Lesbian stalker detained after harassing solicitor – Daily Telegraph
“A solicitor was stalked by a client with a lesbian obsession for her during a two-year campaign of harassment.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: harassment
Nude nurse exposed to friends by jilted lover – Daily Telegraph
“Richard Bradford decided to take his revenge against the health worker after she allegedly cheated on him with another man.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Slashed tyres and poison pen letters: how Ian Oakley bullied rivals – The Times
“A Conservative candidate in a key marginal seat conducted a sustained campaign of harassment in an attempt to ‘change the political landscape’ of the town where he hoped to be MP.”
The Times, 6th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Estate agent kills himself after sex harassment case – Daily Telegraph
“An estate agent has killed himself two weeks after being ordered to pay a former employee tens of thousands of pounds for sexual harassment.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Coleman v Attridge Law (a Firm) and Another Case C-303/06 – Times Law Reports
Coleman v Attridge Law (a Firm) and Another Case C-303/06
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“The prohibition of direct discrimination against and harassment of disabled people in employment, provided for in the Community disability directive, was not limited to employees who were themselves disabled but extended to unequal treatment and harassment of a non-disabled employee for reasons connected with the disability of his child.”
The Times, 29th July 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.
Coleman v Attridge Law and another – WLR Daily
Coleman v Attridge Law and another (Case C-303/06); [2008] WLR (D) 257
“The person whose disability gave rise to direct discrimination against an employee, so as to constitute an infringement of Directive 2000/78 on equal treatment and occupation, could in principle be a disabled child of the employee, and was not limited to the employee himself, and the same was true of harassment of the employee.”
WLR Daily, 25th July 2008
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.
Judge breached restraining order against ex-wife and her boyfriend – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has been sentenced to 50 hours community service after he admitted breaching a restraining order imposed following a campaign of harassment against his ex-wife and her boyfriend.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Waitress awarded £60,000 over breast-groping boss – Daily Telegraph
“A waitress has been awarded nearly £60,000 in compensation after taking her drunken boss to a employment tribunal for groping her breasts.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Huge rise in number of racist attacks – The Independent
“Record numbers of racist incidents – from verbal abuse to stabbings – are being reported to police, fuelling fears that levels of Islamophobia are rising.”
The Independent, 9th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Hate crimes: one in five gay people suffer homophobic attacks – The Guardian
“One in five lesbian and gay people have been victims of homophobic aggression over the past three years, a survey of hate crime revealed today. ”
The Guardian, 26th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wimbledon 2008: Eleven tennis stalkers banned – Daily Telegraph
“Eleven stalkers known to target players such as Maria Sharapova and the Williams sisters have been banned from Wimbledon and warned to stay away from the area.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Woman jailed for gay couple abuse – BBC News
“A mother has been jailed and her daughter given a community order after being found guilty of harassing a gay couple in Kent.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Colleagues jailed for race abuse – BBC News
“Three men have been jailed for three years for a campaign of racial harassment against a Muslim colleague.”
BBC News, 17th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lawyer Gill Switalski seeks £19m after losing her job in sex bias ordeal – The Times
“A top City lawyer who won a claim for sex discrimination after being driven from her job in an 18-month campaign of bullying is seeking £19 million in compensation.”
The Times, 18th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Pallion Housing company agree record payout to Gentoo Group – The Times
“An online campaign of harassment against a housing group and its chief executive has ended with a record payout for defamation on the internet.”
The Times, 4th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lauren Holden, who invented an evil stalker named Casanova, is spared jail – The Times
“A fantasist who wasted 235 hours of police time when she invented a sinister stalker named Casanova has been given a suspended prison sentence.”
The Times, 1st April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
New sexual harassment law to protect staff from customers – The Guardian
“Employers will be duty-bound from next week to protect their staff from sexual harassment by customers, suppliers and others they encounter in the course of their work. Workers are already protected from harassment by colleagues, but under new rules which come into force on April 6, they will be able to seek damages from employers who fail to take reasonable steps to protect them from harassment by a third party, if bosses knew that at least two incidents had already taken place.”
The Guardian, 31st March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man faces trial over Facebook harassment – Daily Telegraph
“A man will become the first person in the UK to stand trial next month accused of harassing a woman on Facebook.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
S v Director of Public Prosecutions – WLR Daily
S v Director of Public Prosecutions
“The offence under section 4A(1)(b) of the Public Order Act 1986 of displaying, with intent to cause a person harassment, alarm or distress, a visible representation which is threatening, abusive or insulting, thereby causing that or another person harassment, alarm or distress, may be established even where the harassment, alarm or distress crystallises only at the date several months after the act of displaying and at the instance of action by a police officer.”
WLR Daily, 14th February 2008
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.
