“People who are dissatisfied with the service they have received from their lawyer can, from this Wednesday, complain to a legal ombudsman. The ombudsman can compel all regulated lawyers to comply with its investigations, and has the power to impose penalties ranging from apologising to a client, through to paying up to £30,000 compensation.”
The Guardian, 3rd October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Thousands of families bereaved by the asbestos cancer mesothelioma will discover this week whether insurance companies will compensate them for the deaths of their loved ones. The Court of Appeal will rule in a test case on Friday if insurers must pay out on company policies that existed when people were exposed to the deadly dust.”
The Independent, 3rd October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Business leaders will today urge the government to introduce stringent new laws to make it harder for public sector workers to go on strike and prevent the country grinding to a halt as opposition grows to the looming spending cuts.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A pig farmer whose starving animals were kept in such appalling conditions that they resorted to cannibalism has been spared a prison sentence, prosecutors said today.”
The Independent, 30th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A drink-driver who caused a fatal crash at speeds of more than 100mph on the M4 in Berkshire has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 1st October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former schoolteacher who used his work laptop to view child pornography was given a three-year community order today.”
The Independent, 30th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A speeding teenage driver who collided with a 10-year-old boy and left him dying in the road as he fled the scene was sentenced to 30 months in a young offenders’ institution today.”
The Independent, 30th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who raped a 17-year-old girl in a Hertfordshire park when she intervened in an argument, has been jailed for ‘public protection’, a judge said.”
BBC News, 1st October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who owned a faulty fairground ride at the British Grand Prix has been fined £3,000 after two people were injured when they were thrown from it.”
BBC News, 30th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A South African Airways flight attendant who tried to smuggle cocaine into the UK hidden in her bra and knickers has been jailed for 7 years.”
UK Border Agency, 27th September 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Solicitors have voiced deep concern about the future of the Supreme Court, after it appeared on a leaked list of public institutions and quangos facing review or abolition by the coalition government.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th September 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Law Society has won its High Court challenge to the Legal Services Commission’s family tender process.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 30th September 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“As a former Welsh international and captain of League One side Plymouth Argyle, professional footballer Carl Fletcher obviously felt he had joined the ranks of the celebrity VIP. So when he was called to perform jury service he fully expected to be afforded star treatment and excused from sitting. But when he tried to explain to a judge why it was inappropriate for him to be called, he was informed in no uncertain terms that he simply was not famous enough to get special dispensation.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A stand-up comedian is finally allowed to joke about his ex-wife on stage after winning a bitter legal dispute in which she tried to gag him.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The European Court of Human Rights has declared that rules on child maintenance prior to introduction of the Civil Partnership Act discriminated against those in same-sex relationships.”
The Guardian, 30th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A carer who defrauded an elderly man of about £300,000 has been jailed.”
BBC News, 30th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A coroner has called for new safety checks after hearing how an Essex rail worker was fatally injured when a ‘poorly welded’ basket fell on to him.”
BBC News, 30th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A review of health and safety laws by a Tory peer is understood to recommend that the activities of personal injury and negligence lawyers should be curbed. The recommendation is one of 40 in a review of health and safety legislation by Lord Young of Graffham, a former trade secretary in Margaret Thatcher’s Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A nurse found guilty of using ‘extreme violence’ to murder her elderly parents was jailed for life today with a minimum term of 18 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Equality Act has been rendered ‘virtually toothless’ by the government’s admission that only part of the legislation will be implemented when it comes into effect tomorrow, according to campaigners.”
The Guardian, 30th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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