“The privacy watchdog for EU institutions has called for a planned requirement for telecoms companies to publish details of information security breaches to be extended to banks, businesses and medical bodies.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Three men have been jailed for three years for a campaign of racial harassment against a Muslim colleague.”
BBC News, 17th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A top City lawyer who won a claim for sex discrimination after being driven from her job in an 18-month campaign of bullying is seeking £19 million in compensation.”
The Times, 18th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Three judges have been asked to decide whether a male stripper who dresses as a policeman should be allowed to carry a real truncheon.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two women who sued their sister for a share of a £50,000 bingo win have been awarded the money by a judge.”
BBC News, 17th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Serious Fraud Office is to appeal against the devastating court ruling that it acted unlawfully by dropping its investigation into BAE Systems.”
The Times, 18th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The mother of a teenager who died of a heroin overdose has been found guilty at Swansea Crown Court of her manslaughter through gross negligence.”
BBC News, 17th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who heckled then Home Secretary John Reid during a speech has been convicted of terrorist fund-raising and inciting terrorism overseas.”
BBC News, 17th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A gang that cheated thousands of people in a £6m holiday scam have been jailed for up to seven years each.”
BBC News, 17th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men were today found guilty of harassing a dolphin when they frolicked in the sea with it after leaving a party in the early hours of the morning.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A gangmaster who supplied migrant workers to harvest leeks sold at Sainsbury’s has lost his licence after being found guilty of abuse, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
” The Law Society has elected its future leader, with in-house lawyer Linda Lee emerging as the body’s next deputy vice president.”
Legal Week, 17th April 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
“More than one hundred construction companies have been accused of conspiring to rig thousands of public sector contracts worth billions of pounds.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Commons leader Harriet Harman will not face a police investigation into errors in reporting contributions to her deputy Labour leadership campaign, it has been revealed.”
The Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Parents of public school pupils who let their children cause trouble in a Cornish resort that has become notorious for wild summer parties could face prosecution.”
The Daily Telegraph, 17th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Premier League launched a High Court action yesterday to blow the whistle on cheaper live televised matches. ”
The Independent, 16th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A burglar who was convicted on the evidence of an ear-print left on a window had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal on Wednesday.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Today a high court battle over who owns the rights to tell the story of Doctor Who’s best-known adversaries was won by BBC Worldwide, the corporation’s commercial arm.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A second member of a gang of youths convicted of kicking father-of-three Garry Newlove to death is to appeal against his sentence.”
BBC News, 16th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The case of a burglar convicted after police matched an imprint of his ear to the scene of a robbery will be heard again at the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 16th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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