“Churches will be banned from turning down gay job applicants on the grounds of their sexuality under new anti-discrimination laws, a Government minister said.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2009
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“Thousands of disciplinary rulings against lawyers accused of misconduct can be publicised after one of Britain’s leading solicitors lost a battle in the Court of Appeal to keep his own case under wraps.”
The Times, 21st May 2009
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“The taxman took a multimillion-pound bite out of Pringles today after winning a VAT legal battle.”
The Times, 20th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“All Gurkha veterans will today win the right to settle in Britain following an embarrassing climb-down by Gordon Brown.”
The Independent, 21st May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Fresh claims about British security service collusion in torture were abruptly silenced today by a parliamentary committee, amid claims that if made public they would cut across an ongoing legal case.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A drug dealer and his lover have been jailed for life for murdering a boy and dumping his body in a recycling bin.”
BBC News, 20th May 2009
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“Two men have been jailed for life for beating and torturing a 75-year-old man to death during a burglary at his Wiltshire home.”
BBC News, 20th May 2009
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“A man who subjected his two daughters to more than 20 years of abuse — including rapes that got them pregnant 19 times — won a cut in his minimum jail term yesterday.”
The Times, 20th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Former England cricketer Chris Lewis was today jailed for 13 years for smuggling liquid cocaine valued at more than £140,000 into Britain hidden in fruit juice tins in his cricket bag.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A couple claimed their number plate had been stolen and berated police in a local newspaper to avoid speed camera fines, a court has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A chief executive almost brought an international company to its knees by defrauding it of more than £2.4 million to finance the high-life, a court heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Anthony Webster, 23, acted as the ‘inside man’ in a scam which saw more than £615,000 in total stolen from wealthy clients of Barclays, a court heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A driver has been jailed for causing the death of a friend he had been towing on a bicycle.”
BBC News, 19th May 2009
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“Tough new measures to improve the payment of employment tribunal awards and reduce the costs of enforcing unpaid ones were announced today by Justice Secretary Jack Straw.”
Ministry of Justice, 19th May 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Ministry of Justice has announced plans to clamp down on ‘no-win no-fee’ lawyers who are exploiting vulnerable clients by taking a large proportion of the damages they are awarded as payment for excessive legal fees.”
Ministry of Justice, 19th May 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A Sunday league footballer who stamped on an opponent’s leg as he lay injured has been jailed.”
BBC News, 19th May 2009
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“Banks and other cash-strapped businesses are putting pressure on law firms by calling for the services of junior lawyers free of charge during the downturn.”
The Times, 20th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Jacqui Smith, The Home Secretary, is to finally move to ban the legal party drug GBL that killed Hester Stewart, a promising medical student, almost a year after her chief drugs advisor told her to.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former embassy official who fatally injured a cyclist in a hit-and-run crash and then attempted to cover her tracks by selling her car in parts on eBay was today sentenced to 10 years in jail.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man on trial for the murder of two French students in south London today admitted tying one of them up before they were repeatedly stabbed.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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