“An increase in legal disputes arising from the credit crunch led to a record year for Britain’s top commercial barristers, with overall turnover increasing 14 per cent to £750 million, according to research published today.”
The Times, 7th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A controversial tribunal decision that some company practices can discriminate against employees with strongly held views on climate change will be challenged in the courts.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The legal standard for dishonesty needs to be reviewed because jurors’ widely different views may be affecting the outcome of trials, criminologists say.”
The Times, 7th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Home Secretary has released a man regarded as one of Britain’s most dangerous terror suspects from virtual house arrest to avoid disclosing secret evidence against him, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 7th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Action is being taken over what is believed to be illegal amounts of sewage being washed into the sea at Torbay and other UK resorts.”
BBC News, 7th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Alan Johnson, the home secretary, will tomorrow unveil plans to restrict British jobs going to skilled workers from overseas amid concerns about the impact of the recession on attitudes towards immigration.”
The Observer, 6th September 2009
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
“A schoolgirl who acted as a ‘honey trap’ to lure a besotted boy to his death at the hands of a masked gang was jailed for a minimum of ten years yesterday.”
The Times, 5th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for 21 months for attempting to rape a woman in Bristol nearly 14 years ago.”
BBC News, 4th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Teesside doctor who downloaded more than 1,300 child porn images, including scenes of torture, has been jailed.”
BBC News, 4th September 209
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who gave his father a gun in hospital so that he could shoot himself has been jailed for three years.”
BBC News, 4th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A transsexual prisoner serving life for manslaughter and attempted rape committed while she was a man has won a high court battle to be transferred to a women’s jail.”
The Guardian, 4th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The brothers aged 10 and 12 are almost certain to be sent to secure children’s homes like the units that once housed Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, the boys who murdered James Bulger, 2.”
The Times, 4th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Magistrates’ Courts (Violent Offender Orders) Rules 2009
The Valuation Tribunal for England (Membership and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2009
The Valuation Tribunal for England (Council Tax and Rating Appeals) (Procedure) Regulations 2009
The Tonnage Tax (Training Requirement) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Financial Transparency (EC Directive) Regulations 2009
The Seed Potatoes (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Local Health Boards (Establishment and Dissolution) (Wales) Order 2009
The School Teacher Appraisal (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2009
The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Broadcaster Sky should have made sure it could connect all users in time before it heavily promoted its high definition (HD) television service with adverts for its coverage of major rugby and cricket events, the advertising regulator has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd September 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Divorcing and separating couples could be compelled to consider mediation before going to court under plans being examined by the Ministry of Justice.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd September 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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