“Caroline Spelman is to face an official inquiry by parliament’s sleaze watchdog into expenses claims in relation to her nanny, it was announced today.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than 100 law firms in the UK are expected to attempt a tie-up in the next year, according to a study by BDO Stoy Hayward.”
The Times, 17th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A former Heathrow shop assistant who called herself the ‘lyrical terrorist’ and was the first woman sentenced under new anti-terror laws today had her conviction overturned.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Gordon Brown has defended the use of CCTV, ID cards and the DNA database – saying they protect civil liberties.”
BBC News, 17th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Jack Straw has made an oral statement to the House of Commons about the publication of a white paper on the funding of political parties.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th June 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Related link: White paper: Party finance and expenditure in the United Kingdom (PDF)
“The editor of the Daily Mail, Paul Dacre, has promised to re-examine the rules that prevent journalists hacking into computers to obtain personal information, to clarify and possibly tighten them, after becoming chairman of the body responsible for the editors’ code that governs newspapers and magazines.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A butler who is claiming over £200,000 for unfair dismissal from the widow of a wartime ambassador ‘screamed obscenities’ before smashing the crockery because he did not want to wash up, a tribunal has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Government’s hard line on the collection and use of information on travellers could isolate it within Europe and leave it with less information than other states, a parliamentary committee has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th June 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A review of bail laws is to be launched later, following concern about crimes committed by suspects released while they await trial.”
BBC News, 17th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A shakeup of the youth justice system is being planned by ministers that would see a failing punitive policy replaced by a more welfare-oriented, early-intervention approach to dealing with children in trouble. As part of a youth crime action plan to be published this summer, the Home Office has recommended that responsibility and funding for tackling youth crime – including local youth offending teams – should be moved to new, local authority-run ‘children’s trusts’.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Ministry of Defence should be banned from hiring barristers to defend it at military inquests, the Conservatives will say on Tuesday.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A British man who allegedly hacked into the Pentagon’s computer network should not be extradited to America because US prosecutors tried to intimidate him into cooperating with them, the House of Lords was told today.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The case of the Cynon Valley schoolgirl sent home for wearing a Sikh religious bracelet will be heard by a High Court judge in London later.”
BBC News, 17th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Church of England could face paying out millions of pounds in compensation to opponents of women bishops who quit their posts over the issue.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“City lawyers are split over the extension of the pre-charge detention period to 42 days which was narrowly passed in the House of Commons on Wednesday.”
The Lawyer, 13th June 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A school caretaker who was injured falling off a six-foot stepladder is suing his employer for £50,000 claiming he was not trained how to use it properly.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A fascinating survey of music consumption conducted for British Music Rights has good and bad news for the beleaguered music business.”
The Register, 16th June 2008
Source: www.theregister.co.uk
“A test case on age discrimination which goes to the European court of justice in Luxembourg early next month could open the way for employees in Britain to insist on working past 65.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s best-known psychiatrist will appear before a disciplinary hearing today over allegations of plagiarism.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A businessman who bought two lordships for himself at auction has won the right to a half share of any wreck that washes up on a long stretch of the Pembrokeshire coastline. ”
The Times, 14th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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