“Lords reform takes centre stage in legislative agenda, alongside measures to support families, change employment law and reform pensions”
The Guardian, 9th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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“An American expert in violent self-defence has been excluded from entering the UK by the Home Office.”
BBC News, 9th May 2012
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“Joanna Grandfield, Associate (barrister), Anna Heenan, solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the latest key financial remedies cases.”
Family Law Week, 8th May 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“Hundreds of suspected war criminals have tried to settle in Britain in recent years but only a dozen have been banned from the country and some have been allowed to stay on human rights grounds.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The official assessment of the risks involved in the government’s NHS shakeup will never be published after the cabinet exercised its rare right of veto to keep it secret.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An internet ‘troll’ who tried to drive the Conservative MP Louise Mensch off Twitter by sending her an email threatening the lives of her children has been warned he could be jailed for six months.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“They may spend millions of pounds on advertising campaigns featuring mustachioed opera singers and cheeky meerkats, but some of the nation’s most popular comparison websites have been accused of breaking the law by denying access to more than 12m consumers with disabilities.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“If lawyers are preparing David Cameron for his appearance before Lord Justice Leveson, they are on perilous ground.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In a bid to protect children from over-sexualised imagery, the government is to consult on whether music DVDs should have movie-style age ratings.”
BBC News, 9th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The rapidly changing nature of internet-based communications has left the security agencies and the police unable to legally track the online activities of terrorists and serious criminals in 25% of cases, the Home Office says.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In the week that many parents will have to explain why a stripper was put through on Britain’s Got Talent (BGT) rather than a female impressionist, there has been much publicity on the idea of opt in pornography and whether this would be an effective way of protecting children from accessing indecent images online.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 8th May 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Nine men have been convicted of being part of a child sexual exploitation ring in Greater Manchester.”
BBC News, 8th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Despite controversy over the deadline, I doubt the European court will agree to hear Abu Qatada’s appeal.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Benefit cheats will be fined up to £2,000 without being taken to court under new powers from today, which the Government said will save the taxpayer around £42 million over the next three years.”
The Independent, 8th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Ofcom has cleared Jeremy Clarkson’s comparison of a Japanese car to the Elephant Man of breaching the broadcasting code, despite more than 40 complaints that it was offensive to people suffering from facial disfigurement.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Employment tribunals do not have the jurisdiction to apportion liability for compensation in discrimination claims where more than one party is at fault, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Channel 4 is under investigation by Ofcom over its exclusive airing of the film trailer for Ridley Scott’s sci-fi film Prometheus.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman who ‘blighted’ the lives of her children by subjecting them to five years of cruelty has been jailed.”
BBC News, 8th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has won permission to appeal against a high court ruling that News International is not liable to pay his potential legal fees over the phone-hacking scandal.”
The Guardian,
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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