“The lord chief justice has voiced opposition to the government’s plan to allow the filming of sentencing in the Crown court.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th January 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Is court a service or a place? And what is the scope for the ‘decomposing and multi-sourcing’ of judicial work?”
The Guardian, 29th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Supreme Court, 23rd January 2013
“Nearly £2 billion in court fines and confiscation orders remain unpaid, official figures show, as the Government admitted it needed to do more to tackle the debt.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Adjudicators are increasingly called upon to adjudicate upon complex, multi-faceted disputes. It is now well established that ‘a dispute’ can encompass several discrete issues and the TCC has striven to avoid an overly legalistic approach and to apply common sense when deciding whether a claim encompasses ‘a dispute’ or not.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 7th January 2013
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“The Court of Human Rights has a bad press in Britain – but for thousands of desperate people it is their last shot at justice.”
The Independent, 14th January 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Saying you’re going to end the legal world’s reliance on paper sounds almost as audacious a claim as announcing you’re going to stop banks paying bonuses. Graham Smith, however, believes his small London-based business is set to revolutionise the way trials and other hearings are managed all over the world by doing exactly that.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Women and children awaiting trial are being kept too close to men in court custody suites, a watchdog has found.”
BBC News, 8th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Nearly 200 trials were disrupted or postponed in England and Wales in the first quarter of the year because interpreters provided by a private firm failed to appear, according to a damning report by the select committee.”
The Guardian, 14th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) heard appeals against conviction and sentence more quickly last year than in previous years according to the Court’s annual report published today (Tuesday 11 December).”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 11th December 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Increasing numbers of ‘unmeritorious’ appeals could have the effect of ‘clogging the arteries’ of the court of appeal, the registrar of criminal appeals has warned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th December 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Polls suggest the public are incredulous at the idea. And, famously, we all know that it makes David Cameron physically sick.”
BBC News, 19th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“As Harvey points out in Division K, there have been inconsistent decisions over the last year on whether equal pay claims can be brought in an ordinary court, the obvious point being that in a tribunal a claimant must claim within six months of leaving the employment whereas in a court action the limitation period would be six years.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 19th November 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“More offenders will be ‘let off’ with cautions and fines following the introduction of police and crime commissioners, magistrates fear.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“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
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