“National parliaments not European judges should decide whether prisoners are entitled to the vote, the attorney general has told the human rights court in Strasbourg.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A husband has been found guilty of murder for strangling his Thai wife after she smashed up his collection of Star Wars toys.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Analysis: Publication of warning to NI bosses tells the story of how secret payoff evolved.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The union representing court workers has voiced opposition to justice secretary Kenneth Clarke’s wish to extend opening hours.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd November 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Childcare decisions in family courts should be made within six months, an official review has said.”
BBC News, 3rd November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Fathers who have gone through divorce or separation will not be granted a legal right to guarantee that their child has “a meaningful relationship with both parents”, according to a long-awaited report on family law.”
The Guardian, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“If it comes to a David v Goliath battle, the City has the big bludgeons, but Occupy London’s slings could still win the day.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman jailed for falsely retracting rape charges against her husband has won the right to appeal her conviction for perverting the course of justice.”
BBC News, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Hampshire woman has been convicted of running an international paedophile ring with her partner.”
BBC News, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has escaped jail after he secretly added steroids to his wife’s food to make her put on weight and ‘keep her at home’.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“As Stephen Levinson’s recent post has reminded us, we are not living in a golden age of legislative drafting. In the field of criminal law, some particularly ghastly examples of bamboozling legislation can be found in various provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 – described by no less an authority than Rose LJ as ‘at best, obscure and, at worst, impenetrable’ (R v Campell [2006] EWCA Crim 726, [2006] 2 Cr App R (S) 626 at [1]).”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Peers will be able to vote on the government’s controversial plan to hand over its ‘constitutional responsibility’ to provide NHS services to an unelected quango on Wednesday.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Daily Telegraph has learnt that plans to enshrine in law that a child has a ‘meaningful relationship with both parents’ are likely to be dropped.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The legal opinion, only now made public, was prepared in June 2008 and referred to the activities of ‘at least three’ journalists.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“St Paul’s Cathedral has suspended legal action against the protest camp on its doorstep following the resignation of two senior members of its clergy.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has lost his high court appeal against extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has been sentenced to six years in prison for killing a man during a fishing trip off the Cornish coast.”
BBC News, 1st November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“As many as 400 extra teenagers could be given custodial sentences every year because of changes to knife crime laws announced last week, according to a government impact assessment.”
BBC News, 1st November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“On the eve of Lord Justice Leveson’s inquiry into phone hacking and the ethics of journalism, the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) with 1 Crown Office Row hosted a roundtable discussion to examine how to reconcile the right to privacy with freedom of expression.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st November 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif have been found guilty of their part in a ‘spot-fixing’ scam after a trial at Southwark Crown Court.”
BBC News, 1st November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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