Last week Employment Relations Minister Jo Swinson announced new rules aimed at streamlining the Employment Tribunal process. These changes will make tribunals easier to understand, more efficient and will help weed out weak claims.
Press Regulation Agreed
Overnight talks between representative of the three major political parties have resulted in an agreement to regulate the press in the wake of the Leveson enquiry, according to the Labour party’s Deputy Leader Harriet Harman.
Protester Wins Landmark Case
An 88-year-old campaigner with no criminal record has won a landmark legal case to have his details removed from the police’s National Extremism Database, where he had been labelled a “domestic extremist”.
NHS Gagging Orders Banned
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced that gagging clauses stopping departing NHS staff from speaking out about patient safety or care have been banned by the Government.
Rich Criminal Suspects Will No Longer Get Legal Aid
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced that millionaire criminal suspects will no longer receive legal aid, thereby saving the taxpayer tens of millions of pounds.