“Jack Straw will today pledge to put victims first in the criminal justice system as he launches the country’s first national programme to support them.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th September 2009
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“The partner of murdered Rachel Nickell said he had instructed lawyers to try to bring the police to account for their failings in the case.”
The Independent, 29th September 2009
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“Police errors and inaction were partly responsible for driving a vulnerable single mother to kill herself and her severely disabled daughter after years of abuse from youths, an inquest found today.”
The Guardian, 28th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two mothers from Buckinghamshire, who worked together as policewomen, have found themselves at the centre of a dispute over childcare rules – because they were babysitting each others’ children.”
BBC News, 28th September 2009
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“Desmond Browne QC, Chairman of the Bar, will speak on the theme of ‘Human rights under threat abroad and at home’ at a fringe meeting at Labour Party Conference on Sunday.”
Bar Council, 28th September 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Opportunistic city lawyers who over-charge their clients face tough new rules aimed at tackling the excesses and mismanagement of corporate law firms, under proposals to be published this week. The crackdown on the City’s legal profession comes after growing concerns that regulators have failed to deal with abuses at multi-million pound law firms.”
The Independent, 28th September 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“After decades of obsessive secrecy, supposedly to protect the interests of vulnerable children, the family courts will be required to open their doors a few centimetres wider as the Minister of Justice builds on rules introduced earlier this year that allowed some degree of media access but limited rights for them to report their observations.”
The Times, 28th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Controversial government plans to allow Jobcentre staff to ‘order’ benefit claimants to undergo tests for drug and alcohol dependency are in breach of European law and unlikely to work, according to leading addiction charities.”
The Guardian, 27th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Victims of stalking have been let down by the police in the past, a senior officer said today.”
The Independent, 28th September 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Plans to allow the media to name social workers in family court cases are being opposed strongly by judges and lawyers, who warn that the change could breach human rights laws. They have expressed ‘grave concerns’ that the latest tranche of reforms to open up the courts may drive away experts and violate children’s rights to privacy.”
The Times, 28th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government has ordered a review of the case of two police officers who were told they had to stop looking after each others’ children or face prosecution.”
The Guardian, 28th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The son of a 106-year-old woman threatened with eviction from her care home as part of local council cost cutting has pledged to take her fight to the European Court of Human Rights.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One woman is dressed provocatively in a black bra. Another sports red high heels and stockings. Their long-haired male companions are dressed in scruffy blue boiler suits and the occasional riot helmet.”
The Times, 27th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Family lawyers say they have seen a tenfold increase in recent years in couples signing pre-nuptial agreements on dividing their assets after divorce.”
BBC News, 26th September 2009
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“Campaigners fighting to end the mandatory retirement age have pinned their hopes on a Government review of the law after losing a key legal battle in the courts.”
The Independent, 25th September 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A British company that admitted bribing ministers and officials in Ghana and Jamaica, and breaching sanctions in Iraq, was yesterday ordered to pay £6.6 million in fines and compensation.”
The Times, 26th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A jury has returned an inquest verdict of ‘manslaughter by gross neglect’ on a woman killed by a chemotherapy dose four times too high.”
BBC News, 25th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police try to avoid sending anti-social youths to prison because it increases the chances of them reoffending, an inquest into the deaths of a mother and her disabled daughter heard today.”
The Independent, 25th September 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The widow of a security consultant shot dead during an ambush in Iraq lost her High Court damages action today.”
The Independent, 25th September 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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