“Victims will have a louder voice in the Criminal Justice System as they are given the entitlement for the first time to read their Victim Personal Statement out in court, Victims’ Minister Damian Green announced today.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th October 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
“Victims of crime in England and Wales are to be given a greater opportunity to speak in courts.”
BBC News, 29th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A government-backed review into how the NHS in England handles complaints is set to publish its conclusions later.”
BBC News, 28th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A tough new code of ethics for the police service will be heralded by the home secretary after three officers at the centre of allegations that they lied to discredit Andrew Mitchell refused repeatedly to apologise to him during an interrogation by MPs.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Revision of the PACE codes of practice A, B, C, E, F and H.”
CrimeLine, 21st October 2013
Source: www.www.crimeline.info
In re W (A Child); In re H (Children) [2013] EWCA Civ 1177; [2013] WLR (D) 384
“Guidance on how the Court of Appeal should approach applications for permission to appeal and appeals arising from decisions of family judges refusing parents leave in accordance with section 47(5) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 to oppose the making of adoption orders in relation to their children where such decisions were delivered before the decision in In re B-S (Children) [2013] EWCA Civ 1146; [2013] WLR (D) 348.”
WLR Daily, 16th October 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Hospitals will be banned from refusing to investigate complaints from patients harmed by poor care who may also sue for damages, after campaigners condemned the practice as an illegal and unfair denial of patients’ rights.”
The Guardian, 20th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior prosecutor has launched a robust defence of journalists who break the law pursuing investigations that have a genuine public interest. Legal guidelines had been drafted, he said, to protect reporters.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service has admitted publishing misleading records of complaints made about its performance.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will be given ‘too much discretion’ to ‘name and shame’ banks that do not meet strict governance requirements in relation to tax matters under proposed changes to the industry Code of Practice, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th October 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The process for appointing government ‘tsars’ and evaluating their work is inadequate, a new report has claimed.”
BBC News, 15th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Victims of sexual offences have been afraid of reporting them because police have asked ‘the wrong questions’, the director of public prosecutions for England and Wales has said.”
BBC News, 13th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Public authorities may need to maintain a record to justify why they are unable to respond to freedom of information (FOI) requests more promptly than within 20 working days after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) released new guidance.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th October 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“In early 2012, the Daily Telegraph carried out an undercover investigation at various abortion clinics in England. As a result, a police investigation was conducted and, in due course, the police asked the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for advice about possible criminal charges. This note relates to the decision to take no further action in relation to two doctors: Dr S and Dr R.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 7th October 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Motorists who repeatedly steal petrol by filling up and then claiming to have forgotten their wallets will no longer be able to escape criminal prosecution, after new guidance was issued to police forces.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain’s top law officer is to come under pressure in the House of Commons this week to say why the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to prosecute over the gender selection abortion scandal.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The High Court has strongly affirmed the prohibition against the pursuit of long delayed complaints against doctors in regulatory proceedings. The prohibition arose from the General Medical Council’s own procedural rules. It applied even where the allegations were of the most serious kind, including sexual misconduct, and could only be waived in exceptional circumstances and where the public interest demanded. The burden was upon the GMC to establish a sufficiently compelling public interest where allegations had already been thoroughly investigated by the competent authorities such as the police and social services.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th September 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
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