“Defamation on internet bulletin boards is more like slander than libel, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice Eady said that bulletin board discussions are characterised by ‘give and take’ and should be considered in that context.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th August 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Two chemicals which can be used as date rape drugs will be banned, under plans announced by ministers.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Apprentices must no longer be excluded from the national minimum wage and should earn at least £110 a week, unions demanded today (7 August).”
The Guardian, 7th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Bosses in England and Wales are making illegal criminal record checks on staff, learning about spent convictions that should not be disclosed.”
BBC News, 7th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Muslim women are to be guaranteed equal rights in marriage under a new wedding contract negotiated by leading Islamic organisations and clerics in Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A £400 million outsourcing deal between local authorities and IBM was unfair because the full details of the transfer of staff to a private company were not revealed, workers’ union Unison has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th August 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A solicitor was stalked by a client with a lesbian obsession for her during a two-year campaign of harassment.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The number of people killed by drinking and driving has fallen by almost a fifth, government statistics reveal.”
BBC News, 7th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“It may sound heretical to those who believe that the greatest show on Earth is about nothing other than sport, pure and simple, but without lawyers the Beijing Olympic Games would not exist. So, too, the array of other well-publicised sporting events that we devour — whether through television, newspapers or the internet — as if manna from heaven.”
The Times, 7th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Taylor Wessing, the City law firm, has sued an American rival for $5 million (£2.6 million) for allegedly illegally poaching several partners from its Paris office.”
The Times, 6th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“After a crime spree that spanned 20 years and swaths of southern England, netted around £80m and attracted the attention and efforts of five police forces, the gang behind the biggest single burglary in British history has been jailed.”
The Guardian, 7th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A university tutor who was asked by parents to take photographs of their semi-naked children ended up being convicted of possessing child pornography.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The 20 most overcrowded jails in England and Wales have been named by the Prison Reform Trust.”
BBC News, 7th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Duke of Edinburgh is using the landmark ruling in the Max Mosley sex case to try to protect the privacy of members of the Royal Family, the Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is set to unveil plans today to charge four past and present executives of British Airways with criminal price-fixing offences. ”
The Times, 7th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An advert that claimed a website received over five million ‘hits’ every month has been banned because the metric is likely to mislead readers. The UK’s advertising watchdog said that ‘hits’ is an unreliable measure of website popularity.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th August 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Richard Bradford decided to take his revenge against the health worker after she allegedly cheated on him with another man.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Conservative candidate in a key marginal seat conducted a sustained campaign of harassment in an attempt to ‘change the political landscape’ of the town where he hoped to be MP.”
The Times, 6th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“New microchipped passports designed to be foolproof against identity theft can be cloned and manipulated in minutes and accepted as genuine by the computer software recommended for use at international airports.”
The Times, 6th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
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