“A former postal worker has been awarded undisclosed compensation after an employment tribunal ruled he had faced discrimination.”
The Independent, 31st July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The arrest of a teenager by police investigating abuse of Olympic diving star Tom Daley on Twitter has led to calls for a new initiative educating the public about the ease with which a tweet can end with a jail sentence.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Electoral Registration Data Schemes Order 2012, SI 2012/1944 (‘the Order’), made and coming into force on 17 July 2012, pursuant to Sections 35 and 36 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (‘the 2009 Act’), gives effect to proposals for local Electoral Registration Officers (“EROs”) to run data matching pilot schemes.”
Panopticon, 1st August 2012
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“The biggest hotel chain in the world and two online travel agents may have breached UK competition law by entering into agreements that limited the ability of those agents to discount the price of room-only offers, a UK regulator has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“More than 100 Albanian nationals who are prisoners in British jails face being sent back to their country under a compulsory transfer agreement signed on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge has ruled that a severely brain-damaged baby boy can be allowed to die even though his devoutly religious parents wanted him to be kept on a life-support system.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two high court judges have dismissed a fresh attempt by the radical Islamist preacher Abu Qatada to be released from a maximum-security prison on bail pending his deportation back to Jordan.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Welsh National Opera unfairly dismissed its former principal oboist, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
BBC News, 31st July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Directors within Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation could face corporate charges and prosecution for neglect of their duties, in plans that are being examined by the Crown Prosecution Service.”
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The Guardian, 31st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Family courts need a radical change of culture to combat ‘unacceptably long delays’ caused by a system struggling to cope with an influx of care cases following the Baby Peter tragedy and planned cuts to legal aid, the lord chief justice has said.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK should have a new ‘Copyright Hub’ to allow for rights holders to licence the use of their content through a simpler, more transparent and less costly system than currently exists, a report commissioned by the Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Twitter users have to understand that every tweet is a broadcast – even if it’s prefaced with an @.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman who lured two men back to her house with promises of sex and convinced them to murder her husband has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 31st July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Greater case management by judges is at the heart of the judiciary’s proposals for the modernisation of family justice, published today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 31st July 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Thomas Pascoe in the Telegraph gives a familiar layperson’s lament about the amount and complexity of legislation in the UK.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 31st July 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“The Legal Services Board (LSB) has today published its response to its consultation about the regulation of immigration advice and services.”
Legal Services Board, 31st July 2012
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
“Earlier this year, Mr Edward Davey MP, Minister for Consumer Affairs at BIS, announced the launch of a 12 week consultation regarding the reform of the application process for bankruptcy and company winding up. The Insolvency Service noted that: ‘The consultation sets out proposals that aim to provide the most appropriate and efficient route into bankruptcy and winding up, and to ensure that the Court’s focus is on dispute resolution.'”
Hardwicke Chambers, 27th July 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“John Terry has been acquitted of racially aggravated causing harassment, alarm or distress under s 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 and s 31 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 31st July 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“For many insolvency practitioners (in the wider sense), the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’) and the Human Rights Act 1998 (‘HRA’) are pieces of legislation having little impact upon day to day insolvency practice.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 27th July 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
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