“The Government is to press ahead with plans to introduce fees for workers wishing to raise a claim with an employment tribunal from the summer of 2013, it has announced. Those on low incomes can apply for exemption from the proposed fees.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Three activists were found guilty at Preston magistrates court on Tuesday on charges of aggravated trespass and assault after occupying a fracking rig in a Lancashire protest last year.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Serco, a leading private contractor of public services, is failing to meet legal requirements to provide enough staff, train them properly or monitor their performance in the out-of-hours GP service it runs for the NHS in Cornwall.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An electrical engineer described by a judge as a ‘crank’ has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after admitting making explosives in a lock-up garage.”
BBC News, 17th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Anna Parker, 50, the wife of actor Nathaniel Parker who plays Inspector Lynley in the BBC crime drama series, was cleared by a judge who told her she had ‘got away with it’ because she had faced the wrong charge.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Hoax caller Khadar Mohidin has been jailed for sparking a national terror alert by ringing police and claiming 15 suicide bombers were about to attack London on the day Hillary Clinton was to meet with David Cameron.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A TV campaign featuring stars including Katy Perry and Justin Bieber promoting a zit cream has been banned by the advertising watchdog.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The advertising watchdog has criticised the Daily Star and Daily Express for running a front page reader offer of £5 off at Tesco, when the deal was in fact a standard offer available to anyone who shopped at one of the supermarket giant’s stores.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The rules covering consultations on potential government policy changes are being loosened to allow a more ‘proportionate and targeted’ approach.”
BBC News, 17th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The closure of the forensic science archive in England and Wales will cause miscarriages of justice and stop police solving crimes, senior politicians, scientists and lawyers have warned.”
BBC News, 18th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A dental technician who threatened to kidnap Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone’s daughter Tamara in a £200,000 blackmail plot faces a substantial jail term.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ambulance staff left an elderly man who had fallen over and sustained brain damage untreated for three quarters of an hour because paramedics were on a lunch break, an inquest has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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