BA pilot holiday pay row lands in court – BBC News
“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
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Clothing catalogue broke advertising rules over ‘irresponsible’ pictures of children – Daily Telegraph
“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
Interrogation practices to be questioned – The Independent
“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 Lawyers and human-rights groups claim the unpublished codes of practice, issued in 2002 and 2004, allowed officers working for MI5 and MI6 to collude in torture.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
News of the World phone-hacking scandal: the verdicts – The Guardian
“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
Reckitt could face £775m fine over Gaviscon ‘abuse of position’ – The Times
“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 ‘breaking law on cancellation rights’ – The Times
“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
Neuberger MR calls for regulatory reform as ABS timeline is unveiled – The Lawyer
“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
Simon Singh in court to appeal ruling over Guardian article – The Guardian
“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 fined over mice in aisles at Suffolk store – BBC News
“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
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Depressed dog handler forgot about alsatians he left to die in hot car – The Times
“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
Punishment must fit the crime when paying tax bills late – The Times
“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
Heathrow third runway plans face legal challenge – BBC News
“Environmental groups, local councils and residents opposed to a third runway at Heathrow are beginning a legal challenge to the government’s plans.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Female NHS manager jailed for sexual assault on woman colleague – Daily Telegraph
“A senior NHS manager has been jailed for subjecting a female colleague to a violent and humiliating sexual assault while the two women shared a hotel room.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Has the John Terry case doomed super-injunctions? – BBC News
“The lifting of so called super-injunctions in the cases of the footballer John Terry and the multi-national company Trafigura have been heralded by the papers as victories for the press in the battle over tightening publication laws.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Family court reforms face opposition from judges and childrens’ groups – The Times
“Reforms to open up the family courts to the media are at risk of being scuppered by mounting opposition from senior judges, lawyers, children’s groups and MPs, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Crown Prosecution Service in London is ‘near meltdown’ – The Independent
“Parts of the Crown Prosecution Service in London are in ‘meltdown’ with criminals being handed ‘get out of jail free cards’ while ‘open and shut’ cases are being thrown out of court, a memo seen by The Independent claims.”
The Independent, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Prisoner early release scheme to be halted – The Guardian
“The prison service’s early release scheme under which more than 80,000 prisoners have walked out of jail 18 days early is to end by 10 April, when the general election campaign is widely expected to be getting under way.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jail for paedophile who groomed girl, 14 – The Independent
“A predatory paedophile who stealthily groomed a 14-year-old girl with depraved and crude sexual chats before taking her to woods for sex was jailed for four years today.”
The Independent, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
New Code for Crown Prosecutors issued – Crown Prosecution Service
“Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, today issued a clarified and updated edition of The Code for Crown Prosecutors (the Code).”
Crown Prosecution Service, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
