“Irresponsible workers who are injured at work because of their own mistakes should not be able to sue their employers for damages, a review of health and safety rules will say next week.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Home Secretary, Ken Clarke, has expressed the laudable sentiment that his new proposals for amending the current sentencing regime will restore ‘clarity, coherence and common sense to sentencing.’”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 25th November 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Foreign drug-dealer and gun criminal Andre James has been allowed to stay in Britain partly because he would return to a life of crime if he was deported.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“In the past year a number of firms have begun flirting with the idea of the modern legal apprenticeship. But what is the attraction of the model and is there a place for it in the legal market?”
The Lawyer, 28th November 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A cafe owner who claimed that he created the recipe for a sauce popularised by a reggae singer who appeared on the BBC television show Dragons’ Den has lost a high court battle.”
The Guardian, 25th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers have been forced to hire more than 80 new judges in a multi-million pound effort to address appeals by welfare claimants who dispute the loss of their benefits.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Solicitors for the family of a Cardiff woman murdered by her ex-partner say a judge has ruled a damages claim against two police forces can continue.”
BBC News, 26th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The 1.2m records released this week are an unprecedented exercise in open data, especially for a courts system long accused of operating a Victorian method of closed information.”
The Guardian, 25th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Criminals who commit offences online and cyber bullies will be banned from the internet as part of the Government’s new cyber security strategy, announced today.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Immigration officer falsely granted indefinite leave to remain to 44 non-EU nationals who were not entitled to stay in the UK.”
The Guardian, 25th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A serial rapist and paedophile who tried to evade justice by going on the run has been jailed for 18 years at Cardiff Crown Court.”
BBC News, 25th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Offenders from ethnic minorities are more likely than their white counterparts to be sentenced to prison for certain categories of crimes, according to an analysis of more than one million court records.”
The Guardian, 26th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK High Court has banned paparazzi photographers and other media from harassing an actor’s baby and her mother.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Scores of MPs, from millionaire Tory cabinet members to Labour backbenchers, may have broken minimum wage law by taking on unpaid interns, according to legal advice to ministers.”
The Guardian, 27th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An independent panel examining the summer riots which hit cities in England has said the scheme designed to pay out compensation needs an overhaul.”
BBC News, 28th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The one-time gangland boss Terry Adams paid £7,500 for a Harley Street facelift during a spending spree that he hid from the authorities, a court heard.”
The Guardian, 25th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The victims of human trafficking, including women forced into the sex industry or trapped as unpaid domestic servants, are being unfairly treated as criminals and illegal immigrants, an inquiry has found.”
The Guardian, 27th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A ‘wicked’ stepmother and father have been jailed for stealing their schoolgirl daughter’s inheritance left by her wealthy grandad.”
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Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The 14-day period allowed to a detained mental patient to lodge an application with the Mental Health Review Tribunal as provided by section 66 of the Mental Health Act 1983 and rule 32(1) the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008 was not to be considered to have expired where, though sent by fax on the last working day within the period, it was not in fact received by the tribunal until the next working after an intervening holiday period during which the 14-day time limit had expired.”
WLR Daily, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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