‘A woman who was found dead in a police cell appeared to have stopped breathing the night before her body was found, an inquest jury has heard.’
BBC News, 3rd February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Cannabis, good drug or bad? The topic of debate internationally for decades by governments, medical professionals, recreational users and more. A renewed debate about the laws prohibiting or permitting cannabis use and supply around the world has been fuelled by the legalisation of supply and use of cannabis for ‘recreational’ purposes. Yasin Patel and Amy Hazlewood consider amongst other things, the use of cannabis, the legal history, advantages and disadvantages of legalising it.’
Church Court Chambers, January 2020
Source: churchcourtchambers.co.uk
‘Truro inquest hears Marc Cole was hit three times as family calls for review of stun guns.’
The Guardian, 28th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The proportion of prisoners developing a drug problem in custody has more than doubled in the past five years, research suggests.’
The Guardian, 20th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A judge has been criticised for telling a domestic violence offender to take up running to control his behaviour.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th January 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Letter from the Home Secretary asking the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to review the classification of GHB and GBL.’
Home Office, 6th January 2020
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘The occasionally dramatic if sprawling medical tribunal of the former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman, which was due to be done and dusted last March, may not finish now until October 2020 after being adjourned yet again.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A drug user who threw the body of a man who had died in an overdose into a wheelie bin has been jailed for 16 months.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 13th December 2019
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Shane Sutton’s evidence at the hearing of former Team Sky and British Cycling doctor Richard Freeman is admissible, a tribunal has ruled.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The future government has been urged to consider every available measure to curb the current drug death “crisis”, including decriminalisation, in an unprecedented plea from the UK’s major drug treatment providers.’
The Independent, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A mother in Devon who prevented two young dealers that had sold her son lethal ecstasy tablets from going to jail has warned that home secretary Priti Patel’s vow to renew the “war on drugs” is doomed to fail.’
The Guardian, 27th October 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Drug addicts in the north of England are to receive daily doses of diamorphine from next week as part of plans to reduce deaths, stop crime and undermine drug dealers.’
The Guardian, 9th October 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘”Government neglect” has “directly contributed” to the rise in violence and drugs at HMP Pentonville, the prison’s watchdog said. The Pentonville Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) called for funds for improvements “as a matter of urgency”.’
BBC News, 28th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal considers the effect of an admitted breach of the Public Sector Equality Duty under s.149 Equality Act 2010 on possession proceedings.’
Nearly Legal, 18th August 2019
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A knife-wielding attacker who nearly blinded a police dog while high on drugs has become the first person to be jailed under Finn’s Law.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man has been given what is believed to be Britain’s shortest jail sentence of just 50 minutes.’
The Independent, 31st July 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Justice Secretary David Gauke today called for an “evidence-led” approach to tackling reoffending in order to crack down on crime and reduce the number of victims.’
Ministry of Justice, 18th July 2019
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘After two weeks of evidence, the inquest into the death of Junior Medford, who died whilst in the care of Thames Valley police officers at London Valley Police Station on 2 April 2017, concluded yesterday afternoon (27 June 2019) with the jury returning a highly critical narrative conclusion identifying individual and systemic failures.’
Garden Court Chambers, 28th June 2019
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
‘A man with paranoid schizophrenia who pushed a 91-year-old on to London Underground tracks has been jailed for life by a judge who described him as “a grave and enduring risk to the public”.’
The Guardian, 24th June 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
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