BBC NEWS A victim of the Alton Tower’s Smiler crash described the aftermath as being like “a horror movie” as the theme park admitted health and safety breaches. Chanda Chauhan and her daughter Vanisha Singh spoke out for the first time about their ordeal riding in the second carriage. Merlin Attractions, which owns the Staffordshire…
BBC NEWS The owner of Alton Towers has been told it faces a large fine after admitting responsibility for the Smiler rollercoaster crash. Merlin Attractions Operations Ltd indicated a guilty plea to charges of breaching the Health and Safety Act. The firm’s counsel, Simon Antrobus, told a court Merlin accepted it could have taken additional…
The Law Gazette A solicitor has been fined £5,000 for sending flirtatious texts and WhatsApp messages to a vulnerable client he was representing in a domestic violence matter. Andrew Lee, formerly an associate at Liverpool-based firm Gregory Abrams Davidson, was found to have acted inappropriately after he sent messages referring to his client as ‘lovely’,…
The Guardian Steep increases likely to prevent those with few resources from challenging decisions to deport them The rises are being brought in to help pay off the Ministry of Justice’s funding deficit. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Asylum and immigration tribunal fees are set to increase by more than 500% in order to help pay…
