“A widow who says she was conned by her violent art dealer husband into picking up a £1 million debt when he died is fighting a unique High Court battle for the return of the cash.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The UK’s plans to water down the human rights convention have emerged as a key element of the Council of Europe summit that Britain is hosting at Brighton in April. Although the government has refused to publish the draft declaration it circulated last Thursday to the other 46 states that are signed up to the European court of human rights, a leaked French text makes it clear that the UK wants more cases decided at national level and fewer embarrassing rulings from Strasbourg.”
The Guardian, 28th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) held that in order to be considered an ‘organised grouping of employees’ under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE), workers with the Eddie Stobart haulage company had to be organised according to the requirements of the client. It was not enough that, although the workers principally carried out activities on behalf of that client, they were organised according to their shifts.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Romain Brunot, 30, syphoned off 400 bottles of vintage Krug and 400 bottles of Belvedere vodka, including 28 six litre bottles, over a four year period from Moet Hennessey.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Libor Krejci, a property developed described as a ‘polo-playing friend of Prince Charles’ who was accused of leaving his seriously ill wife penniless and bankrupt, will be forced to give her £260,000 divorce payout, a court has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Badger Trust has launched a new legal challenge to the government’s plans to cull badgers in England.”
BBC News, 27th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service, the Met and the Home Office have all recently been forced to pay out compensation to children. In one case, a teenage witness was put at risk; in the other 40 asylum seekers were locked up in adult units. All three organisations have sought to reassure the public that policy and procedures have changed as a result. But what would have happened to these cases had the legal aid bill (Laspo), now approaching report stage in the Lords, already become law?”
The Guardian, 27th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Deputy Assistant Commissioner (DAC) Sue Akers, who is leading the Metropolitan Police’s latest inquiries into allegations of phone hacking, email hacking and corrupt payments, said payments did not amount to an ‘odd drink or meal’ but ‘frequent’ and ‘sometimes significant’ amounts.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Major Robert Armstrong, who was awarded the MC for gallantry three years ago, faced a court martial for separate charges, including the possession of secret documents which the judge said could have undermined national security.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The natural father of Baby Peter is suing the publishers of a Sunday newspaper for £130,000 for printing ‘one of the gravest libels imaginable’.”
BBC News, 28th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police have been criticised by watchdogs for failing to spot links between sex attacks and for not identifying rapists early enough. The Inspectorate of Constabularies and the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate said that intelligence had to be used in a more systematic way.”
BBC News, 28th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Treasury has rushed in legislation to close down two ‘aggressive’ tax avoidance schemes that a high-street bank had disclosed to HM Revenue and Customs in an effort to avoid tax. As it announced highly unusual steps to take retrospective action to shut down the ‘highly abusive’ schemes, the Treasury refused to the name the bank involved, although the Guardian understands that it is Barclays. The bank has refused to comment.”
The Guardian, 28th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“HSBC, the UK’s biggest bank, has admitted it faces a potential tax bill of up to up to $4.9bn (£3bn) if it loses an ongoing case with HM Revenue and Customs.”
The Guardian, 28th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Protesters camping at St Paul’s Cathedral in London as part of the Occupy movement have been evicted by police after losing a Court of Appeal challenge.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A watchdog is to be appointed to ensure that the taxman does not strike overly-generous sweetheart deals with big firms trying to avoid multi-million pound bills.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Charlotte Church and her parents have settled their phone-hacking claim against the publisher of the News of the World, News International, in an agreement worth £600,000 in damages and costs, the high court has heard.”
The Guardian, 27th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Four private detectives have been given jail terms for conspiring to defraud people by ‘blagging’ personal information via persuasive phone calls.”
BBC News, 27th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The new definitive guideline on drug offences will be used in all courts in England and Wales from 27 February 2012.”
Definitive guideline on drug offences (PDF)
Sentecning Council, 27th February 2012
“The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has set out how it intends to co-operate with new regulator the Financial Conduct Authority .”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The operators of social networking sites, such as Facebook, would not be obliged to delete every piece of information about individuals that they host under proposed new EU ‘right to be forgotten’ laws, the European Commission has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
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