“Ministers have been told by a senior judge to consider opening an independent inquiry into all allegations of abuse made by Iraqi civilians against the British Army. The move could lead to the biggest investigation into military malpractice ever heard in this country.”
The Independent, 8th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A group of lawyers is attempting to secure a public inquiry into how UK forces treated detainees in Iraq.”
BBC News, 5th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A social worker who was forced into hiding by a man dubbed Britain’s most prolific stalker has spoken out for the first time over ‘appalling’ failures of the Metropolitan Police in investigating her harassment, followed by what she describes as an ‘incompetent’ internal inquiry into its own conduct.”
The Guardian, 1st February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Chilcot inquiry will question Tony Blair about the Iraq war. So might we see the real truth emerge at last?”
The Guardian, 28th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tony Blair’s decision to take Britain to war in Iraq was illegal, the Foreign Office’s former chief legal adviser will tell the Chilcot inquiry this week.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A serial sex attacker remained free to continue preying on women because police officers made serious mistakes during their investigations and failed to take victims seriously, the Independent Police Complaints Commission will rule today.”
The Guardian, 20th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Key parts of Tony Blair’s evidence to the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq War will be held in secret, sources close to the hearings revealed last night.”
The Independent, 13th December 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The family of Ian Tomlinson, the man who died at the G20 protests, todayannounced they have uncovered evidence that a senior Scotland Yard officer tried to mislead investigators over the death.”
The Guardian, 30th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Witnesses at the inquiry into the Iraq war could be offered immunity from prosecution in exchange for their testimony.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th November 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Chilcot inquiry is incapable of addressing the key issue of whether the invasion of Iraq was legal, senior judicial figures have said, adding to the controversy surrounding the inquiry’s legitimacy.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A parliamentary inquiry into phone hacking by tabloid journalists may have been seriously misled, it emerged yesterday when lawyers acting for a Scotland Yard detective denied that he had ever claimed that messages to 6,000 people had been intercepted.”
The Independent, 16th November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Tony Blair is set to give evidence in public to the Iraq war inquiry in the run-up to the next election, it was announced last night.”
The Guardian, 13th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The first public hearings at the long-awaited inquiry into the Iraq war will take place next month, the panel’s chairman has announced.”
The Guardian, 29th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A review into a hammer attack on a Wiltshire schoolboy was so flawed that it must be quashed, a judge has ruled.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A powerful committee of MPs is likely to hold a formal hearing into allegations that a government anti-extremism programme is being used to gather information on innocent Muslims.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tony Blair will be called to give evidence to the Iraq war inquiry, its chairman confirmed today.”
The Independent, 30th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Opposition parties are set to press for the Iraq war inquiry to be held largely in public when the long-awaited probe is officially launched later.”
BBC News, 30th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (P) v Secretary of State for Justice
Court of Appeal
“A real and immediate risk to life was required to justify a self-harming young man’s request that the State investigate treatment he received while detained in a young offenders institution.”
The Times, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The criminal justice system is ‘broken’ and ‘failing’ because decision-making is excessively centralised, according to a thinktank report published today.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A major public inquiry into the death of an Iraqi civilian called Baha Mousa in British military custody with the former Queen’s Lancashire Regiment will begin on Monday.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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