UK - LITIGATION AGAINST SCHOOLS A REAL THREAT?

News 18 11 2009: Litigation against Schools a real threat?. Unveiled in the Queen's Speech was a New Education Bill to which a another New Ombudsman’s position be created as a set of pupil and parent guarantees be launched. But as the Association of School and College...

UK School IT Budgets to be spent on CCTV's within Schools.

News 05 10 2009: UK Teacher guilty of assault. Michael Becker (62) a teacher described as an 'exemplary' for 31 years has been found guilty of assault after removing a pupil from his classroom after claiming...

UK: Declining Standards as to Public Welfare - "common sense”

For a number of years now a “virus” has been sweeping and eroding the very fabric of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Britain in the Nation becoming a land of blame and litigation destroying what Britishness was. One now must think twice before helping others since to...

Most Canadians Cannot Afford Justice: BC's Legal Monopoly

Justice System In The Monopoly Of Financial Elite & The Legal Profession "...less than 3-percent of civil cases filed are determined on their merits through an adjudication process. The Civil Justice Reform...

Survey: Lawyers Expect Boom in Bankruptcy

A country that elects Barack Obama, a liberal lawyer, as its president should not be surprised by the results of a recent survey by Robert Half Legal: Three-hundred attorneys from among the largest law firms and corporations in the United States and Canada were asked, "In...

Hasbro drops Scrabulous Lawsuit against Agarwalla Brothers

Hasbro has settled a lawsuit filed against two Indian brothers, whose RJ Software had created the word game 'Scrabulous' on Facebook.  They, however, cannot use the term 'Scrabulous' in any of their...

Basi-Virk case: Lawyers argue disclosure of evidence nearly five years after ...

You can also find some excellent background and up-to-date news on the Basi-Virk case at Bill Tieleman's blog."Frustrations flared briefly Monday among the Crown and defence lawyers involved in the Basi-Virk...

Putin's Russia: Business for Dummies

OpinionBarry ArtisteFor the ordinary Russian Business having a "Roof" is a common price for doing business, whereby payments are made on a regular business to protect your business.  But when your Roof is the...

Steal Your Face: Lawsuits Increase over Fake Social Networking Profiles

More and more teachers are taking legal action against students who dis them on Facebook and MySpace...We think of our teachers as "old", but they are the age we are now, teaching our kids, who are the same age we...

NHS is facing £4.5bn compensation bill over babies damaged at birth by hospi...

"The NHS is facing £4.5bn in compensation claims over alleged blunders by midwives and doctors that have left babies suffering severe brain damage, The Observer can reveal. The huge sum is detailed in confidential data from the NHS Litigation Authority, which handles most of...

Alarm at rising tide of sex-bias litigation

"The number of women taking employers to court claiming unfair pay is rising so quickly that it has left the system unfit for purpose, according to the head of Britain’s equality watchdog. Jenny Watson, chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission, has told The Times that...

Vioxx Ruling Eases Threat to Merck

"September 7, 2007 DOW JONES REPRINTS This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order...

Animal Rights Extremists Charged With RICO and Conspiracy

"Feld Entertainment, Inc., which produces Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey(R), today filed a lawsuit against the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and a number of other animal...

Global Warming Lawsuits Impacting Climate Change Debate

"As climate change legislation hopefully gets bogged down in a do-nothing Congress that continually punts on major issues of the day - keep your fingers crossed! - America's courts are likely to become the real...

Campaign to save Remembrance Day Parade goes online

A CAMPAIGN the save the remembrance day parade in Horwich has gone online.Jean Rostron, aged 60, from Hope Street North, Horwich, has set up the online petition to be sent to Gordon Brown because she is outraged that the Horwich parade will not ahead this year.In previous...

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