“England’s most senior doctor has questioned the government’s policy of criminalising all people who take illegal drugs and said they should be treated primarily as if they have a ‘health problem’.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A widow whose husband was killed as he walked home from his local pub is to campaign for a change in the law after a banned driver dubbed ‘an absolute menace on the roads’ was jailed for only 18 months today for causing his death.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The current classification system simply cannot keep up as a new legal high emerges every six days in the UK and young people share links to where they can be bought online and via their mobile phones, Baroness Meacher, chairwoman of the parliamentary inquiry into legal highs, said.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Dozens of super-rich criminals – some worth tens of millions – have received vast sums in legal aid despite their illicit fortunes, an investigation has revealed.”
BBC News, 26th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two substances which are said to give users dangerous ‘legal highs’ are to be made illegal class B drugs – with users facing up to five years in jail.”
BBC News, 1st November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The penalties for drug misuse should be relaxed so that possession of small amounts would no longer be a criminal offence, the government has been urged.”
BBC News, 15th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“In a recent Crown Court trial the Prosecution made a Bad Character application alleging that the factual basis of a previous conviction was so similar to the alleged facts of the instant case, that the previous conviction should be admitted. This was propensity with a heavy dollop of similar fact.”
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Zenith Chambers, 17th September 2012
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“A 61-year-old man has been jailed for 28 years after masterminding a plot to smuggle 1.5 tonnes of cocaine into the UK.”
The Independent, 24th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two men have made UK legal history after being convicted of a drugs-related offence even though the substances involved are not illegal, police said.”
The Independent,
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who had a ‘bomb workshop’ at his Hull home has been given a 10-year anti-social behaviour order banning him from owning certain fireworks.”
BBC News, 3rd September 2012
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Regina v Gul (Hamesh): [2012] EWCA Crim 1761; [2012] WLR (D) 245
“Where a defendant was sent for trial to the Crown Court on an indictable only offence but no such offence was included in the indictment when it was signed and the procedure to determine mode of trial was not followed such non-compliance with those procedural requirements would not result in the proceedings being a nullity where the defendant was able to cure any defect in the process by making an appropriate application to the judge at the time.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2012
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“A grandmother has been jailed for four years for kidnapping and drugging her own daughter after she refused to marry the man her family wanted her to.”
The Independent, 27th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A racist Chelsea FC fan who was caught after he filmed himself yelling abuse has been handed a five year match ban.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who contaminated painkillers with powerful anti-psychotic drugs has been jailed for 18 months.”
BBC News, 28th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A drug addict who stole the wedding ring from the finger of an 87-year-old woman with cancer has been jailed for 14 years.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Drivers found to have taken drugs face a prison sentence of up to six months and a fine of up to £5,000 under new legislation, ministers reveal on Monday.”
The Guardian, 7th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A lap dancer has won the right to be considered an employee in a decision that could affect thousands of performers in the industry.”
The Independent, 27th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“It has been a week of victories for the UK government in deportation cases in the European Court of Human Rights. On the same day as the ECtHR found that Abu Hamza and four others could be extradited to the US on terrorism charges, it also rejected a case of a man facing deportation despite having lived in the UK since the age of three.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A cocaine dealer caught with £1.3 million of the class A drug and amphetamines valued at up to £450,000 was jailed for 10 years today.”
The Independent, 10th April 2012
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“A so-called legal high used as an alternative to ketamine will be the first drug to be banned under new government powers, the Home Office has said.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2012
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