‘The appellant was arrested on suspicion of harassment but was later released without charge, after police had taken fingerprints and DNA samples. The appellant issued a claim for false imprisonment and assault.’
Zenith PI, 5th September 2019
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Charles Pigott examines an Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling that racially offensive Facebook posting was not done in the course of employment.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th August 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘When an obsessed fan’s adoration of beauty queen Samantha Bumford became physical, she alerted police and he was given a restraining order and sent to prison.’
BBC News, 30th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An offer to settle a case for no damages but an admission of liability was a valid part 36 offer and it was not unjust to apply the usual consequences of beating an offer when the claimant won at trial, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 28th August 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A transgender woman made redundant by the Times has lost an employment tribunal in which she claimed to have experienced discrimination and unfair dismissal.’
The Guardian, 23rd August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Campaigners have renewed calls for the government to create “safe-zones” around abortion clinics across the country after the Court of Appeal upheld a ban on pro-life protests near a west London health centre.’
Rights Info, 22nd August 2019
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘A social worker has been suspended after he groped a junior colleague and told her he liked a “good pair of baps” as he squeezed a pack of bread rolls in front of her.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th August 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A former student is suing the University of Cambridge over the way it dealt with her sexual harassment complaint – saying their response left her more traumatised than the harassment itself.’
The Independent, 14th August 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A Brexiteer has been jailed for threatening to kill MPs because he felt they were trying to “delay or stop the UK’s exit from the European Union”.’
The Independent, 3rd August 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Self-styled yellow vest protester James Goddard has been handed a suspended prison sentence and banned from an area around parliament for hurling abuse at the remain-supporting MP Anna Soubry. The pro-Brexit campaigner, 30, was filmed calling the former Conservative a Nazi and a traitor outside the Houses of Parliament in December and January.’
The Guardian, 22nd July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two men who ate dead squirrels outside a vegan food stall in protest against veganism have been convicted of public order offences and fined.’
BBC News, 23rd July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government has pledged to change the law to ensure that employees signing non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) receive independent legal advice.’
Legal Futures, 22nd July 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A solicitor who engaged in a four-year row over a wheelie bin has been cleared of harassing his doctor neighbour after a judge ruled he was entitled to protect his property.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th July 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘At least 60 sexual offence allegations investigated by military service police in two years were not reported in official figures, the BBC has found. Figures for 2017 and 2018 did not include alleged offences such as sexual communications with children and stalking involving fear of violence.’
BBC news, 16th July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Key questions answered as inquest into death of sacked Welsh minister concludes.’
The Guardian, 11th July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson has been jailed for nine months after being found guilty of contempt of court.’
Rights Info, 11th July 2019
Source: rightsinfo.org
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