“Almost 40% of UK businesses think their senior executives and board members are unprepared for the introduction of new anti-corruption laws next month, a survey has found.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Ministers have been warned by an official immigration watchdog of the ‘excessively long’ periods, including cases of more than three years, that detainees are being held at Europe’s largest removal centre.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The information commissioner has ended his investigation into News of the World publisher News Group Newspapers following ‘assurances’ it did not lose a tranche of emails which could contain evidence its journalists were involved in hacking phones.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who admitted raping a 17-year-old girl 32 years ago has been jailed.”
BBC News, 17th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A highly successful school’s anti-gang ban on unconventional hairstyles, including cornrows, has resulted in ‘unlawful, indirect racial discrimination which is not justified’, the High Court ruled today.”
The Independent, 17th June 2011
Source: www.indepedent.co.uk
“DJ Jon Gaunt has lost his appeal against a High Court ruling upholding Ofcom’s 2009 decision to censure him.”
BBC News, 17th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lawyers acting on behalf of Sir Paul McCartney have stepped in to prevent a series of his drawings from being sold at auction.”
BBC News, 16th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A British student is facing extradition to the United States and up to five years in jail for running a website that offered links to pirated films and television shows.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Price comparison sites may be in breach of financial advice regulations when they lead customers to insurance policies, regulator the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Court of Protection has ruled that an 18-year-old man with autism and severe learning disabilities who was regularly placed in a padded seclusion room more than six times a day was unlawfully deprived of his liberty.”
The Independent, 17th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The growing use of the Human Rights Act across all parts of society should be controlled or it will increasingly be opposed by Government and MPs, a senior judge has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The High Court is due to make a ruling later on the legality of a school’s ban of the cornrows hairstyle.”
BBC News, 17th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Legal challenges launched to save magistrates courts from closure following a decision last year by the lord chancellor have been rejected by the high court.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“It is ‘legitimate to ask’ whether civilian staff working for the police should be banned from going on strike, according to a government adviser.”
BBC News, 16th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Former Labour MP Frank Cook lost his libel case against The Sunday Telegraph today over reports he claimed £5 on expenses to cover money put into a collection by an aide representing him at a Battle of Britain memorial service.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“It’s not just the BBC moving north. The big corporate law firms that have accounted for much of the legal profession’s recent growth are shrinking their pricey London hubs and expanding in the regions, too.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The first juror to be prosecuted for contempt of court for using the internet has been sentenced to eight months in jail.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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“Ryan Giggs is the latest celebrity to begin legal proceedings against the News of the World and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire over phone hacking.”
The Guardian, 15th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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