Man jailed after admitting sex with goat – Daily Telegraph
“A man who admitted having sexual intercourse with a goat has been jailed for six weeks.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: news
Veil exposes courtroom quandary – BBC News
“Sitting in Blackfriars Crown Court in south London, I watched a very modern, multicultural dilemma. Back in August, a Muslim woman was due to appear, accused of intimidating a witness. The woman, whom the BBC isn’t naming for legal reasons, was expected to enter a plea. But Judge Peter Murphy said he could not hear that plea because he could not identify her: she was wearing a niqab, the type of black face covering worn by some Muslim women that only leaves their eyes visible.”
BBC News, 12th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Child care home rules ‘may have helped paedophiles’ – BBC News
“”Absurd” secrecy rules applying to children in care homes may have helped paedophiles target them, Education Secretary Michael Gove has said.”
BBC News, 13th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
British terror suspect will face extradition despite human rights victory – Daily Telegraph
“A British al-Qaeda suspect still faces extradition to America despite winning a human rights battle, the Home Secretary has vowed.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Norfolk police officer Kelly Jones drops kerb fall compensation claim – BBC News
“A police officer in Norfolk who was seeking compensation from a garage after she tripped on a kerb has withdrawn her claim for injuries.”
BBC News, 12th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Insurers win riots damages claim against Met bosses – BBC News
“Two insurance companies have won their case against police bosses for compensation over the looting and arson of a building during the 2011 riots.”
BBC News, 12th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hillsborough: police, FA, council and club could face manslaughter charges – The Guardian
“Manslaughter charges could be brought against the South Yorkshire police force and senior officers on duty when 96 people died at the Hillsborough football stadium on 15 April 1989, according to the senior detective leading a new criminal investigation into the disaster.”
The Guardian, 12th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
PC Gareth Francis’s killer jailed for manslaughter – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for killing an off-duty police officer who died when he hit his head after being punched.”
BBC News, 12th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Master more than halves £1m budget – Litigation Futures
“A High Court master last week more than halved a proposed budget in a quantum-only cerebral palsey case, it has emerged. Leading costs lawyer Matthew Harman told this week’s PI Futures seminar in Manchester that the master also refused to hear any argument on hourly rates.”
Litigation Futures, 12th September 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
MoJ insists it has “appetite” for legal regulation review – Legal Futures
“The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has dismissed suggestions that it is not committed to its review of legal regulation.”
Legal Futures, 12th September 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Work to rehabilitate life sentence prisoners could improve, say inspectors – CrimeLine
“Most life sentence prisoners did not reoffend and were able to lead productive lives on release, said Liz Calderbank, Chief Inspector of Probation, and Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of a joint inspection into life sentence prisoners. However, they added that the work done with life sentence prisoners at key points in their sentence could be improved.”
CrimeLine, 12th September 2013
Source: www.crimeline.info
A fairer civil future? – New Law Journal
“Mohammed Saleem Tariq & Anton van Dellen reflect on the early days of the Jackson reforms.”
New Law Journal, 6th September 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Companies that blacklist workers face ban from public contracts in Wales – The Guardian
“Companies that blacklist workers for taking part in trade union activity face being barred from multibillion-pound public sector contracts under plans unveiled by the Welsh government.”
The Guardian, 11th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Kettled’ protester loses High Court compensation case – BBC News
“A man who was ‘kettled’ during a protest in central London has lost his damages claim against the Met.”
BBC News, 11th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Vegetarian mother stopped father seeing son in case he fed him meat – Daily Telegraph
“A vegetarian mother who stopped her five year-old son from seeing his father because she feared he might feed him meat must let him see the child or lose custody, a judge ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Stephen Lee: Match-fixing verdict reserved to later date – BBC News
“Former world number five Stephen Lee’s match-fixing tribunal has concluded in Bristol, with Adam Lewis QC reserving judgement in the case to a later date.”
BBC News, 11th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Union activists awarded compensation after being cleared of racism over leaflet – Daily Telegraph
“Four senior members of Unison have been awarded almost £50,000 in compensation after a panel ruled their use of a cartoon of a 17th century proverb on leaflets was not racist.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Hillsborough disaster: An investigation going nowhere? – The Independent
“A year after the exposure of a police cover-up that followed the 1989 tragedy, no one has yet been held to account, and victims’ families are losing hope of seeing justice.”
The Idnependent, 12th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Murderers and other lifers on day release without adequate risk assessment, watchdogs warn – Daily Telegraph
“Murderers, rapists and other life prisoners are being allowed out on day release without being properly risk assessed, two watchdogs have warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Howell’s School, Denbigh: Dismissed Bernie Routledge awarded £217,000 – BBC News
“A former head teacher of a private girls’ school in Denbighshire has been awarded £216,898 for unfair dismissal.”
BBC News, 11th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
