“Prosecuting lawyers and barristers will be allowed to interview their witnesses before the start of a trial to assess the reliability of their evidence.”
BBC News, 27th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Plans to streamline the English planning system which would speed up decisions on big, national projects have been outlined by the government.”
BBC News, 27th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Northern Rock is facing a Charity Commission investigation after it emerged that the bank exploited the name of a charity for disabled children while creating an elaborate financial arrangement for maximising profits from home loans.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A culture of working long hours is on the rise once more in the UK after a decade of gradual decline, according to figures today. More than one in eight of the British workforce now work more than 48 hours a week, the maximum allowed under the law unless workers agree to waive that limit.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Leading paediatrician Professor David Southall could face the end of his career after the General Medical Council found yesterday that he inappropriately accused a distressed mother of drugging and then murdering her 10-year-old son.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The country’s top Jewish state school was yesterday found to be breaking anti-discrimination laws and ordered to delete part of its admissions criteria that favours ethnically Jewish children.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A British Asian sent to work in an Indian call centre only to be dismissed because his accent ‘wasn’t English enough’ has won a racial discrimination case against his employer.”
The Times, 28th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A female firearms officer whose colleagues watched an X-rated television channel while on duty and taunted her about her breasts has won her claim of sex discrimination.”
The Times, 28th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Muslim leaders are to carry out spot checks and will introduce programmes to fight extremism in the first set of national guidelines for mosques.”
The Times, 28th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Companies could be infringing privacy if they dig up information about job applicants from social networking websites, an internet expert has warned.”
The Guardian, 27th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The deal secured by Gordon Brown on the EU reform treaty is subject to fresh doubts today as a committee of MPs warns that the government has failed in its pledge to retain control of justice and home affairs matters. The European scrutiny committee has demanded a fresh debate on the treaty before it is signed by heads of government because of ‘ambiguous’ wording in the treaty.”
The Guardian, 27th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s highest security immigration centre is ‘significantly less safe’ than two years ago, a report by the chief inspector of prisons has said.”
BBC News, 27th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who claims she was refused flexible working time told an employment tribunal yesterday that she had a miscarriage while suffering work-related stress.”
The Guardian, 27th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A wry picture of restless discontent amid increasing affluence is painted in the Law Firms’ Survey 2007 published yesterday by PricewaterhouseCoopers.”
The Times, 27th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The convicted child killer Beverly Allitt has been given a date for an appeal against her sentence.”
BBC News, 26th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three London councils have combined to set up the UK’s first Family Drug and Alcohol Court.”
BBC News, 26th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government should think again about its controversial plan to reform capital gains tax, a cross-party committee of MPs has urged.”
BBC News, 26th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Planned legislation to reform the care system fails to ensure abused children receive vital therapy, according to a child-protection agency.”
BBC News, 26th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Consumers will be entitled to automatic compensation payouts from retailers who fix high street prices under Government proposals to introduce US-style class-action lawsuits to Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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