Judges need more discretion, not more laws – The Times
“What should be done when people take the law into their own hands in pursuit of what they regard as justice?”
The Times, 25th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Category: news
UK ‘using obscure legal principle’ to dismiss torture claims in colonial Kenya – The Guardian
“The government is invoking an obscure legal principle to dismiss claims of torture and rape by the British colonial administration in Kenya, campaigners claimed.”
The Guardian, 25th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Attorney General urged to increase sentence in Edlington torture case – Daily Telegraph
“Child welfare campaigners have called for a longer sentence to be given to the two brothers who tortured and sexually humiliated two young boys.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Tories back plan to extend ‘Sarah’s law’ sex offender checks – The Guardian
“The Conservatives today backed plans by the home secretary, Alan Johnson, for a national roll-out of powers allowing parents to check whether those who regularly care for their children are convicted sex offenders.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Fears of ‘licence to kill’ as Tories bid to change self-defence law – The Times
“A new law to give greater protection to householders is unnecessary and could be a licence to kill, a leading criminal barrister has warned.”
The Times, 25th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Mum jailed over ‘most ill child’ pretence – The Independent
“A mother who pretended that her son was terminally ill for six years in order to gain access to celebrities, a prime minister, the royal family and charitable donations has been jailed for three years.”
The Independent, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Parents of Edlington torture brothers could be charged – BBC News
“The parents of two brothers detained indefinitely after they tortured two young boys in a ‘sadistic’ attack could face prosecution, police have revealed.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police stop and search ‘not cutting knife crime’, new figures suggest – The Guardian
“There is little connection between the use of stop and search powers by the Metropolitan police and reductions in knife crime, according to new figures analysed by a leading criminologist.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Noisy sex’ woman spared prison – BBC News
“A woman who breached an Asbo banning her from having noisy sex has been given a suspended prison sentence.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Is divorce law fair? – Daily Telegraph
“A multimillionaire faces Britain’s biggest divorce payout. Is Lisa Tchenguiz right to demand £100m of her husband’s wealth?”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Edlington brothers jailed for torture of two boys – The Guardian
“Two young brothers who subjected a pair of children to a 90-minute ordeal of beating, torture and sexual humiliation were today sentenced to an indeterminate detention term of at least five years.”
The Guardian, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
How Edlington case follows course paved by Bulger trial – BBC News
“Two brothers are among Britain’s youngest convicted criminals to be placed in custody after being detained for a horrific attack on another two boys in Edlington, South Yorkshire, carried out when they were aged just 10 and 11.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge is refused care authorities’ report in Edlington torture case – The Times
“Care authorities have refused to allow a High Court judge to read a confidential report into their handling of two young brothers who sadistically tortured two children and left them for dead.”
The Times, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Juicy twist in Vivian Imerman’s divorce – The Times
“A business tycoon’s estranged wife has won the right to use 20,000 documents stolen from his computer in her battle for a slice of his £300 million fortune.”
The Times, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Attorney General supports fresh inquest for student – BBC News
“The Attorney General has said there is an ‘unanswered question’ over the death of a north London student allegedly involved with a right-wing group.”
BBC News, 21st January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
FSA gets tough on client money – The Times
“The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has criticised the UK’s insurance and investment industry for failing to safeguard client money and announced that it is investigating two businesses and has frozen the assets of a third over the issue.”
The Times, 21st January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Mother who used heroin to kill her son launches appeal – BBC News
“A mother jailed for life for murdering her disabled son by injecting him with heroin at a care home is to appeal against the sentence and conviction.”
BBC News, 21st January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
When is it right to take the law into our own hands? – The Independent
“One committed a violent attack on a burglar. The other was guilty of the mercy killing of her brain-damaged son. One is free. The other starting a nine-year sentence. Paul Vallely examines the issues raised by their contrasting treatment.”
The Independent, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ex-magistrate stripped of £4.1m after fraud – The Independent
“A former magistrate who was jailed for a £38,000 fraud was ordered to give up his assets worth £4.1 million at a confiscation hearing today.”
The Independent, 21st January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Government proposes slashing libel lawyers’ success fees – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government plans to slash the success fees that no-win no-fee lawyers can claim in libel cases. The proposed action is part of the Ministry of Justice’s reform of libel law.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st January 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
