“The number of defamation cases brought by businesses has trebled in the past year, according to a legal publisher. The number of defamation cases overall increased by a third in the same period.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th July 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“As a verdict of suicide is recorded on a top woman City lawyer, a female in the profession reveals the intense burdens.”
The Times, 30th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“British lives could be endangered if allegations of torture of a former Guantanamo Bay inmate are published, the High Court has been told.”
BBC News, 29th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A groundbreaking change in the law on assisted suicides could become inevitable tomorrow when the UK’s highest court delivers its judgment in the case of Debbie Purdy, whose long legal fight has put her at the centre of the controversy.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An Asian man who called police officers ‘white redneck hooligans’ has been found guilty of making racist remarks.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Some do it for childcare. Others do it to pursue non-legal interests such as oil painting. One even combines it with presenting the weather on Sky News. But all represent a growing trend of solicitors embracing the freelance life.”
The Times, 30th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Opposition parties are set to press for the Iraq war inquiry to be held largely in public when the long-awaited probe is officially launched later.”
BBC News, 30th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Christopher Monks has been convicted of plotting to kill his adoptive parents with a friend he met on the internet, because he thought they were over-protective and treated him like a child.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Today the law lords sit to give judgment for the last time in the House of Lords and, as Lord Hope of Craighead said there last week, the upper chamber will be ‘losing part of itself’. From October the law lords will become Justices of the Supreme Court, created under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. As the law lords give judgments for the last time, we should celebrate the institution whose life is coming to an end.”
The Times, 30th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk</a'
“Save the Children is carrying out an inquiry into the safeguards in place on hiring its staff after an employee who led a double life as a ‘predatory and devious’ paedophile was jailed for four years.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A group who blame their disabilities on their mothers’ exposure to toxic materials before their birth won a legal action today against a council it blames for their condition.”
The Independent, 29th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Office of Fair Trading vs Foxtons Ltd
Chancery Division
“Provisions in an estate agent’s standard terms and conditions of its letting contracts with landlords relating to renewal commission, third party renewal commission and sales commission were unfair.”
The Times, 29th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A football coach was told that he would spend at least 24 years in prison after he was found guilty yesterday of murdering his girlfriend, a model, who named her killer with her dying words.”
The Times, 29th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Briton fighting extradition to the US for hacking into top-secret computers claims he was morally justified in breaking the law.”
BBC News, 28th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Websites can owe a duty of care to people who visit them and rely on the information they provide, England’s Court of Appeal has said. But while misstatements may provoke lawsuits, website warnings will mitigate liability, according to the ruling.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th July 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The ‘special skill’ of a police driver is ‘an irrelevant circumstance’ when considering whether driving is dangerous, three judges have ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Law Society is set to launch a campaign warning students to think twice about embarking on a career in law.”
The Lawyer, 28th July 2009
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A father and his two sons who kept dozens of Chinese workers in virtual slavery to run Britain’s biggest DVD piracy operation were jailed for a total of 16 years today.”
The Guardian, 28th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of people killed by those with a mental illness increased between 1997 and 2005, official figures show.”
BBC News, 28th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Judge Ian Trigger has described Britain’s immigration system as ‘completely lax’ and claimed it partly contributed to rising national debt.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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