“Workers who claim disability discrimination on account of depression should have their cases assessed by the effect of their condition rather than on the basis of strict medical diagnosis, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st June 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“Ministers announced today proposals to modernise and improve the use of courts in England and Wales.”
Ministry of Justice, 23rd June 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The High Court rules today on a bid by five young men to avoid extradition to Greece where they are wanted in relation to a savage attack on a footballer outside a Crete nightclub.”
The Independent, 23rd June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man has been found guilty of stealing antique books worth £40,000 from a world-famous library in central London.”
BBC News, 22nd June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police, prisons and probation services are failing to tackle the growing dangers of young people getting involved in gangs, according to a damning new report.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The firm responsible for repairs to the Tube network is to seek a High Court injunction to stop a strike by maintenance workers.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who had a sex-change operation 10 years ago has won her battle to receive a pension from the age of 60. Christine Timbrell was born Christopher Timbrell in 1941, but had surgery to change her gender in 2000.”
The Guardian, 22nd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former top City lawyer who says she was driven to a mental breakdown by a ‘psycho’ colleague has launched an £800,000 lawsuit over claims that her employers failed to support her.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Rapists are not being convicted because doctors are making errors when examining victims, according to medical experts specialising in sexual assaults.”
The Guardian, 22nd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 16-year-old boy who fatally stabbed a former friend over a ‘loss of face’ after they traded insults on Facebook was jailed for at least 14 years today.”
The Guardian, 22nd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Chancellor, George Osborne, today presented the first Budget of the Coalition Government.”
HM Treasury, 22nd June 2010
Source: www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
“A judge today ruled that the public can be told that Jon Venables, one of the killers of two-year-old James Bulger, has been charged with downloading and distributing child pornography.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Labour government decision to give Exeter and Norwich wider powers has been blocked by the High Court.”
BBC News, 21st June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government has slapped down calls by business leaders for changes to rules regarding strike ballots.”
BBC News, 21st June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Channel 4 has spent £1.7m defending a ‘vainglorious’ libel action over allegations it faked a documentary about Michael Jackson’s family moving to Devon.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A police force ordered to pay record damages for sexually discriminating against a woman firearms officer acted in a ‘high-handed, insulting and malicious way’, according to an employment tribunal judgment obtained by the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Society has long stated its belief that the judiciary should better reflect the diversity of the society it serves rather than being the preserve of the white, heterosexual, Oxbridge-educated, male barrister.”
The Lawyer, 21st June 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The body which investigates complaints against judges has been accused of covering up the full extent of an investigation into Cherie Blair over her decision to hand down a lenient sentence to a convicted man because he was ‘a religious person’.”
The Independent, 21st June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“There was a high-pitched shriek; then the fight started. For several moments, the group of girls tore into each other before bouncers pulled them apart. Outside the 24-hour off-licence across the road, a crowd of lads cheered above a sound track of breaking bottles, swearing and heavy bass lines.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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