“It appears that the Government has climbed down, in part, from some of its controversial secret justice proposals. According to the Telegraph, the Justice and Security Bill, which will be published this week, will include a provision whereby judges, not the Government, has the final say on whether a Closed Material Procedure (CMP) is used. Moreover, CMPs will be restricted to ‘national security cases’ rather than any case ‘in the public interest’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st May 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“North Wales police have referred Sky News to the Crown Prosecution Service and the attorney general’s office following the accidental broadcast of a rape victim’s name.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Judges will decide whether national security evidence can be heard in secret in a partial climbdown on plans to be unveiled by Kenneth Clarke this week.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Rail passengers threatened with fines and even prosecution by train guards – despite buying a ticket – have called on the rail passenger watchdog to challenge their legality amid growing consumer anger.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The recent standoff between two leading judicial lights, Jonathan Sumption and Stephen Sedley, may make for entertaining reading, but don’t be fooled.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th May 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A defendant dubbed a ‘pervert’ by mistake, a rabbit applying to be a Czech language specialist and solicitors using the Google Translate website to understand their clients: the debacle surrounding court interpreters has had its amusing moments.”
The Independent, 21st May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A council is seeking to privately prosecute two dozen protesters for obstructing bailiffs during the eviction of Dale Farm, after police and the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to charge them.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A company director who fathered a child with his mistress has paid the price for his infidelity after a judge ruled he was not entitled to full compensation over the death of his wife.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A ‘very dangerous and predatory’ teenager who sexually abused four girls he met on Facebook has been jailed for three years and nine months.”
BBC News, 18th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The home secretary, Theresa May, has quietly taken powers to strip Scotland Yard of its national counter-terrorism role in the aftermath of the Olympics.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In the same week that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan-Smith, announced his intention to implement sweeping reforms of the current system of disability benefits, the Court of Appeal has ruled that housing benefit rules were discriminatory against disabled people, in breach of Article 14 read with Article 1 Protocol 1 of the European Convention.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th May 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A report by the Refugee Council to be published this week accuses the immigration service of continuing to detain child asylum seekers by wrongly classifying them as adults.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for life for two murders and a string of ‘senseless’ assaults in north London.”
BBC News, 18th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Barry George, who was wrongly convicted of the murder of BBC TV presenter Jill Dando, can fight a test case for compensation, a judge has ruled.”
BBC News, 18th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A juror on a rape trial who smoked a cannabis joint in his lunch hour was today fined £450 after admitting contempt of court.”
The Independent, 18th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Campaigners want to overturn laws targeting “insulting words and behaviour”. Just how safe is it to scorn others?”
BBC News, 18th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Imagine that and you are 17-years-old and wrongly convicted! Yesterday, the Court of Appeal quashed Sam Hallam’s conviction for murder by joint enterprise after he had served seven years of a life sentence. He is now 24. He has been inside since before Take That announced they would reform and before Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire became the highest grossing film of 2005. He has missed the 2008 Olympics and Diversity winning #BGT. He will not have been Facebooking his mates or hanging out with girls. He has no employment history, no iPhone and his Dad committed suicide whilst he was imprisoned.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 18th May 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Education Secretary Michael Gove has lost a High Court battle with Essex County Council over government cuts to nursery funding.”
BBC News, 17th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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