Abestos-diseased plumber gets £175,000 compensation – Daily Telegraph
“A former hospital plumber who developed an asbestos-related disease has received £175,000 in compensation.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: news
Child database: danger of malicious reporting – The Independent
“Members of the public are to be given the power to report anyone they suspect of posing a danger to children, under a new Government scheme.”
The Independent, 18th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Complex cases surge – The Times
“A surge in the complexity and the number of investment scams pushed the value of UK fraud prosecutions to a record level in the first half of 2009. Seventeen fraudulent investment schemes, amounting to £321 million in all, were prosecuted in UK courts between January and June.”
The Times, 20th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Online ‘confessions’ of dishonesty reveal what sways a jury’s verdict – The Guardian
“Academics have set up an online ‘Honesty Lab’ to discover where people draw the line between bending the rules and outright dishonesty. The results will be used to help judges direct juries.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Victory for lawyer in sex bias legal fight – The Independent
“A City lawyer has won the latest round in her legal battle to secure the biggest pay-out on record for sex discrimination.”
The Independent, 18th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Straw tightens shoplifting fines – BBC news
“On-the-spot fines for shoplifting will now be limited to first-time offenders who are not drug users, Justice Secretary Jack Straw has said.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Men jailed for heroin conspiracy – BBC News
“Eight men have been sentenced for a drugs conspiracy that saw millions of pounds of heroin imported into the UK.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government response to damages consultation dubbed ‘anti-climax’ by lawyers – Law Society’s Gazette
“Solicitors dubbed the government’s response to the Law on Damages consultation an anti-climax this week, two years after its original deadline.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th July 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Justice Committee criticises plans for £12m cuts in family legal aid – The Times
“Proposals to cut £12 million in legal aid spent on families and children have been castigated by MPs, days after a senior family judge warned of their ‘chilling effect’.”
the Times, 17th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Watchdog defends plan to combat ‘Tesco towns’ – The Guardian
“The competition watchdog is standing firm on its plans to introduce a new test into the planning system in a bid to combat the dominance of big supermarket chains.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Burglar cleared of woman’s murder – BBC News
“A burglar who attacked a 94-year-old woman has been cleared of her murder.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman wins care negligence case – BBC News
“A woman has been awarded £60,000 in damages for the abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother after a London council failed to take her into care.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for killing friend in get-away – The Independent
“A man who ran over his own friend and left him dying in the road was jailed for more than five years today.”
The Independent, 16th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Victim of gazumping given suspended jail sentence – The Guardian
“If revenge is a dish best served cold, the portion served up by Martin Frostick was positively icy. Eleven years after he was gazumped on a house purchase, he launched a smear campaign to ruin the estate agents he blamed for the collapse of the deal.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Don’t deny justice to prisoners – The Guardian
“Jack Straw plans to cut ‘nuisance’ legal claims by prisoners. But doing so risks a return to the bad old days of rooftop protest.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Warning for firms that set up trade union blacklist – The Guardian
“Major companies which set up and funded a secret blacklist to deny work to thousands of trade unionists will escape prosecution, it emerged today. A judge fined a private investigator who operated the covert blacklist but said he was not the only person responsible but was financed by big ‘high street’ companies. Major firms in the construction industry will be officially warned that they will be prosecuted if they set up a new blacklist.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man sues NHS after having terminal cancer wrongly diagnosed – The Times
“When Philip Collins was told that he had cancer and had just six months to live, he quit his job, cashed in his pension and bought himself a powerful motorcycle. He was determined to enjoy the time left to him. When he was still alive a year later his doctors conducted a re-examination and admitted that there had been a mistake. The inoperable ‘tumour’ on his gall bladder was a relatively harmless abscess. Far from being delighted at his unexpected reprieve Mr Collins, 59, was devastated. He had spent his life savings and the powerful drugs that the doctors prescribed to keep him alive as long as possible had destroyed his health.”
The Times, 17th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Legal aid cuts: How you could be acquitted and still face huge bill for costs – The Times
“Plans to reform the legal aid system and cut almost £200 million from its budget have brought warnings of a two-tier justice system: one for the rich and another for the poor.”
The Times, 17th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Network Rail fined for derailment – BBC News
“Network Rail has been fined £70,000 after a train travelling at 90mph derailed in Norfolk because of a poorly maintained level crossing.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
