An 80-year-old woman from Bideford, Devon, is heading for a High Court confrontation with Devon and Cornwall police as a result of the effects she claims she suffered after television crews were allowed to film her home being searched for stolen goods. Frances Jarvis is to sue the police, the BBC and Touch Productions for alleged post-traumatic stress disorder, which she claims to have suffered as a result of the intrusion, and will seek ordinary, aggravated and exemplary damages.
Election 97/women. New Labour, new legal challenge
Presuming Labour wins the coming General Election with an overall majority, the way the profession works and the income of its practitioners is likely be radically affected. One of Prime Minister Blair’s first appointments will be his Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg. Paul Boateng would initially become minister for the Lord Chancellors Department, with […]
