“The Government has said that it will allow organisations to choose job candidates on the basis of their gender, race or disability in limited circumstances.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th December 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“People will be given the legal right to buy threatened community assets like post offices or village shops, Communities secretary Eric Pickles will announce next week.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An attempt to open up controversial extradition hearings to greater public scrutiny was launched in the high court today (10 December).”
The Guardian, 10th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Model and reality TV star accuses controversial comic of being a ‘bully’ towards her disabled son on Channel 4 show.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A prison officer has been jailed for two years after admitting having a sexual relationship with an inmate.”
BBC News, 10thDecember 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for a minimum of seven-and-a-half years for killing two promising young jockeys in an arson attack in North Yorkshire.”
BBC News, 9th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 34-year-old woman from Suffolk found guilty of injuring a baby in her care has won the first stage of an Appeal Court bid to clear her name.”
BBC News, 9th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The defence of ‘fair comment’ in libel actions will become a slightly-amended defence of ‘honest comment’, the Supreme Court has ruled, as Government minister Lord McNally said that current libel law is ‘not fit for purpose.’ ”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th December 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A radical reform of the criminal justice system to punish criminals more effectively and reduce reoffending was announced today by Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke.”
Ministry of Justice, 7th December 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A footballer jailed for sexually assaulting a woman and punching her in the face, breaking her nose, has lost his appeal against the conviction.”
BBC News, 9th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man given a suspended sentence for repeatedly kicking his pregnant ex-girlfriend in the head has been jailed for four years after an appeal.”
BBC News, 9th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Scientists split over fibres that prosecution says links jailed office worker to home of widow killed during break-in.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Chelsea FC owner takes legal action over ‘inflammatory’ story that manager Carlo Ancelotti had three weeks to save his job.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ex-boxer Ricky Hatton has settled a £1.4 million claim for unpaid wages from his former trainer. Hatton today reached an undisclosed but ‘mutually acceptable’ deal with Billy Graham on the third day of a hearing at Manchester’s Civil Justice Centre.”
The Independent, 8th December 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“One of Britain’s most secretive courts opened itself to public scrutiny yesterday after a High Court judge lifted reporting restrictions on work done by a hitherto-closed corner of the British justice system. The Court of Protection oversees cases involving vulnerable people who lack the mental capacity to make key decisions about their life, such as brain-damaged soldiers or people with Alzheimer’s. But its workings were conducted entirely behind closed doors until a successful legal challenge by The Independent earlier this year.”
The Independent, 9th December 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Daily Telegraph can disclose that detectives are to be formally advised by the Crown Prosecution Service that Mr Coulson and other former and current employees of the tabloid newspaper have no criminal case to answer.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Cheltenham law firm of Gloucestershire coroner Alan Crickmore has been closed following concerns over the way it was being run.”
BBC News, 9th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A gang of rogue builders who conned hundreds across the East Midlands with substandard work have been sentenced.”
BBC News, 8th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A pensioner who smothered his 75-year-old wife in a “mercy killing” has been jailed for two years.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ambitions to deter avoidance while keeping businesses and taxpayers happy are likely to prove impossible.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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