“A fast-track process for deporting failed asylum-seekers, which gives them little or no notice of their immediate removal, is unlawful, the high court ruled today.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice is to review how Jon Venables, one of the young killers of James Bulger, was supervised after his release from custody in 2001.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The High Court is ruling today on the legality of a Home Office policy which allows the speedy deportation of foreign nationals refused permission to remain in the UK.”
The Independent, 26th July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Tens of thousands of offenders may be able to reduce their sentences by making personal apologies to their victims, under plans for a ‘rehabilitation revolution’ in the criminal justice system.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The coroner due to preside over the inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson was tonight under pressure to step down from the hearing because he was responsible for appointing the pathologist who conducted a controversial postmortem on Tomlinson.”
The Guardian, 23rd July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“MPs are due to vote on legislation which paves the way for a radical overhaul of England’s school system.”
BBC News, 26th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Jon Venables case raises thorny issues about media responsibility and the competing interests of open justice and the right not just to a fair trial, but to life.”
The Guardian, 23rd July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The MP who is refusing to hold meetings with Muslim women wearing full Islamic dress faces legal action.”
The Independent, 25th July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The government has abandoned plans to grant pre-charge anonymity to men accused of rape after an outcry from Labour and women Tory MPs.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Trials without juries in serious criminal cases must only be held as a ‘last resort’, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales has said.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One of the killers of James Bulger has been jailed for two years after admitting downloading and distributing indecent images of children.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A polo playing dotcom tycoon was ordered by a judge to pay his ex-wife half his £14 million fortune after being accused of ‘flagrant, persistent and consistent” attempts to hide his wealth.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A killer was jailed for at least 26 years today after he refused to reveal what he has done with the body of his victim.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An expectant father from Teesside who punched and kicked a two paramedics has been jailed for six months.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A financial adviser who defrauded vulnerable and elderly clients on Teesside out of more than £300,000 has been jailed for three years.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, announced today that no charges will be brought in relation to the death of Ian Tomlinson at the ‘G20 protests’ in London on 1 April 2009.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 22nd July 2010
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“The Government has postponed the implementation of a groundbreaking new anti-bribery law to allow for further consultation on how companies can prepare for its demands. Anti-corruption campaigners have condemned the move.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st July 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a father-of-two in Southport.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An NHS inquiry is to be held into how a former care home manager in Somerset was able to siphon off prescription drugs from the elderly people she nursed, the BBC can reveal.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Kent woman jailed for life for stabbing her boyfriend in 2006 has won her appeal against a murder conviction.”
BBC News, 21st July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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