‘A government announcement that there will be “no legal changes” to the Freedom of Information legislation following a review of the act was being cautiously welcomed by campaigners on Monday.
The Guardian, 1st March 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A three-year police review has found insufficient evidence to charge a single manager, doctor or nurse.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st March 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government has been defeated in the House of Lords for a second time over plans to cut some disabled people’s benefits by £30 a week.’
BBC News, 29th February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The new chief inspector of prisons has backed calls for a limit on how long people can be held in immigration removal centres after finding one detainee held for more than five years.’
The Guardian, 1st March 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A carer who claimed she suffocated her father because of his “intolerable” multiple sclerosis has been found guilty of murder.’
The Guardian, 26th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Paul Worthington awarded £87,318 for counsel payments and £29,450 for solicitors’ fees to fight against the proceedings.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The private security firm G4S is to sell its UK children’s services business, including its contracts to run two youth prisons, weeks after damning footage emerged of its staff using excessive force on children.’
The Guardian, 26th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘England and Wales should follow the example of Scotland in banning McKenzie Friends from charging fees, the Judicial Executive Board (JEB) has proposed.’
Legal Futures, 25th February 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A man who carried out a catalogue of attacks on girls and women in Kent has been jailed for life.’
The Guardian, 26th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Disagreement between top judges over whether details of couples’ lives can be publicised “needs to be dealt with”, says Mr Justice Moor’
Daily Telegraph, 28th February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A victim in the Rotherham grooming trial has claimed she was raped by a town councillor.’
The Guardian, 26th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two drug dealing brothers taken back to court for mocking a judge when she decided not to send them to prison have now been jailed for two years.’
BBC News, 26th February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Married father-of-three Mircea Gheorghiu is allowed to return to the UK after being sent back to his home country last year.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘It cost £15m and took five years but what did Operation Elveden – the police investigation into inappropriate payments to police and public officials by journalists – aim to achieve?’
BBC News, 26th February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The supreme court is to hear a legal challenge against the government’s bedroom tax from five people who argue it discriminates against the weak and vulnerable.’
The Guardian, 29th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘UK law makers are not likely to ratify the creation of a new Unified Patent Court (UPC) until after the UK public votes on whether the country should remain a member of the EU, the UK government has confirmed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 24th February 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘An application for interim relief in a judicial review of Lambeth’s refusal to provide interim accommodation pending review of the claimant’s homeless application, but one that leaves me thinking (or perhaps hoping) that there must have been more to this than appears in the Lawtel note.’
Nearly Legal, 24th February 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘”Serious failings” at the BBC allowed Jimmy Savile to sexually abuse 72 people without detection for decades, according to a damning report published on Thursday, which insisted that the corporation still had lessons to learn.’
The Guardian, 25th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The High Court has ruled that Anwar Hussain was a victim of a ‘systematic failure’ after his Parole Board hearing was delayed.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Six men and women were found guilty of offences relating to the sexual exploitation of teenage girls in Rotherham, as it emerged that the conduct of more than 50 officers from South Yorkshire who had dealt with the victims is now under investigation.’
The Guardian, 24th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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