Shot boss wins £160,000 payment – BBC News
“The boss of an overseas firm who was shot four times and seriously injured, and sacked by his employer on the same day, has won a £160,000 pay claim.”
BBC News, 24th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Earl Spencer and former wife settle divorce out of court to avoid glare of publicity – Daily Telegraph
“Earl Spencer and his former wife Caroline have opted to settle their bitterly contested divorce out of court to avoid details of their lives being revealed in the press.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Brothers face life for robbing campaign on wealthy women – The Times
“A crack addict who stalked wealthy women in some of London’s most affluent areas before robbing them was warned that he faced life in prison yesterday.”
The Times, 25th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The football fan, his fight for freedom, and a dilemma for Jack Straw
“Michael Shields says he is an innocent man. The Government has the power to pardon him – but risks provoking a diplomatic row.”
The Independent, 25th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Soldiers fined after ‘prank’ injures naked officer – The Independent
“Three soldiers have been fined after leaving an officer with ‘nasty’ injuries when they tied him up and carried him naked from his bedroom in a drunken ‘prank’.”
The Independent, 25th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Low-paid male council workers win right to equal pay with women – The Times
“More than 12,000 men in low-paid jobs won the right to bring equal pay claims alongside thousands of women in a landmark ruling yesterday.”
The Times, 25th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Worker with false arm ‘banished to stock room’ – The Times
“A student with a prosthetic arm was made to work in the stockroom of the retailer Abercrombie & Fitch because she did not fit its ‘look policy’, a tribunal was told yesterday.”
The Times, 25th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Two jailed for ‘savage’ gang attack man – The Independent
“Two thugs were jailed today after a “savage” gang attack on a man trying to stop a Chinese barman being racially abused.”
The Independent, 24th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
MPs’ expenses and allowances: new Parliamentary Standards Bill introduced – Ministry of Justice
“The old system of MPs’ self regulation is to end and a new system of robust, independent and transparent statutory regulation will be brought forward in urgent legislation introduced to Parliament today by Harriet Harman and Jack Straw.”
Ministry of Justice, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Doubts over 28-day detention – The Guardian
“Parliament’s joint committee on human rights has withheld its backing for government attempts to renew police powers to detain terrorism suspects without charge for up to 28 days, saying it breaches human rights agreements.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Future of ‘free banking’ depends on courts, Law Lords told – Daily Telegraph
“The future of free personal banking depends on the outcome of a renewed legal challenge by major high street banks, the Law Lords have been told.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Earl Spencer fails to win blanket press ban in divorce proceedings – The Times
“Earl Spencer and his former wife, Caroline, were united yesterday in an attempt to oust the media from their battle for a divorce settlement at the High Court.”
The Times, 24th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Council MD did not lie about health in £1m claim, says High Court – OUT-LAW.com
“The managing director of a local authority did not mislead her employer when she failed to tell them that she had suffered from depression, the High Court has ruled. She will not have to repay the nearly £1 million claimed from her by the council.”
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OUT-LAW.com, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Analysis: Britain has moral duty to allow Mau Mau case to proceed – The Times
“Since the 1950s, Mau Mau has often been synonymous with atavistic savagery. It was a grassroots movement that sought to end British rule in Kenya, and with it the privileges of an African minority loyal to colonialism. Comprised almost entirely of Kikuyu – Kenya’s largest ethnic group — Mau Mau perpetrated some heinous crimes. But, so, too, did the agents of British colonialism, and on an order of magnitude that dwarfed Mau Mau acts of violence.”
The Times, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Public grilling for Gordon Brown and Tony Blair in Iraq inquiry – The Guardian
“Gordon Brown and Tony Blair face being questioned in public over their roles in the run-up to the Iraq war after the chairman of the independent inquiry indicated that he is to summon the prime minister and his predecessor to give evidence.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Woolf v Genn: the decline of civil justice – The Times
“This week witnessed clashes between Lord Woolf, architect of the civil justice reforms of ten years ago, and Professor Dame Hazel Genn over the topic of her recent Hamlyn lectures, where she argued that the main thrust of civil justice reform was not about more access, nor about more justice. ‘It is simply about diversion of disputants away from the courts.'”
The Times, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
MPs who break tough new rules risk one year in jail – The Independent
“MPs who fiddle their expenses in future could face 12 months in jail or an unlimited fine under a crackdown announced last night. A Bill will be rushed through Parliament by next month with all-party support in an attempt to restore public confidence in MPs after it was shattered by the revelations about the allowances system.”
The Independent, 24th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
