“A ‘crash-for-cash’ scam run by a 60-strong gang swindled so much money car insurance firms raised bills of people in the area by about £100 a year. The fraud in County Durham involved faking accidents and making false whiplash compensation claims. The 60 either admitted or were found guilty during hearings held at Newcastle Crown Court since last March.”
BBC News, 18th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Consumers need more protection against hidden charges often tucked away in the
small print, according to two bodies responsible for promoting law reform.”
BBC News, 19th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain’s largest newspaper groups are on a collision course with the Government over press regulation, after last night signalling their anger at the imposition of ‘several deeply contentious’ issues in a Royal Charter announced in Parliament by the Prime Minister.”
The Independent, 19th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A landmark programme of unannounced inspections in hospitals and care homes has
found that more than a third are still failing to respect elderly people’s basic
dignity, despite a series of scandals.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The custodians of North Yorkshire stately home Castle Howard have won a tribunal
battle to avoid paying tax on the £9.4m sale of a painting, after a judge ruled
it a piece of ‘plant or machinery’ integral to attracting visitors.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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“A huntsman who was cleared of shooting his former lover outside her country home has been jailed for eight months for possessing a firearm without a licence.”
The Independent, 18th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh has accepted ‘very substantial damages’ from News International, with the Sun admitting that it accessed text messages from her mobile phone after it was stolen, the high court has heard.”
The Guardian, 18th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“After much political manoeuvring over the weekend, a deal has been struck on the Royal Charter to implement Leveson. A key point is that it will prevent the Charter being unilaterally changed by future governments.”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 18th March 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
“A landlord who conned would-be tenants out of more than £6,000 by advertising on the Gumtree listings website in a ‘highly sophisticated scam’ has been jailed for two years.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An armed diplomatic security officer who abandoned his duties for extra-marital sex has been sentenced to nine months in prison.”
The Independent, 18th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Esther Lieu, a Pupil at Coram Chambers, and Adam Weiss, Legal Director, The AIRE Centre, explain the ECtHR’s recent decision in Raw v France which considered, amongst other matters, the enforcement of court orders and the circumstances in which a parent could represent their children in Strasbourg proceedings.”
Family Law Week, 18th March 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“Jacqui Thomas, barrister of 37 Park Square Chambers, Leeds, considers the implications of the recent Tower Hamlets judgment for the cost of kinship care.”
Family Law Week, 17th March 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“The Government has set out plans to ‘streamline’ the employment tribunal system, which will include a new power to ‘strike out’ claims with little chance of success before they proceed to a full hearing.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th March 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“A woman has described her shock after being found guilty of a public order offence for telling David Cameron he had ‘blood on his hands’.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A lawyer-backed service that supports divorcing couples during mediation, charging fixed fees to halve the cost, is being billed as a possible lifeline for family legal aid lawyers after 1 April.”
Legal Futures, 18th March 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“The recent case of Birmingham CC v Beech contains a wealth of legal issues but sadly for the Defendant, none of them was decided in her favour. Mrs Beech’s parents had been joint tenants of a 3 bedroom property at 31 Tilshead Close, Birmingham since 1967. Mrs B’s father passed away in 1994 and her mother succeeded to the tenancy. Mrs B moved in to the property with her new partner in 2007 in order to provide care for her mother. Between 2008 and 2009, five offers of accommodation were made to Mrs B and these were refused for a variety of reasons. Mrs B’s request for her name to be added to the tenancy for Tilshead Close was also refused.”
NearlyLegal, 17th March 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“Prison inmates are offering to take points for motorists caught speeding as part of a thriving scam, the Daily Telegraph has learned.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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