“Jack Straw’s frustrations with the running of the £2.1 billion a year legal aid scheme were laid bare this week along with the policy clashes that have led to the demise of the body in charge.”
The Times, 11th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“England’s libel laws have been used to silence scientific critics of lie detection technology on which the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has spent £2.4 million.”
The Times, 11th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A 48-year-old man has been found guilty of murdering his teenage daughter.”
BBC News, 10th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Greater Manchester Police has been told it failed a woman murdered by her ex-boyfriend as a report graded it as one of the worst in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 11th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former top executive at one of the City’s most prestigious banks faces jail after being found guilty of insider dealing.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Equalities watchdog warns of enforcement action against forces that excessively target people from ethnic minorities.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police forces are failing to protect the most vulnerable people in society from antisocial behaviour, the police inspectorate has said. Chief constables were told that they must understand the toll that harassment, criminal damage and verbal abuse is taking on communities.”
The Times, 11th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Britain’s leading criminal judges warn that a shake-up of sentencing guidelines could push prison overcrowding to crisis levels. They fear that the Sentencing Council, which comes into force next month with the aim of bringing more consistency to courts, will not curb judges’ use of custody, as hoped, but actually increase it.”
The Times, 11th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Criminals are escaping justice because of a lack of organisation within the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), a judge said.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The justice secretary, Jack Straw, today launched a robust defence of giving a new identity to criminals such as Jon Venables when they face the serious possibility of being killed or injured on their release.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two daughters made pregnant 19 times by their abusive father were given an apology by the authorities which failed to protect them.”
BBC News, 10th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice has today announced that legal aid funding will be provided to survivors of the 7/7 bombings.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th March 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“London’s reputation as the divorce payout capital of the world was reinforced by the Supreme Court today.”
The Independent, 10th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Amendments made to the digital economy bill by the House of Lords threaten freedom of speech and will lead to British websites being blocked without due judicial process, the bosses of leading technology companies said today.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky was today awarded libel damages of £150,000 over ‘savage’ allegations he was behind the murder of his Alexander Litvinenko, the poisoned Russian dissident who was his close friend.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“It may sound like a Monty Python sketch – but an ancient law allowing people on private land without a warrant if they are following a bee might still apply.”
BBC News, 9th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“City law firms are preparing to raise millions of pounds from external investors as the British legal market braces for its own version of Big Bang.”
The Times, 10th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The BNP’s new membership rules ‘indirectly’ discriminate against black and Asian people, the UK equalities watchdog has told a court hearing.”
BBC News, 9th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Public bodies have been banned from using internet companies that refuse to block a range of websites that contain images of child sex abuse, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 10th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The News of the World was tonight (9 March) accused of buying silence in the phone-hacking scandal after it agreed to pay more than £1m to persuade the celebrity PR agent Max Clifford to drop his legal action over the interception of his voicemail messages.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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