“Julie Townsend is deputy chief executive of Brake, a charity that campaigns for safer roads and justice for people bereaved and seriously injured in road crashes.”
Ministry of Justice, 21st November 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A political agent and former Labour councillor has been jailed for three years for collecting and distributing ‘appalling’ images of child abuse.”
The Guardian, 21st November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A High Court judge has ruled that people should not be punished for hurling obscenities in public because such words are now so common they no longer cause distress. Should the courts punish profanity?”
BBC News, 21st November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Serious injuries or other life-threatening warning signs have been detected on 285 occasions when children have been physically restrained in privately run jails over the past five years, according to Ministry of Justice figures.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A senior judge is to be brought in to investigate a series of highly controversial tax deals which cost the Exchequer millions of pounds in lost revenue.”
The Independent, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The attorney general will on Tuesday apply for permission to bring contempt of court proceedings against the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror over their coverage of Levi Bellfield’s conviction for the murder and abduction of Milly Dowler.”
The Guardian, 21st November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Judges should reform court procedures to make it less harrowing for teenage victims of abuse to give evidence, a report will recommend tomorrow.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Home care services in England are to be subject to a fresh inspection by the Care Quality Commission from April.”
BBC News, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“More part-timers should be put on the bench and fewer judges allowed to chair selection panels in order to improve judicial diversity, the Ministry of Justice has proposed.”
The Guardian, 21st November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers appearing at the UK’s highest court will no longer have to wear traditional dress, it was announced today.”
The Independent, 21st November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The government will formally apologise through the European court of human rights (ECHR) to the family of Christopher Alder, a black ex-soldier who choked to death in handcuffs on the floor of a Hull police station 13 years ago.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A soldier has been jailed for five years after stealing medals from his comrades and selling them on eBay.”
The Guardian, 16th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Solicitors from Hell founder Rick Kordowski has given up his legal battle against the Law Society after Mr Justice Tugendhat granted the body injunctive relief and ordered the site to be taken offline.”
The Lawyer, 16th November 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Damning criticism of Tony Blair and the way his government led Britain into invading Iraq, and continuing rows over the disclosure of secret documents, have delayed the report of the Chilcot inquiry until well into next summer and possibly much later.”
The Guardian, 16th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Court fees charged to litigants are expected to soar after the Ministry of Justice said the High Court and Court of Appeal should be paid for by court-users rather than the taxpayer.”
The Lawyer, 16th November 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Custodial sentences are more likely to be given in cases heard by a district judge than lay magistrates, according to research commissioned by the Ministry of Justice. The study, published this week and carried out by Ipsos MORI, shows that district judges gave custodial sentences in 7% of cases, while lay benches used custody in 4% of cases.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th November 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The foreign secretary is to endorse plans that will undermine a fundamental constitutional right: the right to open justice. As the Labour party is broadly supportive of the government’s proposals, we can expect them to be approved by parliament next year.”
The Guardian, 16th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Bribery Act does not need to be changed to protect journalists who pay informants for stories, the Justice Secretary has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
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