Ministers consider rates cap on legal loan sharking – The Guardian
“Ministers are to consider capping interest rates as a campaign launches demanding action to stamp out legal loan sharking.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Coal miners pursue law firms over ‘undersettled’ compensation – Law Society’s Gazette
“The first known court actions against law firms for alleged undersettlement of sick coal miners’ government compensation claims will begin preliminary hearings in mid-August, the Gazette has learned. A number of defendant firms have already settled out of court.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th July 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Police cleared over CS spray use in Brentwood – BBC News
“An inquiry into Essex police officers who arrested a man using CS spray has concluded the arrest was lawful.”
BBC News, 29th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cheshire businessman cleared of murder for third time – BBC News
“A businessman accused of killing a man at his Cheshire mansion has had murder charges against him dropped – the third time he has been cleared of murder.”
BBC News, 29th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ex-Labour MPs and Tory peer lose expenses appeals – BBC News
“Three former Labour MPs and an ex-Tory peer facing expenses fraud allegations have lost appeals over a ruling that they are not protected by parliamentary privilege from prosecution.”
BBC News, 30th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Scrapped retirement age will live on in private sector, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government will scrap the law allowing organisations to force workers to retire at 65 but companies will find it easier than ever to run their own compulsory retirement schemes in the wake of a Court of Appeal ruling yesterday, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th July 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Garry Newlove killer’s appeal dismissed – BBC News
“A teenager who kicked to death a father-of-three outside his Warrington home has lost a bid to challenge his conviction.”
BBC News, 26th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Three Preston men jailed for brutal killing of father – BBC News
“Three men who befriended another man in a Lancashire pub, before later turning on him and beating him to death, have been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 27th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Boys’ attempted rape conviction appeals rejected – BBC News
“Two boys who were found guilty of the attempted rape of an eight-year-old girl in west London have lost their appeals against their convictions.”
BBC news, 27th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Mocking’ killers of three-year-old boy jailed for life – BBC News
“A couple who murdered a three-year-old boy in their care, inflicting more than 70 injuries on him, have been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 29th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Daily Mail and Sun pay out to Tamil hunger striker – The Guardian
“Papers apologise to Parameswaran Subramanyam after falsely claiming he sustained himself with hamburgers during fast.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Teenagers’ ‘happy slapping’ sentences to be reviewed – The Independent
“The Attorney General will review the sentences of two teenage members of a ‘happy slapping’ gang who killed a grandfather in a bid to determine whether they were too lenient, it was announced today.”
The Independent, 29th July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
UKIP wins court case over order to pay back donation – BBC News
“The UK Independence Party does not have to forfeit all of a £367,697 ‘impermissible donation’, the Supreme Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 29th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Luton man who threw egg at Baroness Warsi jailed – BBC News
“A man who threw an egg at the face of a Conservative peer on a visit to Luton has been jailed for six weeks.”
BBC News, 29th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cuts ‘would close supreme court’ – The Guardian
“The UK Supreme Court would have to close for business if proposed public spending cuts of 40% were implemented, its chief executive has warned.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Covertly found assets no longer valid in divorce – The Guardian
“Separated couples will no longer be able to use secretly obtained documents to reveal their spouse’s hidden assets in divorce proceedings, the court of appeal has ruled.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Al Fayed loses damages in fight over Oxted oil field – BBC News
“Mohamed Al Fayed’s battle for compensation after a company drilled for oil under his Surrey estate has been thrown out by the Supreme Court.”
BBC News, 28th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Parents of Mansfield neglect death girl lose appeals – BBC News
“The mother and stepfather of an eight-year-old girl found hanged in her ‘squalid’ Mansfield bedroom have failed in appeals against their prison terms.”
BBC News, 28th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Kent lawyer loses retirement age discrimination case – BBC News
“A Kent lawyer who sued his own firm of solicitors when he was made to stop work at 65 has lost his discrimination case at the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 29th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Terror suspects could win damages after control orders ruling – The Guardian
“A court of appeal ruling today cleared the way for two international terrorism suspects to claim damages for having control orders wrongly imposed on them for three and a half years.”
The Guardian, 28th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
