High speed rail ‘will raise £44bn’
28th February 2011
The HS2 high-speed rail project will cost £32 billion but will generate almost £44 billion in economic benefits over a 60-year period, according to ...
Civil legal aid plans criticised
25th February 2011
The country’s top judge has warned that Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke’s plans to slash civil legal aid for a wide range of disputes cou...
MoD agency criticised over blast-test death
24th February 2011
A Government agency has been censured after a scientist died as a result of an accident he was involved in while conducting classified tests. The Defe...
Couples forced to ponder mediation
23rd February 2011
A new judicial agreement will make it more difficult for couples to hand their problems over to the courts as ministers look to ease the strain on the...
Tribunal could have implications
22nd February 2011
An employment tribunal case could have significant legal implications for the Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations Act 2003. Joe Hash...
Government launches absence review
21st February 2011
The Government has launched a review of the sickness absence system as it aims to tackle the “staggering” £100 billion annual cost to the...
First corporate manslaughter case settled
18th February 2011
A Gloucestershire company, the first to be convicted under new corporate manslaughter laws, has been fined £385,000 after a 27-year-old man died when...
Companies face ’60 red-tape rules’
17th February 2011
British businesses typically have to comply with 60 different regulations governed by a range of different official bodies, and many breach the rules ...
Firm fined over hay bale death
16th February 2011
A renewable energy firm has been fined £130,000 after a driver was killed by a 700kg bale of straw. Gary Darnell, 53, from Ely in Cambridgeshire suff...
Work laws too expensive for bosses
15th February 2011
Various parts of employment legislation being introduced over the next four years will cost firms too much money, bosses have complained. According to...
Warning made over legal aid cuts plans
14th February 2011
Two law groups have warned that planned cuts to the legal aid budget will cost more than they will save. Proposals put forward by Justice Secretary Ke...
Ageism claim host may return to BBC
11th February 2011
Axed presenter Miriam O’Reilly – who won an ageism claim against the BBC – could return as a daytime TV host for the corporation. Sh...
Society seeks new insurance system
10th February 2011
The Law Society has outlined its proposed alternative to the assigned risk pool (ARP). Chief executive Desmond Hudson said the new proposals could red...
Top court ‘threatened by funding’
09th February 2011
The president of the highest court in the UK has said its funding set-up means its independence is not assured. The Ministry of Justice has a tendency...
‘Fewer roles’ for foreign workers
08th February 2011
The range of jobs available to foreign workers from outside the EU will be slashed by more than a third under Government plans, a report has revealed....
Goverment urged to make human rights call
07th February 2011
The Government should consider withdrawing Britain from the European Court of Human Rights unless it can significantly reform within two years, an inf...
Employers face discrimination fine
04th February 2011
Employers will face an extra financial penalty if they are found to have discriminated against an employee under new Government plans to tackle workpl...
Online contempt of court considered
03rd February 2011
High Court judges are expected to issue guidelines on how contempt of court laws should be applied to internet cases in response to a case brought by ...
NHS neglect ‘should be prosecuted’
02nd February 2011
NHS staff should face prosecution if they fail in their duty of care to patients in the way that occurred during the Mid Staffordshire scandal, expert...
Couple hunt holiday compensation
01st February 2011
A newlywed couple are among a group of more than 300 holidaymakers who have launched a legal bid for compensation after illness ruined their holidays ...
