“The ex-wife of the Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky shattered the record for a British divorce payout when she accepted a settlement worth up to £220 million.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Between January 2009 and June 2010 there were 42 maternal deaths in units across London – more than twice the expected number. That prompted NHS London, the strategic health authority, to commission an independent review.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has launched a formal investigation into the role played by solicitors in the News International phone-hacking scandal.”
The Lawyer, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The founder of consumer website Solicitors from Hell has lost another defamation case in the High Court, with Mr Justice Tugendhat ordering him to pay £10,000 to Marlow firm Gabbitas Robins.”
The Lawyer, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A music student at Cambridge University has been stripped of his picturesque Scottish island home after a court ruled it must be sold to pay off his criminal mother’s debts.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Legal professional privilege meant Harbottle & Lewis had to secure a waiver to discuss Murdoch’s claim about phone hacking claims.”
The Guardian, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who fatally stabbed a burglar at his home in Salford will not be prosecuted, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Macmillan Publishers has been ordered to pay £11.3m for ‘unlawful conduct’ related to its education division in East and West Africa.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Search engine results should indicate whether material on websites is in breach of copyright law or not, a music licensing group has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Ministry of Defence has agreed to pay £100,000 compensation to the family of an Iraqi teenager who drowned near Basra after being detained by British troops. In an out-of-court settlement with his relatives’ British lawyers, the MoD did not admit liability for the death of 18-year-old Saeed Shabram in May 2003.”
The Guardian, 21st July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Deputy Head of Criminal Justice, Lord Justice Thomas, has responded to the statistics released today by the Attorney General’s office. These statistics report the number of cases where the Attorney General asked the Court of Appeal to decide whether a sentence imposed by the Crown Court was unduly lenient.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 21st July 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The legal firm that Rupert Murdoch accused of making a ‘major mistake’ in its part in the internal investigation into phone hacking is to be called before a parliamentary select committee to defend itself against allegations that they helped cover up the scandal.”
The Guardian, 21st July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A website which claims to name and shame under-performing lawyers is facing legal action from the Law Society for alleged defamation.”
BBC News, 21st July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former MP jailed for expenses fraud claimed the second highest amount of parliamentary allowances last year, records have revealed.”
The Guardian, 21st July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Cumbrian council has won a legal bid to take over a private, empty home and rent it out to a homeless family.”
BBC News, 21st July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The CPS may have dropped charges against 109 Fortnum and Mason protesters; but why are some still facing prosecution?”
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The Guardian, 21st July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Attorney General’s Office has today released figures on Unduly Lenient Sentence cases referred to the Court of Appeal in 2010. Seventy-seven sentences were referred by the Law Officers. The Court considered 65 of them were unduly lenient (84%) and 60 sentences were increased (78% of the 77 referred).”
Attorney General’s Office, 21st July 2011
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“Teachers working for the UK Government in European Schools should have the same protections from unfair dismissal as those working in the UK, the Supreme Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Paid-for help with application forms, cover letters and interview coaching inhabits grey area between training and cheating.”
The Guardian, 21st July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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