‘Debates over how to treat prisoners have gone on since imprisonment began: should the prison system leave inmates to fester in cold cells, with punishment and deterrence as the goal of incarceration? Or should it let them wander from classroom to games room, preaching rehabilitation into society as its main aim?’
Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A major inquiry has been launched into female genital mutilation (FGM) to uncover why there has not been a single prosecution in the UK since it was made a criminal offence, and to try to bring an end to the illegal practice.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A divorced wife claims her ex-husband misled her about the value of his computer software business to cheat her out of a multi-million-pound settlement. Alison Sharland, 46, says Charles, 53, convinced her to give up her claim to an equal share when they divorced.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The RSPCA has bowed to pressure from MPs and campaigners and hired a senior lawyer to carry out a £50,000 review into its controversial prosecutions policy.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Paedophile Lostprophets’ singer Ian Watkins is beginning a 35-year sentence for child sex offences, including attempted rape of a baby.’
BBC News, 19th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Mileage claims lodged by a police and crime commissioner are being looked at by the police watchdog.’
BBC News, 19th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A review of the Chancery Division of the High Court by Lord Justice Briggs is published today. Based in the Rolls Building in London and in the seven principal regional trial centres, the Chancery Division is now the largest unit for handling business and property cases in the country.’
Judiciary of England and Wales, 17th December 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘A senior High Court judge has been disciplined for misconduct after speaking out over his support for traditional marriage.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘As everyone knows, copyright restricts the acts listed in s.16 (1) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (“CDPA”) in relation to a work in which copyright subsists (“a copyright work”). Those acts include copying, issuing copies, renting, lending or communicating the work to the public etc. Anyone who does any of those acts without the owner’s licence infringes that copyright. He or she may be sued or in an extreme case prosecuted.’
NIPC Law, 17th December 2013
Source: www.nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
‘Lord Judge delivered a lecture on the topic of “Constitutional Change: Unfinished Business”.’
UCL Constitutional Unit, 17th December 2013
Source: www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit
‘Lord Mance warns the EU must not “steamroll” national courts to impose human rights rules on countries including the UK’
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Prisoners serving sentences of 12 months or less should be given the vote, the Government is today told by an all-party parliamentary committee.’
The Independent, 18th December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government will consider a domestic violence campaigner’s proposal for new laws to allow victims to keep their safe house addresses secret in court.’
BBC News, 17th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins will be sentenced today for a string of child sex offences – including the attempted rape of a baby.’
The Independent, 18th December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Confiscation orders designed to ensure crime does not pay provide neither value for money nor a credible deterrent as perpetrators keep all but 26p in every £100 generated by the criminal economy, according to a damning report.’
The Guardian, 17th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has been disciplined for voicing his views on marriage through national newspapers.’
BBC News, 17th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Employment Tribunal, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and now the Court of Appeal have all agreed that an employer was justified in requiring a Christian to work on Sundays in Mba v London Borough of Merton.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 17th December 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
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