A recent victory in the Supreme Court for women who used to work for Birmingham City Council means that workers will now have six years to make an equal pay claim in the High Court instead of a six-month window…
Read moreJudges Rule In Favour Of Paedophiles’ Human Rights
A High Court ruling has decreed that sex offenders’ human rights to privacy should be considered before police make public their whereabouts or criminal record to parents worried about the safety of their children. The Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme…
Read morePrisoners Denied Vote
Despite a European Court ruling and a warning from Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General, prisoners in the UK will not be given the right to vote, according to Prime Minister David Cameron, who said yesterday that prisoners would never get…
Read moreMore Piracy Sites Could Be Blocked
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has written to the UK’s six major Internet service providers (ISPs) asking them to block three more file-sharing websites, as it says that they are illegally distributing music.
Read moreLaw Proposal To Get More Women On Boards
As the European Commissioner for Justice Viviane Reding proposes a new law in Strasbourg that would force all major European companies to have at least 40 per cent of their boards made up of women, a former BBC head of…
Read moreCameron To Outline Tough But Intelligent Law And Order Stance
Prime Minister David Cameron will outline the Government’s new “tough but intelligent” stance on law and order in a speech later today, although aides say that this is not in a bid to shake off his ‘hug a hoodie’ reputation.
Read moreGay Couple Did Suffer Discrimination
A court ruled yesterday that a gay couple turned away from a bed and breakfast by its Christian owner had been discriminated against, and as such they have been awarded £3,600 in damages for injury to their feelings.
Read moreShared Parental Leave
Under plans for parental leave to be shared between mothers and fathers, new fathers could get nearly 12 months of leave after the birth of their baby, which could start just two weeks after the baby is born, if the…
Read moreCopyright Infringement Evidence Must Be More Transparent
Last week, the consumer watchdog, Consumer Focus, wrote to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which represents the six major film studios, about the way the Association collects evidence of copyright infringement by individuals on P2P networks.
Read moreUK To Pull Out Of EU Law And Order Legislation
Home Secretary Theresa May announced in a statement yesterday (October 15th 2012) that the Government is planning for the UK to pull out of a swathe of European Union law and order legislation and then potentially opt back in to…
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