“A Carmarthenshire blogger fears losing her home after being told to pay a £230,000 legal bill for a failed bid to sue a council chief executive.”
BBC News, 5th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Costs judges should not treat costs as reasonable or proportionate simply because they fall within the scope of the court-approved budget, the Court of Appeal has warned.”
Litigation Futures, 5th June 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“With some internet companies’ terms and conditions being longer than Shakespeare’s Hamlet, could it be that ‘unfair’ clauses in agreements are not even worth the paper they are printed on?”
BBC News, 6th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A lesbian housekeeper who claimed a Tory MP and his wife tried to persuade her to join in a threesome with them had her case for sexual harassment and unfair dismissal unanimously thrown out today.”
The Independent, 5th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Police use of stop and search has been cut by up to 50% in five forces, including London and the West Midlands, without slowing the fall in the crime rate, according to an official report.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Charities should be forced to rein in the use of High Street fund-raisers known as ‘chuggers’ or face state regulation, a cross-party committee of MPs has concluded.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain will offer compensation to victims of the torture and brutality it meted out to thousands of Kenyans detained during the Mau Mau uprising, according to reports.”
The Independent, 5th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Internet and telecom companies will be ordered by the Government to block “harmful” content such as extremist material and pornography in the wake of the Woolwich terrorist attack and killing of five-year-old April Jones.”
The Independent, 6th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A teacher sacked for possessing indecent images of children should be allowed to return to work in schools, a panel has ruled.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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