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• Benefit Limitation Did Not Discriminate Against Gypsies

  • Posted16 April 2013

  When a group of gypsies found that the housing benefit they received did not cover the full cost of their caravan pitches on a private caravan site, they claimed that...

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• Corrupt Charity Officials Jailed

  • Posted5 April 2013

  Six men who between them stole millions of pounds from a charity set up to assist asylum seekers were recently jailed for terms of up to four and a half...

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• Uninsured Drivers and ‘Proportionate Damages’

  • Posted14 March 2013

  Most people know that when someone is injured in an accident caused by an uninsured driver, compensation is still available. However, when an insured person has given an uninsured...

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• Councils Must Consider Needs of Disabled and Elderly in Care Provision

  • Posted6 March 2013

  When Devon County Council put forward its proposals for funding elderly care, a number of care homes considered that the amount of finance being provided per person was so inadequate...

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• Charity Treasurer Jailed for Theft

  • Posted19 February 2013

  The treasurer of a Christian charity has been jailed after he stole more than £500,000 from two charities. Accountant Steven Methuen was responsible for the finances of Amblecote Christian...

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• Land Transfer Stands, Rules Judge

  • Posted1 February 2013

  A judge has refused to rectify a land transfer between an elderly farmer and his son after rejecting the former’s plea that he had intended the latter only to receive...

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