“A group of climate change protesters who brought Stansted airport to a standstill after occupying a taxiway in December were sentenced yesterday, as it emerged that they and others who joined them face the threat of being sued for more than £2m in damages.”
The Guardian, 8th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The judiciary is losing out on some of the best talent in the legal profession because the work of a High Court judge is perceived as fusty, old-fashioned and underpaid. ”
The Times, 8th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The company behind a ‘Want Longer Lasting Sex?’ ad campaign for a nasal spray is defying an order to take down its posters by the advertising watchdog.”
The Guardian, 7th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“This is the year when the pursuit, exposure and prosecution of fraud will be a very big business story. Already, almost every fraud lawyer in London will say that his or her workload has boomed and that Bernard Madoff has become the poster boy for what will become a substantial global legal industry.”
The Times, 8th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An MP has been stopped and searched by police officers under anti-terror laws after he was seen taking photographs near a railway station.”
The Guardian, 7th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An ‘unhinged’ 66-year-old woman was today (7 January) convicted of harassing television actor Martin Shaw after pouring petrol through the letterbox of his girlfriend.”
The Independent, 7th January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Thousands of drug rehabilitation programmes handed to offenders by the courts each year are a waste of time, a judge has warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government has been criticised for delays in producing a new policy on Gurkha veterans wanting to settle in the UK.”
BBC News, 7th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Simmons & Simmons has been named the most gay-friendly law firm in the UK by a leading lobby group. ”
The Times, 7th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A woman who lost control of her Toyota 4×4, swerved on to a kerb and crushed a toddler in his pushchair was jailed for seven years today.”
The Guardian, 7th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Press Complaints Commission has investigated whether an article published on The Daily Telegraph website under the headline ‘Man cut off own head with chainsaw’, contained excessive detail about the method of suicide used in breach of Clause 5 (Intrusion into grief or shock) of the Code. The Commission found a breach of the Code.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Law firms are right to cut underperforming partners as they look to slash costs ahead of a downturn, the UK’s leading corporate lawyer said.”
The Times, 7th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Thousands of vulnerable people are being forced into bankruptcy as town halls use increasingly aggressive tactics to chase council tax arrears. ”
The Times, 7th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Hundreds of bail hostels are being opened in residential neighbourhoods without public consultation as part of moves to ease jail overcrowding. ”
The Times, 7th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Owners and skippers of six vessels that work out of one of Britain’s most important fishing ports weretoday ordered to pay more than £200,000 for fiddling catch quotas.”
The Guardian, 6th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A person does not need to be gay to be protected against homophobic abuse in the workplace, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The ruling extends harassment legislation to situations where someone is teased for being something they clearly are not.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th January 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Arthur Scargill’s trade union was paid more than £6 million by a firm of solicitors that deducted the money from compensation awarded to sick miners for industrial disease, a tribunal was told.”
The Times, 7th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The early release of knife crime statistics by the Home Office last month flouted new official guidelines in 10 different ways, the UK statistics authority said today.”
The Guardian, 6th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“One in five people fear a criminal records check will not protect children from being groomed by paedophiles, a poll for the Home Office shows.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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