“Jim Beresford gained the dubious distinction of being the ‘highest-earning solicitor in Britain’ through the profits generated by his firm’s handling of miners’ compensation claims.”
The Times, 14th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“As divorce cases go, it is as explosive and sordid as it gets: a woman catches her husband having sex with a prostitute, forgives him, but finally throws in the towel after discovering he has been unfaithful again. Yet absolutely none of it happened in real life.”
The Independent, 14th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The legal profession faces a radical overhaul of a multimillion-pound trade in which thousands of solicitors fork out confidential payments or commission to obtain work.”
The Times, 14th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A bigamist who married three women and left them in debt is on the run from police after being convicted in his absence.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Search warrants executed by Revenue & Customs at the offices of a tax consultancy were held to be unlawful by the High Court today.”
The Times, 13th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A former Governor of the Falkland Islands and a past British ambassador to Peru has been fined by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for insider dealing in an AIM-listed mining company which he chaired.”
The Times, 13th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Justice Minister Bridget Prentice has made a statement on the government’s response to a consultation on third party applications on behalf of victims of forced marriages.”
Ministry of Justice, 13th November 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Two victims of high-profile ‘miscarriages of justice’ cases lost a legal battle for increased compensation awards today.”
The Independent, 13th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Binge drinkers arrested for alcohol related offences in nine police force areas across the country will be compelled to face up to the consequences of their drinking, Home Office Minister Alan Campbell announced today.”
Home Office, 13th November 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Artists have unanimously backed a proposal to award resale royalties to artists after their death, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) has said. The art trade has almost unanimously rejected the plan.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Prosecutors have been told to take a tougher line on dangerous driving after a review showed that motorists who killed have escaped jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Up to 13,000 people have been wrongly labelled as criminals or accused of more serious offences because of blunders by the police and the Criminal Records Bureau.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Afghanistan is a long way, in every sense, from the elegant rooms of barristers within the ancient Inns of Court and London’s legal square mile.
But for the past five years, barristers from a number of chambers have travelled out of their comfort zone for regular trips there for Access to Justice in Afghanistan, a Bar human rights committee project.”
The Times, 11th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Nine people from Thailand have been jailed for up to two-and-a-half-years for their part in exploiting women who were advertised in ‘online brothels’. They are thought to have made millions of pounds from women trafficked from Asia to the UK for use in the sex trade.”
BBC News, 12th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government has asked businesses whether they back a set of consumer protection laws proposed by the European Commission. If the proposals become law then retailers across Europe will have to offer the same consumer rights.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Two teenagers convicted of the murder of father-of-three Garry Newlove – who died after confronting a gang outside his home – are launching their appeals.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The brother of a pilot falsely accused of involvement in the September 11 terror attacks today fought off a police attempt to overturn a ruling that he is entitled to damages arising out of his own arrest.”
The Independent, 12th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The fundamental review of costs of litigation in the civil courts set up under Lord Justice Jackson was described as the biggest thing since the Woolf report, at the Civil Justice Council’s (CJC) costs forum last month — which is appropriate, given that high costs are a particular failure of the former Lord Chief Justice’s reforms.”
The Times, 13th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A nationwide review of child protection has been ordered after a mother duped social workers into believing that a series of brutal injuries that led to her son’s death were accidental.”
The Times, 12th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Four former and current British Airways executives appeared in court today in the first criminal prosecution for price-fixing against a major UK company.”
The Times, 12th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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