“A former business partner of Rory Underwood, the 1991 rugby World Cup star, was convicted yesterday of misleading high-profile contacts into giving him false alibis in an attempt to beat child pornography charges.”
The Times, 23rd April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two airlines were forced into a humiliating U-turn yesterday as they buckled under public pressure to agree to cover the hotel and food costs of thousands of customers stranded during the flight shutdown.”
The Times, 23rd April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A look at the election wish lists of the legal profession as it faces the realities of the looming financial squeeze.”
The Times, 22nd April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Marmite is beginning legal action against the British National Party after an image of a Marmite jar was used on a political broadcast without its permission, the company said today.”
The Independent, 22nd April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland QC, has outlined and celebrated significant recent progress in the support and coordination of Pro Bono work by the UK Domestic and International Pro Bono Committees.”
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Attorney General’s Office, 31st March 2010
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“A woman from Warrenpoint has made history in a landmark discrimination case in which the House of Lords clarified the UK’s Disability Law.”
BBC News, 22nd April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Five men accused of trying to extort £4.25m from one of Britain’s richest peers for the return of a stolen Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece have all walked free after an eight-week trial.”
The Guardian, 21st April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Bitter divisions within the legal profession were laid bare last night when the President of the Law Society of Scotland (LSS) said he was ‘unable to accept’ the emphatic vote of his members to oppose reforms of the legal system.”
The Times, 22nd April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Three organisations that care for victims of torture have called on the leaders of the UK’s main political parties to agree to hold a judicial inquiry into the UK’s role in the rendition and mistreatment of terrorism suspects following the 11 September 2001 attacks.”
The Guardian, 21st April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Mediation provided by judges in Employment Tribunal cases has failed to achieve the anticipated time and cost savings over unmediated cases, the results of a pilot scheme have revealed.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd April 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The ex-boss of a Liverpool children’s charity has been jailed indefinitely after admitting the ‘sadistic torture’ of women in a string of sex attacks.”
BBC News, 21st April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A convicted burglar is taking legal action against the government because he is unable to vote in the election.”
BBC News, 21st April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mother who admitted neglect after her 13-month-old son was found dead at her home in Manchester was sentenced to 27 months in prison today.”
The Guardian, 21st April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tens of thousands of exhausted holidaymakers struggled home yesterday as the scramble for flights and ferries continued, despite airports reopening.
But many face a new battle after Michael O’Leary, the Ryanair chief executive, said he would challenge the EU laws that hold airlines responsible for customers’ hotel and food bills after cancelled or delayed flights.”
The Times, 22nd April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Headteachers are facing possible legal action after pressing ahead with a planned boycott of Sats tests in England.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A soldier who went absent without leave as he was about to be deployed to Afghanistan lost a Court of Appeal challenge against his nine-month sentence today.”
The Independent, 21st April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two convicted sex offenders have won the right to challenge their inclusion on the UK’s sex offenders register.”
BBC News, 21st April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“High court judges have backed demands by the home secretary and the US authorities to extradite a seriously ill woman to stand trial in America on charges of abducting her daughter 12 years ago.”
The Guardian, 21st April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers for a soldier who was jailed for going absent without leave after refusing to fight in Afghanistan will appeal against his sentence today.”
The Independent, 21st April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who stabbed a stranger to ‘release his rage’ at not being able to get through to his girlfriend’s phone has been found guilty of murder.”
BBC News, 20th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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