“The latest round of QC appointments has been announced today (19 February), with more than a hundred barristers claiming the elite kitemark.”
Legal Week, 19th February 2009
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A High Court judge yesterday banned any further reporting about a 13-year-old boy who allegedly fathered a baby with a 15-year-old.”
The Independent, 19th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A struck-off solicitor, Tim Robinson, who was jailed for masterminding a multi-million pound Legal Aid fraud has returned to giving legal advice.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Prosecutors are being consulted over whether a criminal investigation should be ordered into UK security agents’ treatment of Binyam Mohamed.”
BBC News, 18th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A secretary was awarded £9,000 in damages after she was branded a ‘bitch’ and ‘whore’ by her employer and made to scrub the male toilets.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Jacqui Smith, the British Home Secretary, will face a formal sleaze inquiry after claiming thousands of pounds in tax payer-funded housing allowances while lodging with her sister.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former QC raised a civil case in court today against the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, accusing it of concealing the state of its finances.”
The Independent, 18th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Radical cleric Abu Qatada can be deported, despite fears he could face torture, a court ruled today. ”
The Times, 18th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The cost of running Britain’s state-run databases over the next ten years has soared to £34 billion, according to estimates from a new campaign against what it called the surveillance society.”
The Times, 18th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An inquiry into discrimination in the UK’s biggest police force is to begin.”
BBC News, 18th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Highly sensitive documents relating to the Iraq War have been stolen after being left unguarded on a train by a lawyer working for the Government, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 18th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man accused of inflicting severe brain damage on an 11-week-old baby by shaking her has been cleared after a three-year ordeal.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Hundreds of complaints over billboard adverts featuring the word ‘sex’ in giant lettering have been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).”
BBC News, 18th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman has obtained nearly £30,000 in compensation after she slipped on two grapes and broke her shoulder in a Marks & Spencer store.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Great train robber Ronnie Biggs may walk free this summer, it emerged last night. A parole board meeting on 3 July will decide if he can be released from Norwich jail after nine and a half years in custody in the UK and more than 35 years on the run in Australia and Brazil since the £2.3m raid on the Glasgow to London mail train.”
The Guardian, 18th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three solicitors whose deal with Arthur Scargill led their firm to slice £7.7 million from compensation awards to sick coalminers were suspended yesterday for professional misconduct.”
The Times, 18th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland, is considering launching a criminal investigation into whether MI5 agents were complicit in the alleged torture of British terror suspect Binyam Mohamed.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A defunct British law firm has been fined nearly £1 million for ‘recklessly’ assisting Spanish boiler rooms to defraud British investors out of millions of pounds.”
The Times, 17th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Solicitors in South Yorkshire deliberately breached a code of conduct to collect £32m in fees from miners’ compensation claims, a tribunal ruled.”
BBC News, 17th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Privacy – who has a right to it and in what circumstances – has become one of the most contentious legal issues of our times.”
BBC News, 17th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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