“Law firms are receiving up to 100 applications for every paralegal vacancy as graduates become desperate for work and firms seek out lower staff costs.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th August 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A group of London councils is preparing to take legal action over the decision to shut 10 fire stations as part of plans to make £28.8m savings.”
BBC News, 10th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A trade mark owner has won the right to stop its mark being adopted as a new generic ‘top-level’ domain (gTLD) by a rival company.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th August 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“A man has been jailed for eight years for raping a 13-year-old girl on her way to school in Greater Manchester.”
BBC News, 9th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who moved out from her flat while a local authority carried out repairs still held her tenancy eight years later, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
Local Government Lawyer, 12th August 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
“A code of practice on the use of surveillance cameras by bodies such as local authorities and police forces has come into effect in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 12th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Former RAF officer Owen Morris wants damages for defamation and breach of privacy, claiming sex work was fabricated.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police failed to arrest thousands of domestic abuse suspects who went on to commit violent crimes, including murder, rape and assault, an Independent on Sunday investigation reveals.”
The Independent, 11th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Thousands of defendants failed to appear at courts in Wales last year, causing ‘significant and costly’ problems, BBC Wales has learnt.”
BBC News, 12th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
A judge has criticised the Crown Prosecution Service as ‘crackers’ for taking a retired Army captain to court for £7.49 worth of alleged damage to a wooden fence.
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A scheme which saw vans drive through London calling on illegal immigrants to leave is to be investigated by the advertising watchdog.”
BBC News, 9th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Turbill & Anor, R. v [2013] EWCA Crim 1422 (12 July 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Southern Pacific Personal Loans Ltd, Re [2013] EWHC 2485 (Ch) (08 August 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Foster & Anor v Action Aviation Ltd [2013] EWHC 2439 (Comm) (08 August 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Apprenticeships (Alternative English Completion Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Croxley Rail Link Order 2013
The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013
The Further Education Teachers’ Qualifications (England) (Revocation) Regulations 2013
The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Companies (Receipt of Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2013
The Unregistered Companies (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) Regulations 2013
The School Staffing (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Order 2013
The Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2013
The Apprenticeships (Alternative English Completion Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Further Education Teachers’ Qualifications (England) (Revocation) Regulations 2013
The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“It’s been dubbed by the media as ‘Cliff Richard’s Law’, and now he and his fellow musicians are about to see the change to copyright duration in sound recordings that they pushed for finally coming into force.”
Technology Law Update, 8th August 2013
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
“Britain needs to look at scrapping the Human Rights Act, David Cameron has said.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“One of the country’s most senior judges has asked a legal regulator to consider striking off a law firm over its last-minute bids to block the deportation of failed asylum seekers.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Businesses cannot refuse to hand over records containing employees’ personal information just because they suspect the information could be used against them in an employment tribunal, the UK’s data protection watchdog has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th August 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
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