“The radical extension of maternity leave and parents’ rights is sabotaging women’s careers, according to the head of the new equalities watchdog.”
The Times, 14th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An innocent commuter mistakenly detained at gunpoint has filed an official complaint over his arrest after it emerged that he did not match the description of the armed suspect police had been seeking.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“People suffering from pleural plaques through exposure to asbestos could qualify for a £5,000 payment if the outcome of a new government consultation goes in their favour.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The biggest case ever to be brought by the Serious Fraud Office, involving an alleged price-fixing conspiracy said to have defrauded the NHS of millions of pounds, has been thrown out of court after more than six years of investigation and pre-trial hearings.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Max Mosley is suing for breach of privacy over reports he participated in a sadomasochistic ‘Nazi orgy’. The case has big implications for tabloid culture and freedom of expression”
The Times, 13th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government is to change a loophole in the law after a 20-year campaign by a woman who was not allowed to pass on her Britishness to her daughter.”
BBC News, 13th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The number of peers sitting in the House of Lords is to be slashed from 735 to only 400 under proposals to be announced by Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“MPs have spent more than £3 million of taxpayers’ cash redesigning the parliamentary website, it has been revealed.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A drink-driver who killed a woman when she crashed into her broken-down car while using a mobile phone has been jailed for six years.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An engineer has received £2,000 in compensation from an Essex hospital where he was hit by dirty needles which flew out of a drain he was unblocking.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A policeman has been given a three-month suspended jail sentence for assaulting a man who later died.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two teenagers who set fire to a home in Oxford while a family of four slept upstairs have been spared a jail term.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A police sergeant who left a colleague answering a 999 call so he could visit prostitutes has been given a suspended eight-month jail sentence.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A senior Lib Dem MP broke parliamentary rules by sending newsletters to constituents at taxpayers’ expense, the Commons standards watchdog says.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The decision in favour of a registrar who refused to deal with gay couples sets a hugely dangerous precedent.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The fiancée of the ringleader of the failed July 21 bombings was today jailed for three years for helping him to escape London dressed in a burka.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2008
source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Leading figures from the profession recently debated the likely shape of a post-Legal Services Act world. The Gazette was granted exclusive access.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th July 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
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“The government has warned 11 countries that their citizens will need visas to visit the UK unless they ‘significantly reduce’ the risk they pose.”
BBC News, 10th July 2008
source: www.bbc.co.uk
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