‘I am pleased to be here today as I think this a good opportunity for me as Chairman, to outline four broad themes which go some way to showing different aspects of the Sentencing Council’s work.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 3rd December 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘The merger of two prisons in East Yorkshire has been “traumatic and prolonged”, inspectors have found.’
BBC News, 18th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Since his appointment as Justice Secretary & Lord Chancellor in May this year, the Rt Hon Michael Gove has maintained a fairly low profile. Aside from his Making Prisons Work speech in July, Mr Gove’s plans for the future of the Criminal Justice System have not been very clearly outlined. Although since his swearing in, to the delight of many, Gove has managed to overturn the previous Lord Chancellor, Chris Grayling’s ban on books for prisoners; scrapped plans to create a super youth prison; and halted massively controversial plans for the UK to undertake Saudi Arabian prison training contracts.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 6th November 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Conditions at cells in courts in England and Wales are an “accident waiting to happen”, a report has said.’
BBC News, 6th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The NHS trust that ran Stafford hospital has pleaded guilty to “very significant” health and safety breaches connected to the deaths of four elderly patients in its care.’
The Guardian, 4th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Major companies convicted of corporate manslaughter will face fines of up to £20m under new sentencing guidelines.’
The Guardian, 3rd November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A petition calling for a transgender woman to serve a prison sentence in a female prison has attracted more than 10,000 signatures in under 24 hours.’
BBC News, 27th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A businessman has failed in a high court bid to regain ownership of a derelict Colwyn Bay pier.’
BBC News, 27th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A proposed blanket ban on legal highs is too broad and fails to adequately define what a psychoactive substance actually is, an influential committee of MPs has said.’
The Guardian, 24th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The trust at the centre of the worst ever NHS scandal is facing criminal charges over the deaths of four patients .’
Daily Telegraph, 15th October 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The deaths of three reservists on an SAS selection march were unacceptable, the armed forces minister has said.
Military chiefs have been ordered to carry out two inquiries after the deaths of three men on the Brecon Beacons in 2013.’
BBC News, 12th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Personal injury specialists have long awaited clear guidance on how the changes effected by Section 69 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 will be interpreted by the courts.’
Zenith PI Blog, 2nd October 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Failings by an adventure training company contributed to the drowning of a young British soldier when his whitewater raft capsized, a coroner has ruled.’
The Independent, 1st Ocotber 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A complete ban on smoking in prisons in England and Wales is to be phased in from January, despite warnings from prison governors that it risked making jails more unstable.’
The Guardian, 29th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The owners of a kebab shop which sold food contaminated with human faeces have been ordered to pay compensation to customers who became ill. A rare strain of E. coli – only the second outbreak of its kind in Europe – was found at The Khyber Pass in Nottingham in June 2014. In August, owners Mohammad Abdul Basit and Amjad Bhatti pleaded guilty to breaching food hygiene regulations.’
BBC News, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK’s health regulator has suspended sales of silicone implants made by Brazilian company Silimed and recommended that none of the devices be implanted until further advice.’
The Guardian, 24th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A bar has been fined £100,000 after a teenager had her stomach removed after drinking a smoking liquid nitrogen cocktail handed to her for free.’
The Independent, 17th September 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A local authority has been ordered to pay more than £200,000 after a man died when his car drove into a horizontal swing barrier gate to a car park at a sports ground.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th September 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A drone enthusiast has been fined and banned from pursuing his hobby after he was convicted of flying remote control aircraft over and around Premier League football stadiums, parliament and Buckingham Palace.’
The Guardian, 15th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A group of students put at risk of contracting HIV when they were given blood tests with re-used syringe barrels have received payouts.’
BBC News, 30th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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