“Research says decriminalising cannabis could cut the cost of policing, prosecuting and treating drug users, while regulation could help control potency and chemical composition.”
The Independent, 16th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two council workers have been suspended and face further disciplinary action following a report that found officials had failed to care for an 81-year-old woman who died after being left without food or medication for nine days.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Teachers, health professionals, social workers and police officers treated four-year-old Daniel Pelka as if he was invisible, failing to prevent his mother and stepfather from murdering him after a campaign of torture and starvation, an independent report has found.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Daniel Pelka – Serious Case Review
“A Muslim woman can stand trial wearing a full-face veil but must remove it to give evidence, a judge has ruled.”
BBC News, 16th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The two men wrongly convicted over the murder of a 19-year-old woman from Milton Keynes in 2000 have renewed their battle for compensation.”
BBC News, 16th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“We’re finally up against it now, aren’t we? After years of dancing round the issue, the law is finally called upon to make a specific ruling on the wearing of the niqab. So let’s make sure we know what we are talking about, because without a doubt there will be proponents and opponents alike who seek to interpret the decision (whatever it may be) to suit their cause.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 16th September 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“A council has won an appeal over whether it was required – following an FOI request – to disclose the job titles of junior officers attending a meeting at a law firm to discuss a major outsourcing project.”
Local Government Lawyer, 13th September 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
“The High Court has ruled that a third-party litigation funder was entitled to terminate its funding in a case where the prospects of success had fallen below 60%.”
Litigation Futures, 16th September 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published in August.”
Family Law Week, 11th September 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Lyndon Harris asks whether the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 should tie the court’s hands.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 14th September 2013
“Scotland Yard is facing court action next week after refusing to hand over the results of investigations it was ordered to conduct into claims that it used counter-terrorism powers to discriminate against and harass innocent Muslims.”
The Guardian, 13th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A sex abuser whose 14-year-old victim hanged herself in her Essex home has been jailed for seven years.”
BBC News, 13th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Government proposals to allow people of ‘modest means’ to sue for libel without having to pay the other side’s legal costs if they lose could have a ‘chilling effect’ on free speech, a leading media lawyer has warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An alliance of 50 MPs on Saturday accuses the Crown Prosecution Service of an ‘unconstitutional’ encroachment on the role of Parliament by refusing to bring charges against doctors linked to illegal abortions.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former detainee at Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre has alleged that women held there have been subjected to unwanted sexual advances and abuse by security guards and other officials.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers are facing a fresh challenge on human rights grounds to their ability to deport foreign criminals.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“People who have served prison terms are being kept behind bars while they wait to be deported, government data shows.”
The Independent, 15th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The head of the NHS has been accused of a ‘systemic cover-up’ after official figures disclosed that hospitals have spent more than £4 million on secret gagging orders.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The landlord of the murdered landscape architect Joanna Yeates has received a letter from police expressing ‘regret’ for the first time at the way he was treated after being arrested over her killing.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An inquest will be opened into the death of murdered schoolgirl April Jones later. The five year old was abducted on 1 October 2012 and killed by Mark Bridger, 47, of Ceinws, Powys, in a sexually motivated attack.”
BBC News, 16th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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