Government shuns call to change strike laws – BBC News
“The government has slapped down calls by business leaders for changes to rules regarding strike ballots.”
BBC News, 21st June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Libel case over ‘faked’ Channel 4 Jackson family documentary dropped – The Guardian
“Channel 4 has spent £1.7m defending a ‘vainglorious’ libel action over allegations it faked a documentary about Michael Jackson’s family moving to Devon.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Firearms policewoman wins record damages in sexism case – The Guardian
“A police force ordered to pay record damages for sexually discriminating against a woman firearms officer acted in a ‘high-handed, insulting and malicious way’, according to an employment tribunal judgment obtained by the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Neuberger report: more solicitor judges wanted – The Lawyer
“The Law Society has long stated its belief that the judiciary should better reflect the diversity of the society it serves rather than being the preserve of the white, heterosexual, Oxbridge-educated, male barrister.”
The Lawyer, 21st June 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Results of Cherie Blair inquiry ‘were covered up’ – The Independent
“The body which investigates complaints against judges has been accused of covering up the full extent of an investigation into Cherie Blair over her decision to hand down a lenient sentence to a convicted man because he was ‘a religious person’.”
The Independent, 21st June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police press home secretary to call time on late-night drinking laws – The Guardian
“There was a high-pitched shriek; then the fight started. For several moments, the group of girls tore into each other before bouncers pulled them apart. Outside the 24-hour off-licence across the road, a crowd of lads cheered above a sound track of breaking bottles, swearing and heavy bass lines.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Prison governors: short sentences do not work – The Independent
“The backlash against short-term prison sentences intensified today after the representative bodies of both prison governors and probation officers condemned them as expensive and ineffective.”
The Independent, 21st June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Teenager-repellent ‘mosquito’ must be banned, says Europe – The Guardian
“A device that uses high-frequency sound to disperse teenage gangs is illegal under human rights law and is ‘degrading and discriminatory’ to youngsters, a report this week claims.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man sectioned over Stapleford grandfather’s killing – BBC News
“A judge has said mental health doctors in Nottinghamshire should ‘examine their consciences’ after a paranoid schizophrenic stabbed his grandfather.”
Full story
BBC News, 18th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Three firms guilty over Buncefield explosion – The Independent
“Three companies were facing potentially unlimited fines today after they were found guilty of health and safety breaches in connection with the explosion at the Buncefield oil depot.”
Full story
The Independent, 18th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
CBI calls for shake-up of UK’s labour laws – The Guardian
“The TUC has condemned new proposals from the powerful business lobby group CBI to make it harder for workers to strike as ‘a charter for exploitation at work’.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal action launched over Godstone Farm E. coli twins – BBC News
“The Kent mother of twins who were ill with E. coli in an outbreak in Surrey last year is suing the petting farm where her children became infected.”
BBC News, 18th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cookham Wood jail breast cancer ruling quashed – BBC News
“A woman’s right to claim for damages after doctors failed to diagnose her breast cancer while she was in prison in Kent has been quashed.”
BBC News, 18th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Newport father jailed after boy posing with gun shot – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for five years after his 15-year-old stepson accidentally shot himself in the head while posing for photos with a gun.”
BBC News, 18th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Royal Navy wren jailed for smuggling £2m of cocaine on warship – Daily Telegraph
“A Royal Navy wren who came to Britain as an asylum seeker has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for smuggling £2 million worth of cocaine into the UK on board a warship.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Cash trick man jailed for £12,000 theft – Daily Telegraph
“A man has been jailed for using an elaborate trick to steal more than £12,000 in cash from a businessman after he withdrew the money from a bank.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Locum GP struck off medical register for fatal overdose – The Guardian
“Daniel Ubani, the German GP who accidentally killed one of his patients with a lethal injection of painkillers while working as a locum in the UK, was struck off the medical register today.”
The Guardian, 18th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Buncefield explosion: second company guilty of safety breach – The Guardian
“TAV Engineering convicted of health and safety breach in connection with Buncefield oil depot blast in 2005.”
The Guardian, 18th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government shelves Equality Act timetable – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government Equality Office (GEO) has withdrawn the timetable that detailed which parts of the recently passed Equality Act would come into force when. Some elements were due to come into force in October.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th June 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
