“Home Office ministers are to opt out of a European directive which lays down minimum standards for the treatment of asylum claims because it would mean abandoning a fast-track process that leads to hundreds of asylum seekers being detained every year.”
The Guardian, 24th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Women, gays, ethnic minority and disabled applicants for jobs as judges should receive preferential treatment over white men in an attempt to make the judiciary reflect modern Britain, an official report recommended today.”
The Times, 24th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A former member of a far-right group has been jailed for three years for making explosives in his home, including a pipe bomb.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2010
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“A prominent Rotarian from Somerset has been sent to prison for eight years after admitting trying to smother his ex-model wife with a pillow.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2010
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“A doctor who falsified a prescription for a cocaine-addicted escort girl has been found guilty of serious misconduct by the General Medical Council (GMC).”
BBC News, 23rd February 2010
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“A former industry boss has lost a Supreme Court appeal in his battle to avoid extradition from the UK to the US over obstructing justice allegations.”
BBC News, 24th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The European Court of Justice has said some migrant families can stay in the UK and claim benefits – even if the main worker has left the country.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A billion-pound property fund was fined £1,000 this week for breaching takeover rules. But a change in the law means similar offences in future could attract unlimited penalties.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th February 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“The law and duties covering social care provided by councils in England and Wales need simplifying, experts say. The Law Commission, which advises the government on law reform, said the current system, incorporating 39 different acts, was confusing.”
BBC News, 24th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“British Airways is due in court to fight a union’s attempt to change its policy on holiday pay for pilots.”
BBC News, 24th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The images, from a brochure for the no added sugar Ltd winter collection, breached the advertisers’ code because children could try to copy the images, putting their safety at risk, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ministers are to face a legal challenge over the use of secret guidance given to members of the secret services when interrogating prisoners abroad. Lawyers and human-rights groups claim the unpublished codes of practice, issued in 2002 and 2004, allowed officers working for MI5 and MI6 to collude in torture. Reprieve, which represents Binyam Mohamed and several other former Guantanamo Bay detainees, is to go to court to force the Government to disclose what it describes as Britain’s ‘torture policy’.”
The Independent, 24th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“What the House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee report says about Andy Coulson, the information commissioner, the police and the PCC.”
The Guardian, 24th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The maker of Gaviscon indigestion medicine is alleged to have removed one version of the drug from NHS lists to encourage doctors to prescribe a more expensive variety. The Office of Fair Trading said yesterday that Reckitt Benckiser had abused its bestselling position in the market for supplying heartburn medicines to the NHS.”
The Times, 24th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“BT, the telecoms giant, may be breaking the law by not providing sufficient cancellation rights to existing telephone customers who sign up to renewable contracts over the phone, according to Which?, the consumer group.”
The Times, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Master of the Rolls Lord Neuberger has called for the regulatory ‘maze’ introduced by the Legal Services Act (LSA) to be simplified by the Legal Services Board (LSB).”
The Lawyer, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The science writer Simon Singh is in court today to appeal against a preliminary libel ruling over a Guardian article in which he criticised the British Chiropractic Association (BCA).”
The Guardian, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tesco has been ordered to pay £74,000 in fines and costs after mice were seen between the aisles of a Suffolk store.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2010
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“A police dog handler who caused the death of two alsatians by leaving them in a hot car should have been treated for depression, a judge said yesterday.”
The Times, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“As the recession began to bite, the Chancellor gave an undertaking that HM Revenue & Customs would take a more accommodating approach to businesses that genuinely had difficulty in making tax payments on time. However, as the recession has progressed and tax revenues have plummeted, this undertaking has often been less apparent in practice.”
The Times, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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