A&F’s Comment on the Resolution of Riam Dean’s Claim

September 28th, 2009 LONDON - The announcement of a national scheme for Scotland to protect tenants' deposits and provide Alternative Dispute Resolution for the Private Rented Sector has been welcomed by The Tenancy Deposit Scheme, TDS. The Scheme has offered to provide assistance wherever it can.

September 17th, 2009 LONDON - Health Minister Edwina Hart's directive to ban all legal service advertising in hospitals could cost the Welsh NHS trusts GBP1 million in compensation through breached contracts. The Claims Standards Council, the trade body representing BOE/Asyst, the company behind the advertising that precipitated the recent decision, has written to the Health Minister and all the Welsh assembly members demanding that the minister withdraw her directive.

August 19th, 2009 LONDON - There has been significant public interest and media coverage around this case over the last few days. For legal reasons, Nude has been unable to comment or make any statement until today.

July 29th, 2009 LONDON - The House of Lords has delivered judgment in Moore Stephens' application to strike out the legal action brought against them by former client Stone & Rolls Limited (in liquidation). The House of Lords upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal to strike out the claim.

July 26th, 2009 LONDON - When a membership of over one million speaks; Fotolia listens. The result: Fotolia is the first microstock company to launch a premium subscription plan, which gives members all-inclusive main collection access to high resolution vectors and images, and high definition videos.

July 8th, 2009 LONDON - The prospect of a technologically-driven future for museums, outlined this week by British Museum director Neil MacGregor and Tate director Nicholas Serota, could be impaired unless the issue of the Parthenon Marbles is satisfactorily resolved, says the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles (www.parthenonuk.com and twitter BCRPM). Neil MacGregor's 'real question ...

June 24th, 2009 LONDON - UK Abercrombie & Fitch spokesperson commented, "We were pleased to hire Ms. Dean to be a member of the Abercrombie & Fitch team and we are sorry that she resigned.

May 28th, 2009 THE HAGUE, The Netherlands - The Hague - Today, the Amsterdam Court of Appeals has declared the Non-U.S. Settlement Agreement concerning the recategorisation by Shell of certain of its oil and gas reserves binding.

May 13th, 2009 WESTFORD, Massachusetts - Launch of C7XR(TM) FD-OCT Imaging System and Companion C7 Dragonfly(TM) Imaging Catheter Strengthen LightLab's Market Leadership LightLab Imaging Inc., the pioneer and leader in the development of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) for vascular and other applications, today announced the launch of its next-generation system, the C7XR FD-OCT Imaging System with the C7 Dragonfly Imaging Catheter, at EuroPCR 2009, Barcelona, Spain, solidifying the company's leadership in the intracoronary OCT imaging product market. The C7XR FD-OCT Imaging System is the world's first approved Frequency Domain OCT product for intracoronary imaging, having received CE Mark in March 2009.

March 24th, 2009 LONDON - Derek Simpson, Unite Joint General Secretary, said: "To slash 2,900 jobs demonstrates the insincerity of the claim by HSBC to be 'the world's local bank'. This decision will ravage a number of local communities as sites are closed and other work is sent abroad.

August 14th, 2009 LONDON - A 22-year-old woman with a prosthetic arm has won her case for wrongful dismissal against clothing retailer Abercrombie and Fitch because she did not fit its "look policy", The Independent reports. Riam Dean, a law student, who was awarded over 9000 pounds as compensation, was forced to work in the stock room of the US firm's London store.

April 23rd, 2009 Wallabies to recruit squash champ for conditioningSYDNEY — Wallabies coach Robbie Deans wants to recruit world squash champion David Palmer to help with conditioning of the Australian rugby union team ahead of the annual Bledisloe Cup and Tri-Nations series this season. Deans, an ex-All Black and New Zealand assistant coach, is a keen squash player.

August 13th, 2009 Disabled UK student wins case against AbercrombieLONDON — A disabled woman won her suit for wrongful dismissal Thursday against Abercrombie & Fitch after she was sent to work in the London store's stockroom. A British employment tribunal said the teen apparel merchant unlawfully harassed 22-year-old Riam Dean when it refused to allow her to wear a cardigan to cover her prosthetic arm, saying the sweater violated the store's "look policy." Dean said she was asked by an employee from the company head office whether it would be possible "to keep you in the stockroom until the winter uniform arrives." She said she later received an e-mail from management saying she had been "erroneously placed on the shop floor." The tribunal ruled that Abercrombie should have made an allowance for Dean's condition.

April 30th, 2009 Obama hopeful for resolution in Chrysler caseWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he is "very hopeful" for a resolution that keeps Chrysler a viable auto company. Chrysler has borrowed $4 billion from the government since the beginning of the year and could soon be in danger of running out of cash without more help.

June 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday expressed concern at Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's remarks terming Kashmir as a root cause of continuing terrorism, and asked the government to translate into action zero tolerance on terrorism. "The issue of national security continues to cause serious concern.

April 21st, 2009 Jimmy Dean, wife unhurt as fire damages Va. homeVARINA, Va.

June 24th, 2009 Student alleges discrimination by AbercrombieLONDON — A British student who worked for U.S. retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

September 24th, 2009 NEW YORK - The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Thursday a resolution that allows the body to apply measures on violators of nuclear obligations if their actions are determined threats to the world's peace and security. The 15-nation council began a meeting on nuclear disarmament by adopting the resolution pushed forward by the United States.

May 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US said Tuesday it wanted a further, tougher UN resolution in response to North Korea's latest nuclear and missile tests. "We want a resolution that provides a strong response from the Security Council to this provocation of North Korea," said State Department deputy spokesman Ian Kelly.

July 27th, 2009 Friends Provident ends talks with ResolutionLONDON — British insurance and pensions provider Friends Provident PLC said Monday it has ended talks with buyout firm Resolution Ltd. over a 1.7 billion pound ($2.8 billion) takeover, rejecting a sweetened offer as "wholly inadequate." "The board sees no basis for further engagement with Resolution and has terminated discussions," Friends Provident said in a statement to the London Stock Exchange.