“Relatives of Maria Stubbings plan action after Essex force failed to inform mother that her new partner was a convicted killer.”
The Guardian, 7th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man was today found guilty of ordering the murder of his estranged wife, who was hacked to death with a machete in a suburban street as she walked to collect the couple’s children.”
The Guardian, 2nd December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A scheme to protect women from domestic abuse by removing violent partners from the family home is to be piloted in three police force areas from next summer, the home secretary, Theresa May, is to announce today. The go-ahead for domestic violence protection orders forms part of an updated Home Office strategy to tackle sexual and emotional crimes against women and girls.”
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The Guardian, 25th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man was jailed for life today for the murder of his girlfriend’s toddler, whom he viciously attacked after her crying interrupted him playing on his Xbox computer game.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two cousins who murdered a relative because her family disapproved of her boyfriend have been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 10th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A schizophrenic mother who stabbed her three-year-old daughter to death before dousing her body in acid must stay in a secure psychiatric hospital for the public’s protection, a judge ruled today.”
The Guardian, 28th Ocotber 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The High Court yesterday issued the order protecting the elderly couple from their son, but allowing him to stay with them, providing he doesn’t behave unlawfully towards them.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man has been jailed indefinitely for killing his parents at their home in south London after they criticised him for being in bed with a hangover.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A senior Muslim cleric in charge of Britain’s largest group of sharia law courts has claimed that there is no such thing as rape within marriage.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A chef who murdered his former wife after she taunted him on the social networking site Facebook about child support payments was jailed for life today (4 October).”
The Guardian, 4th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Men and women facing domestic violence could argue they were forced to kill their tormentor under a new murder law which comes into force today.”
The Independent, 4th October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Few people seem to have noticed that the law of murder in England and Wales changes on Monday. With only a few days to go, the Ministry of Justice had not published the circular it normally issues in good time to inform ‘public and stakeholders’ – in this case, killers and courts – about changes in legislation and their commencement dates.”
The Guardian, 30th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who twice attacked his pregnant girlfriend has had his sentence cut after the judge held both responsible for the ‘difficult relationship’.”
BBC News, 26th August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A police force has admitted making mistakes in a domestic abuse and murder case, ahead of an official report.”
BBC News, 19th August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A scheme to protect women from domestic abuse by removing violent partners from the family home has been shelved by the government, sparking fears that public protection is being put at risk by the coalition’s cuts programme.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A scheme to protect women from domestic abuse by removing violent partners from the family home is being scrapped by the Government as part of its drive to cut public spending.”
The Independent, 4th August 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Metropolitan Housing Trust v Hadjazi [2010] EWCA Civ 750; [2010] WLR (D) 167
“The jurisdiction of the court to grant a social landlord a possession order against an assured tenant, the husband, under ground 14A in Pt II of Sch 2 to the Housing Act 1988 on the basis of the husband’s domestic violence or threat of violence against the wife, extended to violence and threats proved to have taken place after the husband had left the dwelling house to live temporarily elsewhere.”
WLR Daily, 2nd July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“At the half way stage of the World Cup, police forces across the UK are paying unsolicited visits to men with a record of domestic violence. It’s a strategy recommended by the Association of Chief Police Officers. According to ACPO, research shows that domestic violence peaks during big sporting events like the World Cup. Many police forces have therefore concluded that it makes sense to let potential perpetrators know they are being watched. As Joshua Rozenberg finds when he sees the policy in action in Nottinghamshire, police on the ground belive the policy is working. But a closer look at the evidence casts doubt on whether there really is such a link and traces the idea that there is back to an urban myth from the United States.”
BBC Law in Action, 22nd June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland QC, is urging all men to stand up against domestic violence ‘for the women in our lives.’ ”
Attorney General’s Office, 23rd March 2010
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
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