“Stalking victims have attacked new laws designed to protect them, saying they fail to recognise that many women are left psychologically devastated by the crime.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The mother of a 14-year-old boy who was headbutted and assaulted by a Metropolitan police constable said the officer should be kicked out of the force for attacking a child.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The devastating scale of sexual violence against women in Britain is exposed today by new research which indicates that the vast majority of victims do not report perpetrators to the police.”
The Independent, 12th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A high court judge is to rule on whether a case brought by a man with ‘locked-in syndrome’ who wants his ‘suffering to end’ should be allowed to proceed.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
” Two men were jailed for life today for killing an unemployed plumber who was beaten to death after cashing in stolen scrap metal for £105.”
The Independent, 9th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Mirror Group Newspapers denied permission to appeal against £50,000 fine for its coverage of Christopher Jefferies and the Joanna Yeates case.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“He swore at officers after going berserk and headbutting Tory MP Stuart Andrew and councillor Ben Maney. The suspended Labour party member was warned he could face prison for the attacks. But chief magistrate Howard Riddle fined him £3,000 and ordered him to pay £1,400 to victims after he entered early guilty pleas.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Government has lost its appeal to keep the NHS risk register from being published, days before MPs get their last chance to debate and vote on its controversial health reforms.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has upheld a wasted costs order against a Buckinghamshire firm, ruling that it was ‘complicit’ in its client’s ‘manipulation’ of the court process by failing to give reasons for opposing a hearsay notice in a criminal trial.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th March 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Although not a ‘supreme law bill of rights’, the Human Rights Act 1998 is a significant constraint upon the political-legislative process. In this post, I argue that the extent of that constraint would likely diminish were the draft Brighton Declaration implemented in its present form.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 9th March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The Office of Fair Trading is revoking the consumer credit licence of one of the UK’s largest unsecured credit brokers for ‘deceitful and oppressive business practices’. If successful, it will put payday loans broker Yes Loans out of business – but the firm has 28 days to appeal and can continue arranging new loans in that time due to limitations in consumer credit regulations.”
The Guardian, 8th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A benefits cheat, Stephen Kellaway, who faked his own death to avoid prosecution after stealing thousands to pay for his wife’s breast enlargement has been jailed.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A corrupt businessman who masterminded the UK’s biggest Ponzi scam has been jailed for more than 14 years.”
BBC News, 8th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Five men jailed for a gangland murder have been cleared on appeal. Kevin Nunes, 20, a drug dealer, was seized at gunpoint and shot dead in Staffordshire in September 2002. The Crown Prosecution Service said it did ‘not seek to uphold the convictions’ of the men nor press for a retrial.”
BBC News, 8th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The UK’s next judge on the European court of human rights (ECtHR) will be elected from a shortlist of candidates including a prominent human rights lawyer, a commercial barrister and a Strasbourg veteran.”
The Guardian, 8th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Scores of convictions for serious crimes may have to be reviewed after a serious blunder by a leading private forensics firm led to a suspected rapist being acquitted, the Guardian has learned. The company, LGC Forensics, has admitted that a sample at one of its laboratories became so contaminated it could not be offered in evidence.”
The Guardian, 8th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A council faces having to pay out tens of thousands of pounds after a park warden fell and injured himself while putting up health and safety signs.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2012
Source: www.telegrph.co.uk
“Lawyers for Peter Lawrence told the Court of Appeal that his former civil partner, Donald Gallagher, an actor, was not entitled to a £1.7 million payout because they had ‘dual careers’. The case is one of the first times that a court has adjudicated in a civil partnership separation involving two parties who had very different levels of wealth.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A carer who looked after the composer of the music for the Bridge On the River Kwai has won a High Court battle over his final work.”
BBC News, 8th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three people jailed for their part in a Portsmouth-based paedophile ring have had their sentences increased.”
BBC News, 8th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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