Fake CV man loses racism job case – BBC News
“A Pakistani-born engineer who claimed he was racially discriminated against by a company because of his name has lost his case.”
BBC News, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Donor row: Brown promises speedy legislation – Daily Telegraph
“Gordon Brown has again sought to diffuse the row over hidden donations to the Labour Party by arguing the case for funding reform.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Information Commissioner’s data for 35p – Daily Telegraph
“Criminals are able to access enough free personal information from the internet to steal the identity of the man who is in charge of Britain’s data security, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Killer who attacked men with sword jailed for life – The Guardian
“A sword-wielding killer, who claimed he had been chasing an intruder he believed had raped his wife when he attacked two other men in the street, was jailed for life yesterday.”
The Guardian, 4th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Forms pose discrimination risk, civil partners warned – The Guardian
“Gay and lesbian people who enter into civil partnerships are at risk of ‘forced outing’ through everyday activities such as taking out a bank loan, according to a report to be published tomorrow.”
The Guardian, 4th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Psychiatrist to face plagiarism charges at GMC hearing – The Guardian
“TV psychiatrist Raj Persaud is to go before a General Medical Council panel hearing to decide if he should continue to practise, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 4th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Get tough drive to improve care homes for elderly that fail to offer quality service – The Guardian
“The government will today tell local authorities to use their purchasing power to drive out of business any care home proprietor who fails to provide older people with a quality service, delivered with dignity and respect.”
The Guardian, 4th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Temps may get full work rights under EU law – The Times
“Britain looks likely to lose its fight against the EU’s proposed new rights for temporary workers. Employers argue that the change, which would give Britain’s estimated 1.3 million agency workers the same pay and workplace conditions as permanent staff, puts 250,000 jobs at risk.”
The Times, 4th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Gloves on for another bout with ministers – The Times
“The Lord Chief Justice’s fight for judicial independence faces Parliamentary scrutiny.”
The Times, 4th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
R v Foster; R v Newman; R v Kempster; R v Birmingham – WLR Daily
R v Foster; R v Newman; R v Kempster; R v Birmingham [2007] EWCA Crim 2869
“Where the defendant admitted a lesser or different crime from that charged in the indictment it did not necessarily follow that the trial judge was obliged to leave the alternative verdict for a jury’s consideration; sometimes it would be appropriate, but sometimes it would not.”
WLR Daily, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note: once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Sperm donor pays maintenance to lesbians – Daily Telegraph
“A sperm donor who helped a lesbian couple have two children is now being forced to pay thousands of pounds for their upbringing, he said.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Appeal bid by urinating attacker – BBC News
“A former soldier who urinated on a disabled woman as she lay dying on her doorstep is planning an appeal against his three-year prison sentence.”
BBC News, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Law Society) v Legal Services Commission; Dexter Montague and Partners (a Firm) v Same – Times Law Reports
Regina (Law Society) v Legal Services Commission
“The virtually unlimited unilateral power of amendment given to the Legal Services Commission in its new unified contract with solicitors wishing to undertake publicly funded civil work was incompatible with the requirement of transparency in the award of contracts by public authorities.”
The Times, 3rd December 2007
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.
Disgust at £300 for soldier hit with baton – Daily Telegraph
“The family of a soldier who suffered brain damage when his drill sergeant threw a baton at his head have expressed disgust at the £300 compensation awarded to him by the Army.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Wrongly arrested brother of 9/11 suspect wins damages for wrong arrest – The Independent
“The brother of a pilot wrongly accused of training the 11 September 2001 hijackers has succeeded in a High Court bid to win damages for wrongful arrest.”
The Independent, 1st December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Pioneering scheme cuts domestic violence – The Independent
“A pioneering scheme to tackle domestic violence, which affects 1.5 million women each year in the UK, has cut the incidence of assault and injury to women by two thirds, according to the first independent evaluation of its impact.”
The Independent, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Thousands of Britons’ bank details ‘for sale on the Web’ – The Independent
“The Information Commissioner launched an investigation yesterday after it was revealed that thousands of Britons’ bank details are available for sale on the internet.”
The Independent, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
I’m getting back to before it started, says former suspect Colin Stagg – The Guardian
“It is, Colin Stagg ardently hopes, all over. That was what he said in an email yesterday in which he explained why he never, ever, wanted to talk to the media again and hoped to return to the anonymous life he led before he was arrested 15 years ago for the murder of Rachel Nickell in front of her son, Alex, on Wimbledon Common.”
The Guardian, 1st December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge says law on hunting not easy to follow – The Guardian
“A judge yesterday criticised the Hunting Act as he allowed the appeal of the first fox hunter convicted of breaching the controversial law. Judge Graham Cottle said the law that forbids the hunting of animals with dogs was ‘far from simple to interpret or apply’.”
The Guardian, 1st December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Key advisers attack new drugs policy – The Observer
“The government was at loggerheads with its own advisers last night over its new drugs policy.”
The Observer,2nd December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
