“Unicef has criticised the UK judicial system for locking up children allegedly involved in the August riots and warned ministers that they are likely to be in breach of their UN obligations to children’s rights.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Justice minister Nick Herbert today called for magistrates’ courts to be opened during the night and at weekends.”
The Independent, 9th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Police need to be more aware of the danger of false confessions, according to a study that suggests that up to one in five convicted criminals may have pleaded guilty at some point to an offence they have not committed.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government is to consult on making it a criminal offence in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to force a person to marry against their will.”
BBC News, 10th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The mother of an economics graduate has said she can never forgive her daughter’s killer for destroying the lives of so many when he battered the 25-year-old to death in woodland near where she worked.”
The Independent, 7th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A council with one of the biggest housing shortages in the country is threatening to use compulsory purchase orders against the owners of homes that have been left empty for six months or more.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Independent body fielding complaints against lawyers has come in under budget, and with a positive reaction from the profession.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A council is attempting to outlaw spitting in public little more than 20 years after a national ban on the practice was lifted.”
The Independent, 8th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The justice minister Jonathan Djanogly has been forced to publicly declare in the parliamentary register that his controversial stakes in the insurance industry have been placed in a ‘blind trust’, after a Guardian investigation revealed that he could personally profit from legislation he is piloting in the Commons.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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