“Army disciplinary hearings have been condemned as unaccountable ‘kangaroo courts’ in a damning report submitted to MPs that calls for a ‘root and branch overhaul’ of the system.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Attorney General has today published HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate’s report on the SFO.”
Attorney General’s Office, 20th November 2012
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“The payday loan industry has been warned to improve the way it lends money and collects debts, or face sanctions.”
BBC News, 20th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Reforming Legal Education (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger
The Lord Upjohn Lecture, Association of Law Teachers, 15 November 2012
Source: www.supremecourt.gov.uk
“Child protection standards in the social services department at the centre of the Edlington torture scandal have got worse rather then better despite high-profile Government intervention, a report will show today.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The City of London Law Society has criticised what it calls ‘misconceived’ assumptions underpinning the landmark review of legal training.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 13th November 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Secret court hearings should protect only the identity of UK intelligence officers, their sources and security material provided by foreign allies, a critical parliamentary report warns.”
The Guardian, 13th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The House of Commons Education Committee’s report Children first: the child protection system in England calls for earlier intervention by local authorities to prevent abuse to and neglect of children.”
Family Law Week, 7th November 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“A ‘damning’ report into library closures up and down the country has found that councils making plans to shut branches without taking proper account of local needs risk breaking the law.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Government plans to enshrine the right of both divorced fathers and mothers to see their children risk putting victims of domestic violence and their children in danger, according to a report.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice should act now to prevent more deaths of women in their care at New Hall prison in Wakefield.”
The Guardian, 30th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A domestic violence victim who was found stabbed to death in her home was let down by police who failed to respond urgently on the day of her murder, a report has found.”
The Guardian, 30th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission has said ‘significant’ material about the death of Mark Duggan has emerged in recent weeks, meaning its report into his shooting by police will be delayed even further.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A pregnant woman in a wheelchair was tipped up and had her feet held by staff from G4S, the firm behind the Olympics security shambles, as she was forcibly removed from the country. The disclosure comes in the first report into conditions at a new centre designed to hold families facing deportation from the UK.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Increasing numbers of hate-crime prosecutions are collapsing because victims are backing out or their stories unravel in court, a new report from the Crown Prosecution Service reveals today.”
The Independent, 18th October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Conservation legislation is undermined as laws are ‘scattered across statutes’, badly in need of consolidation, says report.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The father of Shannon Matthews has asked the High Court to block the release of a report he believes will ‘seriously compromise’ her.”
BBC News, 17th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government’s plans for a substantial extension of the use of secret evidence in the justice system have been heavily criticised in a new Amnesty International report published today”
Amnesty International, 15th October 2012
Source: www.amnesty.org.uk
“Little or no effective work is being done with some of the most serious sex offenders behind bars, the chief inspector of prisons says in a report published on Friday.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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