“Companies have been urged to review their workplace rules to ensure they are not discriminating against religious employees, after a sharp rise in the number of faith-related employment tribunals.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Anti-terror measures worldwide have seriously undermined international human rights law, a report by legal experts says.”
BBC News, 16th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Employment Tribunals should ignore precedents set in harassment cases that predate the introduction in 2003 of new definitions from an EU Directive, the Employment Appeals Tribunal has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th February 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A council was today accused of causing birth defects to 18 babies after its redevelopment of a gigantic former steelworks was allegedly marred by negligence, greed and nepotism. ”
The Times, 16th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A ‘drunken bully’ who broke his wife’s wrist has been spared jail, but ordered to pay £1 a day – ‘the cost of a can of Special Brew’ – in court costs.”
BBC News, 16th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Portuguese lorry driver was today jailed for three years for causing the deaths of a family of six.”
The Independent, 16th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A child is removed after its parents are accused of abuse. The child is adopted and settles with a new family. If the parents are then cleared, should the child be returned, ask ethicists Rebecca Roache and Barbro Bjorkman.”
BBC News, 16th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“From today, anyone taking a photograph of a police officer could be deemed to have committed a criminal offence.”
BBC News, 16th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former senior executive of Belgo Group, the restaurant operator, is to go on trial for insider dealing today in the first of an unprecedented series of criminal prosecutions.”
The Times, 16th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Struggling companies seeking to cut staff are avoiding the cost of redundancy payments by sacking workers for spurious reasons or falsely claiming they face only a temporary layoff, figures from advice groups and tribunals show.”
The Guardian, 16th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A magistrate who was suspended for criticising the police is to be reinstated after an independent review decided a recommendation to dismiss her was ‘disproportionate’ and the hearing that led to it was flawed and unfair, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 16th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“David Miliband, the foreign secretary, was last night facing fresh pressure over torture allegations after it was revealed that his officials asked the US for help in suppressing crucial evidence.”
The Guardian, 16th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Flaws in proposed legislation aimed at curbing lapdancing venues could lead to more one-off strip nights at pubs and clubs, campaign groups warned yesterday.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Association of Chief Police Officers was yesterday facing calls for a ‘fundamental review’ of the way it works, after reports emerged that the independent organisation is raising millions of pounds through commercial activities.”
The Guardian, 16th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A High Court judge, Mr Justice Cranston, has taken 12,000 words to answer the question: What is a tree?”
Daily Telegraph, 13th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The former shareholders of Northern Rock are expected to go to the Court of Appeal after failing yesterday in their challenge to the Government’s compensation scheme, which saw their shares valued at almost nil.”
The Times, 14th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Foreign Office (FCO) solicited the letter from the US State Department that forced British judges to block the disclosure of CIA files documenting the torture of a British resident held in Guantánamo Bay, the Observer can reveal.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A lesbian who fled Iran after her girlfriend was arrested and sentenced to death in Tehran has won her battle to be granted asylum in Britain.”
The Independent, 16th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Ministers have ordered a review of child employment laws as a public outcry grows over the Channel 4 series, Boys and Girls Alone, which follows a group aged 8-11 who are left without adult supervision in isolated cottages in Cornwall.”
The Times, 14th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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