he would play in a specific, previously agreed, manner, the conduct of that sportsman, whose contract obliged him to refrain from doing anything that might damage the reputation of the club or board which employed him, was integral to the affairs and business of that club or board, who were therefore victims of such corrupt activities, even if the bribes were not intended to and did not influence the club or board in any way.”
WLR Daily, 31st May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The Sentencing Council’s definitive guideline on allocation, offences taken into consideration and totality came into effect on 11 June 2012.”
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Sentencing Council, 11th June 2012
Source: http://sentencingcouncil.judiciary.gov.uk
“The Ministry of Justice has invited interested parties to respond to the legal services section of the Government’s ‘Red Tape Challenge’ consultation, identifying which regulations they believe should be improved, retained or scrapped.”
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Ministry of Justice, 8th June 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“An employment judge has become the first to be publicly censured under new rules that will see all judges and magistrates who are disciplined for misconduct have their cases publicised by the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC).”
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The Lawyer, 11th June 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Ministers are planning to grant legal rights for the first time to people in England who spend hours caring for elderly or disabled relatives.”
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BBC News, 9th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Rules making it easier for companies to sack their workers by offering them immediate payouts if they agree to leave without any fuss will be unveiled this week as part of the government’s controversial overhaul of employment law.”
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The Guardian, 10th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“British citizens with foreign-born partners are to be given the choice of indefinite ‘exile’ in countries including Yemen and Syria or face the breakup of their families if they want to remain in the UK, under radical immigration changes to be announced next week, MPs have been told.”
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The Guardian, 8th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tomorrow, the Home Secretary will announce to Parliament plans to give judges guidance on how to interpret Article 8 ECHR (the right to private and family life) in foreign criminal deportation cases. There has been already significant speculation as to whether the long-heralded changes will make much or even any difference.”
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UK Human Rights Blog, 10th June 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com