“Senior Daily Telegraph journalist Andrew Gimson has lost a case claiming that he was unfairly dismissed after more than seven years as the newspaper’s main parliamentary sketchwriter on the grounds of ageism.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The way in which a private contractor was awarded a £300m monopoly of court interpreting services throughout England and Wales and the firm’s ‘underperformance’ are to be investigated by MPs.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court (Chancery Division)
Wedgwood Museum Trust Ltd, Re [2012] EWHC 1974 (Ch) (19 July 2012)
Ludsin Overseas Ltd v Eco3 Capital Ltd & Ors [2012] EWHC 1980 (Ch) (19 July 2012)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Phaestos Ltd. & Anor v Ho [2012] EWHC 1996 (TCC) (19 July 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) was empowered under section 4(3) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 to determine whether a decision by the Independent Safeguarding Authority that it was appropriate to include an individual on a barred list was proportionate and rational. In assessing proportionality the tribunal was required to give appropriate weight to the decision of a body charged by statute with a task of expert evaluation. The tribunal also had to address as a material consideration the issue of public confidence in the statutory scheme and in the list.”
WLR Daily, 18th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
The Finance Act 2012 (Enterprise Investment Scheme) (Appointed Day) Order 2012
The Fire and Rescue Authorities (National Framework) (England) Order 2012
The Savings Certificates (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Registered Pension Schemes (Authorised Payments) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2012
The Surrey (Electoral Changes) Order 2012
The Allocation of Housing (Qualification Criteria for Armed Forces) (England) Regulations 2012
The Ipswich Barrier Order 2012
The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) (Amendment) Order 2012
The Copyright (Repeal of the Copyright Act 1911) (Jersey) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“It will be possible to use a speeded up Parliamentary approval process for changing parts of copyright law that carry penalties of up to 10 years in jail under a proposed new law, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“It is for European member states to determine how interest should be calculated on repayments of overpaid tax, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Family doctors will be reassessed to ensure they remain competent every five years from December, the medical watchdog said yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, has today launched a consultation on a proposed new edition of the Code for Crown Prosecutors (the Code). The Code is the overarching document that all prosecutors follow in deciding whether or not a suspect should be charged.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th July 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Criminals arrested for offences such as minor assaults, theft and fraud could escape prosecution in the biggest shake-up of charging guidelines for 20 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading will be able to clamp down on rogue companies by suspending or revoking their consumer credit licences with immediate effect under new legislation announced by the government.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers for the BBC are considering making a formal appeal against a court order that has banned the corporation from showing a dramatised film about the experiences of rioters who took part in last summer’s disorder.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“John Pusey and his wife Cherry spent 10 years trying to stop passing motorists using the bottom of their garden as a public convenience. But while the high court agreed it was annoying – the judges ruled the ‘comfort breaks’ did not amount to a ‘nuisance.’ They rejected the couple’s claim to close down the lay-by by the side of the road, leaving them with a six figure legal bill.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“PC Simon Harwood has a disciplinary record littered with complaints of aggressive behaviour and misconduct and once admitted being sent into ‘red mist mode’, it can be disclosed today.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A trial of eight men accused of murder during the Birmingham riots almost collapsed when a judge declared a police officer had ‘invented a story.’ ”
BBC News, 19th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An NHS trust has been fined £150,000 and told to pay £326,345 costs over the killing of a female care worker at a residential home in Bedfordshire.”
BBC News, 19th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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