“A gay Iranian teenager is to be allowed to stay in Britain because his case is now so notorious that it would be dangerous to deport him to Tehran.”
The Times, 14th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Families of patients with severe brain damage after heart surgery as children are preparing to sue the NHS after a profoundly disabled woman won her case for compensation in the wake of the Bristol heart babies scandal.”
The Times, 14th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two teenagers who beat a man to death in a ‘revolting’ attack, while a 15-year-old girl filmed it on her mobile phone, have been sentenced.”
BBC News, 13th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A ‘wannabe gangster’ was jailed for life today after being convicted of shooting dead a pregnant neighbour in a cold-blooded execution after a doorstep row.”
The Guardian, 13th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Paul McCartney is expected to find out on Monday how much of his fortune he must hand over to estranged wife Heather Mills when a judge rules on their acrimonious and highly public divorce.”
Reuters, 13th March 2008
Source: www.reuters.com
“The Audit Commission has published a revised code of practice which will govern its extended powers to obtain and search data from public sector bodies.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th March 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
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“The moment that guaranteed Admiral Byng’s immortality was, sadly, his last. In March 1757 the unfortunate sailor was found guilty of neglect of duty by a court martial, hauled onto the quarter-deck of his flagship and shot dead by a firing squad.”
The Guardian, 13th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who broke an elderly woman’s hip when he pushed her over had his prison sentence halved yesterday after agreeing to get £750 from his bank towards compensation.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A town council is being advised to stop prayers before meetings or face the threat of legal action under race discrimination or human rights laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A leading Caribbean judge has launched a staunch defence of trusts, fuelling expectations that there will be an unprecedented stand-off between offshore and onshore judges over the landmark Charman v Charman divorce ruling.”
Legal Week, 13th March 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Nearly half of the UK population does not know what the Magna Carta is, according to a YouGov poll.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“More than 1,400 rejected Iraqi asylum seekers are to be told they must go home or face destitution in Britain as the government considers Iraq safe enough to return them, according to leaked Home Office correspondence seen by the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 13th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An accountant who claimed he injured himself by slipping on a grape in a Marks and Spencer car park has lost his High Court bid for damages.”
BBC News, 12th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The ruling by the law lords today that price-fixing was not a crime in the UK before the Enterprise Act took effect in 2003 was a significant victory for Ian Norris, the former head of Morgan Crucible.”
The Times, 12th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Home Office official has made public the contents of an internal analysis for the Home Office dealing with the question of whether Phorm’s model for targeted advertising is legal under interception of communications legislation.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Chancellor Alistair Darling has pushed ahead with plans to hit non-domiciled residents with a £30,000 annual tax, with the levy kicking in once they have lived in the UK for seven years.”
The Lawyer, 12th March 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Nearly a third of retail websites surveyed by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) are breaking laws designed to protect shoppers.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th March 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
The 2008 Budget Report was published on 12 March 2008.
Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Budget statement
HM Treasury, 12th March 2008
Source: www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
“Eighteen months and two cases on, lawyers are still unsure how age discrimination rules apply to them.”
The Times, 12th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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