“More offenders are to face the consequences of their actions following today’s launch of the first-ever register of qualified restorative justice practitioners, funded by the Ministry of Justice and implemented by the Restorative Justice Council (RJC).”
Ministry of Justice, 13th September 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The equivalent of around 100 primary school pupils a day were reported to local authorities after using offensive language in lessons and the playground, it is claimed. In some cases, pupils were reprimanded for relatively trivial squabbles and employing insults such as ‘gaylord’ and ‘broccoli head’. Researchers said many children – some as young as four – are being reported despite being ‘unlikely to understand the meaning of these words’. Schools are obliged to report all ‘hate speech’ incidents to local authorities as part of the 2000 Race Relations Act.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Lord Justice Jackson spoke in strong terms last week to the Cambridge Law Faculty on the controversial topic of legal aid and legal costs reforms.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th September 2011
Source: www.http://ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A case that will decide the legality of the police containment tactic of kettling is to be heard at the European court of human rights in Strasbourg later.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A UN representative has accused a council of ‘violating international law’ over the clearance of the UK’s largest illegal travellers’ site.”
The Independent, 14th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A huge cache of previously undiscovered documents and emails which could reveal the true scale of phone hacking at the News of the World have been found by the newspaper’s publisher, the High court heard today.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A teenage girl caught with £800 of crack cocaine and heroin in her bra has been freed from prison 15 months early so she can go to university in time for freshers’ week.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Patients were put at risk by an unacceptable fall in the number of inspections of hospitals and care homes, MPs say.”
BBC News, 14th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers have ruled out creating a forced marriage crime, despite pressure from MPs to do so. In an interview for the BBC’s Asian Network, Home Office minister Lynne Featherstone said that it was not on the government’s agenda. The Home Affairs committee has called for an offence to complement court orders to protect potential victims.”
BBC News, 14th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Magistrates were urged to abandon sentencing guidelines when dealing with rioters last month because ‘nothing like this was envisaged’, according to court documents released to the Guardian. The text of two controversial emails circulated to justices’ clerks immediately after August’s disturbances raises questions about judicial independence and the use of blanket guidance irrespective of individual cases. One human rights group described the emails as ‘disturbing’.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Parliamentary ombudsman orders department to pay family who were repeatedly refused compensation for their ordeal.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned Tesco from re-broadcasting a television advert that appeared to show pigs roaming freely in a field following complaints by viewers.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Yobs are to be punished by their neighbours in new ‘justice panels’ as part of a radical overhaul of out-of-court penalties, the policing minister will say today.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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