‘It should be a separate criminal offence to refuse to hand over money and assets derived from crime, a group of MPs has said. The system for enforcing confiscation orders imposed by the courts is not working, a report by the Home Affairs Select Committee added.’
Home Affairs select committee press release
BBC News, 15th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Church of England has offered a “whole-hearted apology” to hundreds of emotionally disturbed adolescent girls placed at a church-run children’s home where residents were drugged, locked up and physically and sexually abused over a 20-year period.’
The Guardian, 13th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘At 11am on 6 July 2016, the report of the 7-year-long Iraq Inquiry was released.’
Cloisters, 11th July 2016
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘A government-sponsored review of possible racial bias in the criminal justice system must not be jeopardised by evidential shortcomings, the Bar Council and Criminal Bar Association have said.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th July 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Official action to tackle fraud, and public knowledge of the biggest threats, remains patchy a decade on from a government-backed review, according to a new report.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th July 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘By acting in defiance of the UN charter, as I warned when I was a Foreign Office lawyer in 2003, we put our reputation at risk. So it has proved.’
The Guardian, 7th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A robust and agreed framework should be followed by future cabinets before decisions on military action are taken.’
The Guardian, 6th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Charity fundraisers who harass the elderly and shoppers in street will be “named and shamed” by a tougher new regulator to be launched today.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The number of victims of identity theft rose by 57% last year, figures from fraud prevention service Cifas suggest.’
BBC News, 5th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Sir John Chilcot’s long overdue, and extremely lengthy report, has the unenviable task of drawing a line under the deeply unpopular Iraq War.’
BBC News, 5th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government has now published its response to the report from the House of Lords Select Committee on Sexual Violence in Conflict.’
official-documents.gov.uk, 30th June 2016
Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk
‘The Home Affairs select committee has suggested it is the best way to promote sex workers’ safety.’
The Independent, 1st July 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘This is the Law Commission’s final report on the form and accessibility of the law applicable in Wales.’
official-documents.gov.uk, 30th June 2016
Source: official-documents.gov.uk
‘The British Government’s austerity policies are a breach of international human rights, a new report by the UN has warned.’
The Independent, 29th June 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The NHS is to review every children’s intensive care unit in the country amid concern that services are struggling to cope. An investigation into a string of deaths in Bristol Royal Hospital for Children has warned of risks that “heavy strains” are being placed on families because England’s 27 units are overstretched.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Chilcot report, when published next month, will surely criticise some of those responsible for launching the Iraq war on 20 March 2003 and for the suffering and damage which it caused. Lawyers are certainly already mulling over the prospect of litigation, criminal as well as civil.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 27th June 2016
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘MPs have hit out at the government’s approach to increasing court fees, with major changes needed to restore an “acceptable level of access to the employment tribunals”, and also urged ministers not to introduce any more civil court fee rises until there is research into the impact of what has been done to date, particularly on London’s competitiveness as a litigation centre.’
Litigation Futures, 20th June 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.co.uk
‘The urgent phoneline run by South Western ambulance service NHS foundation trust (SWASFT) has been ordered to make improvements by health inspectors after they concluded that services were inadequate.’
The Guardian, 16th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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