‘A legal ban preventing identification of a 50-year-old mother who died after refusing lifesaving kidney treatment has been extended by the court of protection.’
The Guardian, 9th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Joint report by criminal justice watchdogs voices concern over “inappropriate use of police cautions”.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘After the release of a recent survey by the Sutton Trust showing that nearly 75% of senior judges are privately educated – compared with about 7% of the general population – many assume the judiciary in England and Wales is out-of-touch with popular culture.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Following his attention seeking call for all Muslims to be banned from entering the United States, there have been calls for Donald Trump to be given a “visa ban” preventing him from coming to the UK. Is this feasible in UK immigration law?’
Free Movement, 9th December 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘The number of offenders punished for carrying a knife has risen by 7% in the last year as the police and courts take a tougher approach, especially to teenage offenders, new figures show.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘While it is ‘fun’ to malign fellow lawmakers in judgements, it undermines confidence in the courts, Lord Neuberger says.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A fraudster who posed as the 12th Duke of Marlborough, racking up hotel bills of almost £12,000, has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison.’
BBC News, 9th December 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Some reform groups believe the justice system should treat young adult offenders differently. Could a programme in south London lead the way in terms of their rehabilitation?’
BBC News, 10th December 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Home Office to launch new hotline based on US model, announces Home Secretary Theresa May.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘People will no longer have the right to live in their council home for life in future after ministers moved to impose a five-year limit on new tenancies.’
The Guardian, 9th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Four of the world’s biggest tobacco firms are to begin a legal challenge to the government’s new packaging rules.’
BBC News, 10th December 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘There was no legal impediment to a right of recreation taking effect as an easement, provided that the intention to grant an easement, as opposed to a merely personal right, was evident on the proper construction of the grant construed in the light of the material surrounding circumstances.’
WLR Daily, 7th December 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘One of the men who killed the British soldier Lee Rigby is suing for compensation two years after his teeth were knocked out during an incident at Belmarsh prison.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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