IPCC wants more ‘non-police’ investigators – BBC News
“The Independent Police Complaints’ Commission (IPCC) is to recruit more investigators from outside the police service.”
BBC News, 4th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: recruitment
Details of names and roles of senior council officials involved in recruitment subject to disclosure under FOI, Tribunal rules – OUT-LAW.com
“Councils should be prepared to disclose the names of senior staff members involved in recruiting senior councillors or officials as well as details of the role they played in that recruitment, an Information Rights Tribunal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Clampdown on migrant chefs could force takeaways to shut up shop – The Guardian
“The future of those traditional staples of British cuisine, Indian and Chinese takeaways, have been thrown into doubt by new Home Office restrictions on the overseas recruitment of skilled migrants. The immigration minister, Damian Green, has decided to halt the recruitment from overseas of migrant chefs from outside Europe to work in any establishment that provides a takeaway service.”
The Guardian, 13th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police chief and deputy face charges over alleged nepotism – The Guardian
“A police chief and his deputy are to face serious misconduct charges following an independent report into alleged nepotism during a botched recruitment exercise.”
The Guardian, 25th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Defeat for council that sued boss for lying about illness – The Independent
“A former council chief executive had her mental health ‘cruelly broken’ by her former employer which accused her of lying about her medical condition on her job application and pursued her through the courts, her husband said yesterday.”
The Independent, 16th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Council loses £1m illness lawsuit – BBC News
“A council has lost its High Court case against a former managing director after claiming she withheld a history of depressive illness.”
BBC News, 15th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Openings aplenty but competition is fierce – The Times
“According to the experts, big City law firms are optimistic and hiring apace. But, as Clare Dight finds, rivalry for posts is high and wannabe lawyers do have other options.”
The Times, 28th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Legal Remedy UK Ltd) v. Secretary of State for Health and Others – Times Law Reports
Courts cannot judge specialist policy
Regina (Legal Remedy UK Ltd) v. Secretary of State for Health and Others
Queen’s Bench Division
“Where a specialist body’s decision involved balancing policy issues which a court was ill-equipped to judge, that reduced the likelihood that the decision would be found to be an abuse of power.”
The Times, 29th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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