‘Six former Metropolitan Police officers have been given suspended prison sentences for sending racist, sexist and homophobic messages on WhatsApp, after a BBC Newsnight investigation.’
BBC News, 7th December 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A robber who murdered a parcel delivery driver with his own van has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Archie Maddan explains what was involved in the first successful prosecution of a tower block owner for failure to remove flammable cladding.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th November 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Thousands of rehabilitated ex-prisoners serving long-since abolished indefinite sentences will become eligible to have their licence period terminated earlier as part of new reforms.’
Ministry of Justice, 28th December 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
‘A haulage boss has been jailed today for his involvement in a people-smuggling network linked to the tragic deaths of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children in Essex.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 30th November 2023
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A man who admitted to the “cruel deception” of bigamy has been handed a suspended jail term and placed on curfew.’
BBC News, 29th November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A serial arsonist has been jailed for life after starting a fire which destroyed a historic boatyard, causing millions of pounds worth of damage.’
BBC News, 27th November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘More than 1,800 offenders in England and Wales who have been released on licence but remain under indefinite threat of recall to jail are to have their sentences terminated.’
The Guardian, 28th November 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Survivors of modern slavery are being sent to prison for crimes they were forced to commit and not being identified for help, new research suggests.’
The Independent, 28th November 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The son of a woman who was stabbed to death said he was “over the moon” her killer will not be released this year.’
BBC News, 28th November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘When we think of the most important ouster clauses in the law of judicial review, we might think of the relevant parts of the Foreign Compensation Order considered in Anisminic, or section 67(8) the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, crucial to the decision in Privacy International. We might consider section 2 of the Judicial Review and Courts Act, restricting Cart-type reviews. Or we might look to provisions in the recently-passed Illegal Immigration Act and forthcoming Victims and Prisoners Bill, which purport to shield the respective legislation from certain kinds of review under the Human Rights Act.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 23rd November 2023
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘A convicted people smuggler, responsible for the manslaughter of 39 people who died in the back of a lorry in Essex, has today (24 September 2023) been ordered to pay a total of £65,157.65 to victims’ families through a Confiscation Order made by the court today.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 24th November 2023
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A boat skipper has been jailed after a man was killed when the vessel he was steering crashed into a buoy at high-speed.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 21st November 2023
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The political and evidential background underpinning the implementation of the offence of Intentional Non-Fatal Strangulation (INFS) will be well known to anyone who habitually works in the Criminal Justice System.’
3PB, 11th October 2023
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his four-month-old son.’
BBC News, 21st November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Section 1 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the Court with the power to make an injunction (“ASBI”) if:
1. The Court is satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, that the Respondent has engaged in or threatened to engage in anti-social behaviour and
2. The Court considers it just and convenient to grant the injunction for the purpose of preventing the Respondent from engaging in anti-social behaviour.’
Becket Chambers, 20th October 2023
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
‘Introduced as part of the Government’s Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 2021 and enshrined in law by s75A of the Serious Crime Act 2015, the offences of non-fatal suffocation and strangulation are increasingly being charged alongside other more common offences against the person as well as offences such as controlling and coercive behaviour.’
Park Square Barristers, 10th October 2023
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘A couple have been jailed for life for murdering a widower whose body was hidden and never to be found in a “wicked” act of deceit.’
The Independent, 20th November 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Long sentences handed to two Just Stop Oil protesters for scaling the M25 bridge over the Thames are a potential breach of international law and risk silencing public concerns about the environment, a UN expert has said.’
The Guardian, 20th November 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
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