‘Wendy Williams, one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary will have oversight of the Windrush lessons learned review, the Home Secretary announced today.
Home Office, 21st June 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘The Sentencing Council has launched a consultation on a General sentencing guideline for use when sentencing offences for which there is no existing guideline.’
Sentencing Council, 19th June 2018
Source: www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk
‘The Home Secretary today announced a review into the scheduling of cannabis for medicinal purposes.’
Home Office, 19th June 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘The sister of a convicted sex offender who posted the names of his victims online has been sentenced.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th June 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Home Secretary has today (Wednesday 20 June) introduced new legislation to ban the delivery of knives and corrosives bought online to residential addresses.’
Home Office, 20th June 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘‘Upskirting’ is set to become a specific criminal offence, with perpetrators facing up to two years behind bars, under a new law backed by Government.’
Ministry of Justice, 15th June 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘A company boss has been jailed for 10 years today (13 June) after two people died in a series of explosions and a fire at his fireworks shop.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 13th June 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Sentencing Council has published its assessments of the impact of its drug offences guideline on sentencing trends, under its statutory duty to monitor the operation and effect of its sentencing guidelines and to draw conclusions from this information.’
Sentencing Council, 1st June 2018
‘Four men who set up a filming company to claim fraudulent tax rebates worth more than £2million from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have been sentenced today (4 June).’
Crown Prosecution Service, 4th June 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has today (5 June) published the outcome of its review of rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO) cases.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 5th June 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The laws around search warrants should be modernised with more protections put in place to protect individuals’ rights, say the Law Commission.’
Law Commission, 5th June 2018
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk/
‘Home Secretary Sajid Javid sets out the UK’s response to evolving threat of terrorism.’
Home Office, 4th June 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘The Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Bill will increase efficiency by allowing greater flexibility to deploy the right judge to the right case.’
Ministry of Justice, 23rd May 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘The Home Office is today launching a consultation to help tackle motorcycle-related crime by providing police officers with better legal protection.’
Home Office, 22nd May 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Yesterday’s report from the Justice Select Committee highlighted concerns over plans to increase the small claims limit to £5,000 which, according to the Bar Council, could undermine access to justice for those injured in accidents.’
The Bar Council, 18th May 2018
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘The Government has announced that it will not bring forward the Law Commission’s Goods Mortgages Bill. The Bill had been announced in last year’s Queen’s Speech and would have replaced the Victorian‑era Bills of Sale Acts – bringing greater protections to those who had taken out or who had unwittingly purchased cars with so-called “logbook loans”. But following additional consultation, the Government has said it will not bring forward reform in the area in the immediate future.’
Law Commission, 14th May 2018
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘Today, the Sentencing Council has published proposed new guidelines covering public order offences sentenced in England and Wales. In simple terms, these offences involve the use of or threat of violence by individuals or groups of people towards others usually in a public place. They span a wide range of offending from low-level disorderly behaviour, which comprise some of the highest volume offences seen by courts, to larger scale disorder such as football violence and up to major riots.’
Sentencing Council, 9th May 2018
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