Women offenders ‘afterthought’ in rehabilitation plans – BBC News

“Women offenders are being ignored in plans to overhaul rehabilitation services, a committee of MPs has said.”

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BBC News, 15th July 2013

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Police take longer to respond to 999 calls as spending cuts bite – The Guardian

Posted July 15th, 2013 in budgets, delay, news, police, statistics by sally

“Police are taking up to 30% longer than two years ago to react to 999 calls in parts of the country, with forces blaming deep spending cuts. Vital minutes have been added to the time it takes for a squad car to arrive at an accident or crime scene, an investigation can reveal.”

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The Guardian, 14th July 2013

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Immigration backlog of 500,000 cases will take 37 years to clear, say MPs – The Guardian

“The Home Office’s backlog of 500,000 unresolved immigration and asylum cases will not be cleared for another 37 years at current rates of progress, according to a parliamentary watchdog.”

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The Guardian, 13th July 2013

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Too many women prisoners, MPs say – The Independent

“The Government is ignoring the needs of women offenders with its probation reforms, a group of MPs has warned.”

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The Independent, 15th July 2013

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Privacy campaigners demand review of snooping laws – The Guardian

“Seven of the UK’s leading human rights groups and privacy campaigners have demanded an urgent review of the laws being used to authorise the mass collection and analysis of data by Britain’s spy centre, GCHQ.”

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The Guardian, 14th July 2013

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Press regulation: government’s plan for a new watchdog delayed until autumn – The Guardian

Posted July 12th, 2013 in charters, media, news, parliament, Privy Council by tracey

“The government’s plan for a new press regulator has been officially put back to the autumn after a privy council meeting on Wednesday referred the matter to a new committee.”

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The Guardian, 12th July 2013

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Bigamist avoids jail over £900,000 inheritance tax fraud – Daily Telegraph

“Ayse Akgun was convicted for trying to make a fraudulent claim on her second husband’s £2.6 million estate when he died.”

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Daily Telegraph, 12th July 2013

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Kieran Raiswell death: ‘Sniggering’ killer jailed – BBC News

Posted July 12th, 2013 in diminished responsibility, mental health, murder, news, sentencing by tracey

“A man who stabbed a Manchester teenager to death in a random attack in the street ‘to see what it’s like to kill someone’ has been jailed for murder.”

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The Guardian, 12th July 2013

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Hillsborough: watchdog believes 55 more police statements were altered – The Guardian

Posted July 12th, 2013 in complaints, news, police, sport by tracey

“The police watchdog has identified a further 55 police statements that it believes were amended in the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster, it has emerged.”

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The Guardian, 12th July 2013

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Litvinenko public inquiry blocked by government – BBC News

Posted July 12th, 2013 in coroners, inquiries, murder, news, poisoning, spying by tracey

“The government has refused a request to hold a public inquiry into the death of ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko, the coroner has announced.”

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BBC News, 12th July 2013

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Dave McLuckie jailed for dodging speeding points – BBC News

“A former police authority boss who persuaded a friend to accept his
speeding points to protect his career has been jailed for eight months.”

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BBC News, 12th July 2013

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Fresh concern raised over Taser safety after seventh death in 10 years – The Independent

Posted July 12th, 2013 in complaints, death in custody, firearms, news, police by tracey

“Fresh concerns have been raised over the safety of Tasers following the death of an ice cream man who was stunned while being restrained by police.”

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The Independent, 11th July 2013

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Adesina v Nursing and Midwifery Council; Baines v Same – WLR Daily

Posted July 12th, 2013 in appeals, disciplinary procedures, law reports, nurses, time limits by tracey

Adesina v Nursing and Midwifery Council; Baines v Same: [2013] EWCA Civ 818;   [2013] WLR (D)  273

“The time limit of 28 days to lodge an appeal from a decision of the Nursing and Midwifery Council to strike off or discipline a nurse was subject to a discretion which would only arise in exceptional circumstances and where the appellant personally had done all she could to bring the appeal in time.”

WLR Daily, 9th July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Regina (Sturnham) v Parole Board and another (No 2) – WLR Daily

Regina (Sturnham) v Parole Board and another (No 2): [2013] UKSC 47;   [2013] WLR (D)  274

“The statutory provisions relating to sentences of imprisonment for public protection involved a higher threshold for the imposition of such sentences than for continued detention after the expiry of a prisoner’s minimum term.”

WLR Daily, 3rd July 2013

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Regina (AA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted July 12th, 2013 in appeals, children, detention, immigration, law reports, Supreme Court by tracey

Regina (AA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: [2013] UKSC 49;   [2013] WLR (D)  272

“The Home Secretary did not act unlawfully when she detained a 17-year-old illegal immigrant in the mistaken but reasonable belief that he was aged over 18.”

WLR Daily, 10th July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Urban I (Blonk Street) Ltd v Ayres and another – WLR Daily

Posted July 12th, 2013 in appeals, construction industry, contracts, delay, law reports, sale of land by tracey

Urban I (Blonk Street) Ltd v Ayres and another: [2013] EWCA Civ 816;   [2013] WLR (D)  271

“Where, in the case of a time provision which was an innominate term, a completion notice had not been served on the contract-breaker, the other party only became entitled to terminate the contract thereafter if and when the delay was such as to go to the root of the contract, that was to say it deprived the other party of substantially the whole benefit which it was intended it should have under the contract.”

WLR Daily, 5th July 2013

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Black and another v Wilkinson – WLR Daily

Posted July 12th, 2013 in appeals, hotels, law reports, sexual orientation discrimination by tracey

Black and another v Wilkinson: [2013] EWCA Civ 820;   [2013] WLR (D)  270

“The defendant, who ran a bed and breakfast business from her home, unlawfully discriminated against the claimant homosexual partners by refusing, on the basis of her religious beliefs, to provide them with the double bedroom one of them had booked, contrary to the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007.”

WLR Daily, 9th July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Belgian Electronic Sorting Technology NV v Peelaers and another – WLR Daily

Posted July 12th, 2013 in advertising, consumer protection, domain names, EC law, law reports by tracey

Belgian Electronic Sorting Technology NV v Peelaers and another: (Case C-657/11);   [2013] WLR (D)  275

“Article 2(1) of Council Directive 84/450/EEC of 10 September 1984 concerning misleading and comparative advertising, as amended, meant that the term ‘advertising’ covered the use of a domain name and that of metatags in a website’s metadata. By contrast, the registration of a domain name, as such, was not encompassed by that term.”

WLR Daily, 11th July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted July 12th, 2013 in legislation by tracey

The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2013

The Wirral Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2013

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Command Papers – official-documents.gov.uk

Posted July 12th, 2013 in parliamentary papers by tracey

Government response to the Brown review of the rail franchising programme,
Cm 8678 (PDF)

Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk