“The NHS is facing a landmark test case that could pave the way for more than 800,000 equal pay claims, which will run parallel to recent high-profile claims against local authorities.”
The Lawyer, 14th January 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“High street banks have assembled a dream team of top-ranked QCs to fight a test case this week that could determine the future of retail bank fees.”
The Times, 14th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The introduction of compulsory identity cards for foreign nationals in Britain will take at least three years to complete, ministers are to confirm this month.”
The Guardian, 15th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A pensioner was jailed for five years for masterminding one of Britain’s biggest benefit frauds.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Peter Hain remained in the line of fire on Monday as a parliamentary inquiry was launched into his donation errors and the Conservatives stepped up the pressure on the embattled work and pensions secretary.”
Financial Times, 14th January 2008
Source: www.ft.com
“A law to protect workers when a business changes hands can apply to jobs transferred outside Europe, according to a recent ruling. But British workers could be left jobless and without compensation in such cases, an employment specialist has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Police forces in England and Wales are to resume using Low Copy Number (LCN) DNA testing techniques.”
BBC News, 14th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A coroner has refused to return secret documents mistakenly handed to him by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), a pre-inquest hearing was told.”
BBC News, 14th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Media organisations including the Guardian yesterday challenged a demand unprecedented in modern times – that witnesses at a forthcoming murder trial should be heard in secret, for ‘national security’ reasons.”
The Guardian, 15th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A jury of 10 men and two women was selected yesterday to hear the trial of a forklift truck driver accused of murdering five prostitutes during a killing spree carried out at a pace never seen before in Britain.”
The Independent, 15th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Senior British police officials are talking to the FBI about an international database to hunt for major criminals and terrorists.”
The Guardian, 15th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
“A judge should not have imposed a sentence of imprisonment for public protection on an offender who downloaded indecent photographs of children on to his computer where a small, uncertain and indirect contribution to harm might be made by a repeat of his offence.”
The Times, 14th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A widow whose husband died after being stoned by a gang of boys said yesterday: ‘Justice has not been done.’ Linda Norton, 56, was speaking after the manslaughter convictions of the five boys, for the death of her husband Ernest, 67, were quashed. Each received a 12-month supervision order for violent disorder yesterday.”
The Times, 12th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Twins who were separated at birth and later married each other without realising they were brother and sister have had their marriage annulled by the high court’s family division, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 12th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman who helped an elderly friend to commit suicide was spared jail yesterday by a judge who said that she had acted ‘out of love and affection’.
The Times, 12th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A millionaire City executive and ‘totally devoted father’ killed his two-year-old daughter by smashing her head against the floor because he believed she had been taken over by a ‘malign and satanic entity’.
The Times, 12th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Energy regulator Ofgem has said that it has no concerns about anti-competitive behaviour in the UK, despite consumers bracing themselves for rising bills.”
BBC News, 14th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Equal pay legislation needs to be radically changed if women are to get a fair deal quickly, the Commission for Equality and Human Rights has warned.”
BBC News, 14th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service has decided no one will face charges over the death of 13-month-old boy who was mauled to death by a Rottweiler dog.”
BBC News, 14th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Home Office is to set out new measures to strengthen Britain’s borders and cut illegal immigration.”
BBC News, 14th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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