“If the government pushes ahead with plans to double the one-year qualifying period, employees could have to work for two years before having the right to claim unfair dismissal.”
The Guardian, 3rd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Christian group that backed an electrician in his battle to display a crucifix in his company van says it now has more than 50 similar cases on its books.”
The Guardian, 1st May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Okafor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011]EWCA Civ 499; [2011] WLR (D) 146
“Where a EU citizen resident in the United Kingdom had died before acquiring a right to permanent residence her family members did not have rights to permanent residence simply by having resided for five years under a lawful residence permit. If a person no longer had a right to reside in the United Kingdom, the fact that the Secretary of State had not cancelled the document which initially granted that right could not establish a right of lawful residence under national law.”
WLR Daily, 20th April 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“An 86-year-old man has been granted permission to launch a lawsuit against police chiefs who have classified him as a ‘domestic extremist’ and kept a detailed record of his political activities on a clandestine database.”
The Guardian, 3rd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Universities must look at mediation to settle disputes rather than spending vast sums of money, time and energy fighting claims by staff or students.”
The Guardian, 3rd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers have admitted they are failing to collect data on the number of people who claim or are refused asylum on the basis of their sexuality, despite a government promise not to deport lesbians and gay men at risk of persecution.”
The Guardian, 1st May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former West Yorkshire Police officer has been jailed for three years and nine months for a string of sex offences against children.”
BBC News, 28th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A senior police officer is calling on the government to review whether laws governing cyber-stalking in the UK are fit for purpose.”
BBC News, 1st May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The jury at the inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson has been told it can return a verdict of unlawful killing, but only if it is satisfied the police officer who beat him with a baton and shoved him to the ground acted deliberately and illegally.”
The Guardian, 28th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Charitable group the Public Law Project (PLP) has threatened to launch a legal challenge to the Ministry of Justice’s civil costs and funding reforms.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 28th April 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Since Friday 29th April and Monday 2nd May are Bank holidays, there will be no posts after today until Tuesday 3rd May.
“Sedley’s model of human rights is problematic, but his essay collection reveals one of the finest justices of his generation.”
The Guardian, 28th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The text of the superinjunction obtained by the banker Sir Fred Goodwin has been handed to the Treasury select committee so that MPs can examine whether it raises public interest issues.”
The Guardian, 27th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Passed in the final days of the last government, the Equality Act 2010 (EA) is largely a consolidating measure.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 28th April 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“British courts yesterday won back the power to deport terrorist suspects, criminals and failed asylum seekers after European judges were told to stop interfering.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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