“Former lord chancellor suggests the human rights court will be the architect of its own demise as the former president recalls its achievements.”
The Guardian, 14th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New powers that could make it easier for consumers to demand reimbursement from companies who have overcharged or mis-sold them products have been proposed by the Government.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th November 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Police have become judge and jury dispensing inappropriate summary justice on the streets, the country’s leading magistrates have warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Who should decide whether a suspect should be extradited to stand trial abroad? Is extradition purely a legal matter, to be decided by the courts? Or should ministers have the discretion to block extradition in appropriate cases?”
BBC News, 6th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Criminals will face justice far more quickly as court committal hearings are abolished in dozens of areas of England and Wales from today [5 November].”
Ministry of Justice, 5th November 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A woman has said she feels let down after the trial of a man accused of attacking her was halted because of a mistake by prosecutors.”
BBC News, 31st October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The constitutional crisis predicted for years by Professor Vernon Bogdanor is upon us. He warned that the human rights reforms of the 1990s created a potential conflict between the sovereignty of parliament and the rule of law. ‘What happens if there is a clash between the two principles?’ he asked in his Magna Carta lecture of 2006. A very senior judge to whom he had posed the conundrum had replied ‘That is a question that ought not to be asked.'”
The Guardian, 29th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge has said some traumatic scenes in court should be televised to show the devastation wreaked by road deaths.”
BBC News, 24th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain’s leading translators today accused the government of endangering justice with a cut-price private contract for courtroom interpreters, which is ‘dangerous to the interests of public safety.'”
The Independent, 23rd October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“John Gallagher describes a neighbour dispute which had run for seven years and descended into an anti-social behaviour case.
It was finally brought to an end in a guildhall in South Somerset through a community justice panel.”
BBC News, 20th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has told a self-represented litigant that his lack of legal understanding does not entitle him to ‘extra indulgence’.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th October 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Thousands more people will benefit from flexible courts, Criminal Justice Minister Damian Green said today as he unveiled a list of dozens of new pilot areas.”
Ministry of Justice, 11th October 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A substantial increase in the number of flexible criminal justice pilot schemes across England and Wales is to be announced by the government.”
BBC News, 11th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“New justice minister Jeremy Wright today said the government would cancel plans for weekend court hearings if the trial proves to be unsuccessful.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th October 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans to pilot Sunday magistrates’ courts have been hit by a technical hitch after prisons said they could not accept new prisoners on that day, writes Elizabeth Davidson. However, its pilot of full-day Saturday courts is still on schedule to begin in the Manchester area this weekend, despite vocal opposition from local criminal lawyers, some of whom claim taking part could leave them vulnerable to expensive employment tribunal claims.”
LegalVoice, 27th September 2012
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
“Is the justice and security bill a threat to fundamental legal liberties or a necessary veil to protect state secrets? Here’s what you need to know about the expansion of trials behind closed courtroom doors.”
The Guardian, 25th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Nearly half of British adults think they have to go to court to get divorced, according to a survey that shows a lack of awareness of non-court options for family law matters.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th September 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Ken Clarke has blamed Tony Blair’s ‘disastrous war on terror’ for the need to introduce secret courts to protect sensitive intelligence material.”
The Guardian, 19th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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“A rapist who murdered a pensioner has been jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum 28 years behind bars.”
The Independent, 17th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The European Court of Human Rights is set to rule later on whether indeterminate prison sentences in England and Wales are lawful.”
BBC News, 18th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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