“The Government is pressing ahead with legislation to enact its controversial public sector pension reform in the new year, even though an agreement has not been reached with unions to end the bitter dispute.”
The Independent, 20th December 2011
Source: www.indpendent.co.uk
“Matthew Banks, a student at Manchester University, will spend Christmas behind bars after lying to the court over his illness so he could go to the theatre instead.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“There are ‘specific and systemic’ failures in the way in which HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) handles tax disputes with big companies which must be addressed, an influential committee of MPs has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th December 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Loans between pension schemes are ‘unauthorised payments’ which cannot be used as a way of unlocking pension capital before a scheme member retires, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st December 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Court of Appeal has decided that a failure to provide a life sentence prisoner with a minimum of one hour in the open air each day did not constitute a breach of his human rights under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights (‘ECHR’).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th December 2011
Source: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com
“More than 500 viewers who complained that a television advert showing a ghost-like girl was ‘distressing’ have had their complaints rejected.”
BBC News, 21st December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The family of a former public schoolboy gunned down in a pub have been refused in their request to find out if his killer was in the country legally – to protect his privacy.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Justice Secretary said officials were working on a joint proposal with the Swiss that would ‘pave the way’ on what claims would be allowed to go to Strasbourg.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police have passed 16 cases linked to the clearance of theUK’s largest travellers’ site to the Crown Prosecution Service.”
The Independent, 20th December 2011
Source: www.independent,co.uk
“A skip hire firm boss has been given a year’s suspended sentence for illegally dumping waste which saved him up to £1.5m in charges.”
BBC News, 20th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“News International said it had settled seven privacy claims against News Group Newspapers, the publisher of the now-defunct News of the World. The phone-hacking claims that have been settled have been brought by Mark Oaten, Ulrika Jonsson, Abi Titmuss, Michelle Milburn, Paul Dadge, James Hewitt and Calum Best.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“UK-US extradition often works quicker from the US to the UK than vice versa, says the former judge who reviewed the controversial treaty. Sir Scott Baker says there is not a ’tissue paper’ between the way the treaty works in both countries. He told MPs there were human rights issues affecting the extradition of alleged hacker Gary McKinnon.”
BBC News, 20th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman and four men have been jailed for their part in an international paedophile ring that committed ‘horrific’ crimes against two young children in the UK and one in Australia.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A father and the two sons he recruited for a ‘mission to murder’ a business associate have been jailed for life.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A coroner has said the death of a two-year-old boy from Cheshire in 2007 could have been avoided if police and social services had acted differently.”
BBC News, 20th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Nottinghamshire Police Authority will not pay out for damage incurred during summer riots because of a definition in a piece of Victorian legislation.”
BBC News, 20th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The media regulator has set down rules on psychic TV services that ban the casting of spells and other ‘occult-related practices’ including satanism, and offer guidance on the correct use of chicken bones and crystal balls.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police should be given clear rules about when they can use water cannon and plastic bullets against rioters, a watchdog has said.”
BBC News, 20th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two male judges have been appointed as justices of the UK’s supreme court, dashing campaigners’ hopes for an increase in the number of women on the country’s most senior bench.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“It was not unlawful for the Government to introduce new laws that gave greater development rights for houses in multiple occupation (HMO) without consulting councils for a second time, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th December 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
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