“A millionaire’s daughter who drove a gang of looters around London during the riots last August is facing a jail sentence, a judge has said.”
The Guardian, 5th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An influential parliamentary committee is to be warned by the attorney general, Dominic Grieve, that its imminent report into phone-hacking could prejudice criminal cases being brought against a number of journalists and editors.”
The Guardian, 8th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Where adults have capacity under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA 2005), does the ‘great safety net’ of the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction still exist to guard them from the effect on their decision making of undue influence, coercion, duress etc? In its judgment handed down on 28 March 2012, the Court of Appeal confirmed that it does.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Seven firearms, about 50 replica guns and nearly 3,000 knives have been confiscated in courts in the east of England over the past three years, the BBC can reveal.”
BBC News, 9th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Energy companies guilty of overcharging households will be forced to compensate consumers by a beefed-up industry watchdog under government proposals to be published this week.”
The Guardian, 9th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers are preparing to pay substantial compensation to a senior military commander in the new Libyan government who was abducted and sent to Libya at the request of Colonel Gaddafi eight years ago.”
The Independent, 10th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Assaults, accidents, injuries and discrimination in the workplace have seen teachers collectively secure millions of pounds in compensation claims, according to figures released by three teaching unions to coincide with annual conferences over the Easter holidays.”
The Guardian, 5th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Commission has proposed the abolition of 800 antiquated laws, but there is a wealth of mythology about what is and isn’t illegal.”
BBC News, 6th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Blunders by hospital staff which leave newborn babies brain-damaged in the first few days of their lives are set to cost the NHS more than £235m, official figures reveal.”
The Guardian, 9th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Motorists who get behind the wheel while impaired by prescribed drugs will face prosecution under new laws to be unveiled by ministers next month.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“UCL Centre for Ethics and Law hopes to create a culture where lawyers do more than complying with the minimum they can get away with.”
The Guardian, 5th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Companies cannot claim that the product they are advertising is ‘… as seen on TV ‘ or ‘… as seen in’ certain publications if those products merely featured as unbranded props in programmes or in paid-for ads in those mediums, an ad body has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“An increasing number of wealthy couples are turning to new arbitration schemes to settle divorce disputes rather than squabbling in public through the courts, reports suggest.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“There are better ways to combat forced marriages than creating a new offence, which would deter victims from seeking help.”
The Guardian, 9th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New immigration rules are to be introduced to make it more difficult for foreign criminals to resist deportation by invoking their right to a family life under the European convention on human rights.”
The Guardian, 8th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“It’s the little things in a divorce that can turn out to be the biggest headaches, say lawyers.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Tariq Jahan, the bereaved father from Birmingham whose appeal for calm after his son’s death in last summer’s riots helped quell further violence, was spared jail yesterday after being convicted of grievous bodily harm.”
The Independent, 6th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Future riots could be quelled by projectiles containing chemical irritants fired by police using new weapons that are now in the final stages of development.”
The Guardian, 9th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The public interest in publishing a risk assessment of the NHS overhaul in England is ‘very high, if not exceptional’, a tribunal has ruled.”
BBC News, 5th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The amount of time an employee has to work for an organisation before he or she can make an unfair dismissal claim against the employer has doubled to two years, in a move the government says will boost growth but unions say will result in a ‘hire and fire’ culture.”
The Guardian, 6th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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