Legal ruling safeguards UK jobs – BBC News
“Following a landmark legal ruling this week, employers will now need to consult trade unions before they make a decision to close a workplace in the UK.”
BBC News, 26th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Parliament approves legal services reforms – The Times
“The controversial Legal Services Bill is now awaiting Royal Assent after the House of Lords approved amendments.”
The Times, 25th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Claimant PI lawyers condemn asbestos ruling – Law Society’s Gazette
“Claimant personal injury lawyers have condemned last week’s House of Lords ruling that bars people who have developed pleural plaques after exposure to asbestos at work from suing employers for damages.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th October 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Bill reaches denouement – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Legal Services Bill headed towards its end-game this week in the wake of the House of Lords defeating the government on three key issues, two of which look likely to lead to concessions.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th October 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Record industry pushes ISPs to cut off file sharers – The Register
“The record industry is pressing the UK’s ISPs for a deal that would see persistent illegal file sharers automatically booted off the net.”
The Register, 25th October 2007
Source: www.theregister.co.uk
Michael Bright gets maximum seven years for Independent Insurance fraud – The Times
“Michael Bright, the founder and former chief executive of Independent Insurance, was sentenced to seven years in jail yesterday for committing fraud that helped to cause the company’s downfall.”
The Times, 25th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Employers face prosecution over crashes involving company car drivers – The Times
“Companies that fail to make sure that their employees drive safely face prosecution under a new campaign by police to reduce the 1,000 fatal crashes a year involving work vehicles.”
The Times, 25th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Plans to relax law on early abortion – The Times
“The most extensive liberalisation of abortion laws for 40 years is being planned by MPs, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 25th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Senior judge calls for trust in jury system – The Times
“Britain’s most senior judge has called for judges and the legal system to place more trust in the common sense of juries.”
The Times, 24th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Solicitors Regulation Authority: we are not institutionally racist – The Times
“The chief executive of the SRA says it is determined to understand why certain groups figure more highly in some areas of regulation.”
The Times, 24th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Constitutional reforms will enshrine right of MPs to vote on going to war – The Independent
“Some of the most sweeping changes to the powers of Parliament are to be announced today, including a guarantee that MPs will have a vote before British troops can go to war.”
The Independent, 25th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Equalities head calls for reform of tribunal system – The Guardian
“Access to justice is a luxury for many victims of discrimination, the head of the new equalities watchdog warned last night.”
The Guardian, 24th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Widow sentenced to eternity with in-laws – Daily Telegraph
“A widow who does not want to be buried with her parents-in-law has failed in her attempt to have her husband’s ashes dug up.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Police shut down website after two-year music piracy inquiry – The Guardian
“British police have closed down what they claim is one of the world’s largest music piracy websites after a two-year pan-European operation. A series of raids in Middlesbrough and Amsterdam resulted in the arrest of a 24-year-old man and the closure of Oink, a private website that allowed users to locate and download music, movies and other files.”
The Guardian, 24th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Deportation crisis forces two jails to hold only foreign prisoners – The Guardian
“Two prisons are exclusively holding foreign nationals serving less than four years with the expectation that they will then face deportation, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 24th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Britain secretly converts prisons to detain foreign criminals only – The Times
“Two jails in England and Wales are occupied fully by foreign inmates as the Prison Service tries to cope with a large number of criminals from abroad.”
The Times, 24th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Data protection exemption expires tonight – OUT-LAW.com
“An exemption for paper records from the Data Protection Act runs out at midnight. The transitional relief exemption only lasted until 23rd October, imposing less stringent conditions on the holding of paper records than electronic ones.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd October 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
Lover wins court fight with dead tycoon’s son – Daily Telegraph
“The lover of a wealthy businessman who committed suicide before fulfilling his promise to marry her on the Queen Mary 2 cruiseliner yesterday won a High Court battle with his family over his £3 million fortune.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Prison ‘default’ for mentally ill – BBC News
“Too many people with mental health problems are ending up in prison when what they need is specialist care, a Prisons Inspectorate report suggests.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Forty years after Steel’s bill, is there a case for rethink on abortion law? – The Times
“It was 40 years ago that the bill was passed marking the end of back-street abortions and the beginning of women’s right to choose whether or not to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. David Steel’s aim was to avoid the deaths and misery arising from illegal terminations, at a time when abortions were only legal if the mother’s life was seen to be in danger. In the first full year of the bill coming into force, there were 55,000 abortions in the UK. Today, that figure has risen to 200,000 a year. As the anniversary of the law’s introduction approaches this weekend, the debate on abortions continues. Here, we examine where the interested parties stand.”
The Guardian, 24th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
