“Yesterday’s narrative verdict in the Sean Rigg inquest revealed devastating failings by the police, mental health services, and the IPCC. Leslie Thomas reflects on the case and asks when will lessons be learnt by those trusted with public confidence?”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
“The jailed leader of a Rochdale sex ring has received a further term of 22 years for 30 child rape charges.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Mr Justice Ryder’s report into the modernisation of Family Justice is published today (30 July) containing a series of proposals to improve the workings of Family Courts.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 30th July 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Many remand prisoners had a poorer regime and less support than sentenced prisoners, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing a short thematic review.”
HM Inspectorate of Prisons, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Dorothea Gartland, barrister, 4 Paper Buildings and Penny Logan, principal lawyer, Cafcass, consider the lessons to be learned from T (Children).”
Family Law Week, 1st August 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“A year after the UK riots, insurers have called on the government to reform legislation relating to claims for riot damage after more than half the claims they submitted to police authorities were declined.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Society is to challenge by judicial review a Legal Services Commission decision to meet just one-third of the costs of an expert witness report ordered by a county court on behalf of a child.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A disabled woman from South Yorkshire has lost her legal challenge against an elected mayor over library funding.”
BBC News, 1st August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Investors who held in shares in Northern Rock before it was nationalised by Labour in February 2008 have reacted angrily to a long awaited decision by the European court of human rights to dismiss their argument that they should be granted compensation by the UK government.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Duncan Campbell reports from the east London court for the first conviction of a racially aggravated offence at the Games.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hans Rausing, one of Britain’s richest men, avoided a jail sentence today after he admitted preventing the lawful and decent burial of his wife Eva’s body.”
The Independent, 1st August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An inquest jury has concluded that police used unsuitable and unnecessary force on a man who died in custody, with officers failing to uphold the detained man’s basic rights as he collapsed after being pinned down for eight minutes.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman who says she feels like a freak because of the effect on her growth of an undiagnosed tumour has won almost £1.3m damages.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers have called for extra guidance after claiming a judicial announcement on damages raises more questions than answers.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A Lithuanian man who gave a Nazi salute during an Olympic basketball match has become the first person to be convicted of a racially aggravated offence at the Games and fined £2,500. He was told that his behaviour and that of other Lithuanian fans was ‘despicable’.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tens of thousands of remand prisoners who are yet to be convicted are treated far worse in jails in England and Wales than sentenced prisoners, according to an official watchdog report.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Identical twin brothers from London, who admitted raising money in England to fund terrorism abroad, have been jailed for three years.”
BBC News, 1st August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The decision to keep Iraq war cabinet minutes secret is ‘disappointing’, the UK information commissioner has said.”
BBC News, 1st August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The language of the high court judgment in effect quashing search warrants against Mayfair property tycoon brothers Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz was not as critical of the Serious Fraud Office as might have been expected.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Search warrants issued to the Serious Fraud Office as part of its investigations of property tycoons the Tchenguiz brothers were unlawful and obtained by ‘misrepresentation’, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 31st July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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