“A pensioner is suing his local council for up to £50,000 after he was injured when an allegedly ‘inadequate’ walking frame it gave him snapped and cause him to fall and injure himself.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A landlord who has refused to enforce the smoking ban is in a High Court battle over his local council’s bid to revoke his premises licence.”
BBC News, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government is being urged to bring in rules banning a new anti-social behaviour device which emits a high-pitched noise.”
BBC News, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Huge crackdown on children’s services after Baby P inquiry as 28 councils are named and shamed over failed care.”
The Independent, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Farmers and landowners have pledged to fight for compensation if a new coastal path crosses their land.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Golfer Colin Montgomerie was fined £835 for speeding, but escaped a driving ban with the help of Mr Loophole.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government will announce further stringent welfare reforms today which would force lone parents with children aged one or more to prepare themselves for work or face benefit sanctions.”
The Guardian, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The head of children’s services in the London borough where Baby P died after months of persistent injury and neglect was dismissed from her post yesterday as the government responded to a damning report into the council’s failings.”
The Guardian, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Labour peer involved in a fatal car crash has admitted dangerous driving after sending a long text message while doing 60mph on a motorway.”
The Times, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Five companies are to be prosecuted over the Buncefield oil depot fire, the Environment Agency has said.”
BBC News, 1st December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenage rapper has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for killing a 16-year-old schoolboy in a row about lyrics posted on the internet.”
BBC News, 1st December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three people have been suspended on full pay from Haringey Council after a ‘damning’ inspectors’ report into the case of Baby P.”
BBC News, 1st December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
” A primary school teacher accused of indecent behaviour towards his pupils could be struck off the teaching register today.”
The Times, 1st December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A mother today lost her High Court libel action over allegations of cruelty, neglect and abuse in her daughter’s best-selling memoir, Ugly.”
The Times, 1st December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A schoolteacher has gone on trial accused of hitting the hand of a girl pupil during a design and technology lesson.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The family of a man who was beaten to death with a metal bar outside an Oxfordshire pub are suing the people they believe are responsible.”
BBC News, 1st December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Hector Sants, the chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), said that banks must face tighter regulation and admitted the watchdog should have been more active before the financial crisis.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Christian counsellor from Bristol is to take a charity to a tribunal after he was allegedly sacked for refusing to work with same-sex couples.”
The Independent, 1st December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Zabihi v Janzemini & Ors [2008] EWHC 2910 (Ch) (28 November 2008)
Foster Wheeler Ltd v Hanley & Ors [2008] EWHC 2926 (Ch) (28 November 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
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