‘Prosecutors decided to charge three youths with murder before their alleged victim died, police have said.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Michael Jones, barrister of 15 Winckley Square Chambers, reviews the recent Court of Appeal judgment in S (A Child) [2014] EWCA Civ 25 and considers its likely consequences.’
Family Law Week, 18th February 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Statement from the Attorney General as triple killer has sentence increased.’
Attorney General’s Office, 18th February 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘The future of the Victorian-era Pentonville prison in north London has been put in doubt after a highly critical report said it cannot operate as a modern, 21st-century jail.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision by a council’s licensing sub-committee to refuse to renew a licence for a sexual entertainment venue.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th February 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Hundreds of probation officers have appealed against the jobs assigned to them under a new system due to contract out most probation work from next year.’
BBC News, 18th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘British judges can continue to impose “whole life” prison sentences in the most heinous cases of murder, the court of appeal has ruled.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two women who failed to report the death of a man and went on to claim his benefits have been jailed for 20 months.’
BBC News, 17th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Prosecutors will be able to enter into US-style ‘plea bargains’ with corporate offenders from next week, providing an alternative to prosecution in cases of economic crime such as bribery or fraud.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th February 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A claimant has successfully challenged a council’s decision to uphold its reversal of a previous decision to disregard a property owned by her mother in calculating the mother’s ability to pay care home fees.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th February 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘This sounds like a rather odd case, noted on the Garden Court bulletin. It is a refusal to grant permission for Judicial Review of a Council’s refusal to carry out a review of the method it had decided upon to discharge its full housing duty.’
NearlyLegal, 17th February 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Victoria Wheatley, part of the armed unit which protects the Sellafield atomic complex, could not reach her weapon’s trigger’
Daily Telegraph, 17th February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘More than 140 children were identified as being trafficked for sexual abuse last year as the numbers of people rescued from being held as slaves soared by nearly half.’
The Independent, 18th February 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman has lost custody of her two sons after a judge said she had “significantly failed” the children through permissive parenting, accepting the argument that she acted “more like a friend than a parent” to the two boys.’
The Guardian, 17th February 2014
Source: www.guaridan.co.uk
‘Calls have been made for an inquiry into claims paedophile rock star Ian Watkins could have been caught sooner.’
BBC News, 18th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Career criminal Tommy Roye recruited two enforcers to have his victim’s car torched on his driveway.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Leading judges are to give a crucial ruling on Tuesday on whether whole-life sentences are legal.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘MPs were given a free vote last week on whether they wanted to create a law making it illegal to smoke in a car whilst a child is present.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 17th February 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Sally Bradley and Michael Edwards, barristers of 4 Paper Buildings, consider the President’s guidance on transparency in the Court of Protection as well as the most important recent judgments.’
Family Law Week, 16th February 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
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