‘The deaths of Black and mixed-race people in UK prisons are among the most violent and prevalent, a charity has warned.’
The Independent, 13th October 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘There were 237 applications to deprive children of their liberty in the first two months of the new national deprivation of liberty (DoLs) court, the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory (NFJO) has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th October 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The number of potential trafficking victims who have been detained by the Home Office has tripled in four years, according to a new report.’
The Guardian, 4th October 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Deaths in police custody in England and Wales have fallen to their lowest level since 2004-05, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) says.’
BBC News, 28th September 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Take-up of a landmark provision designed to remove “unnecessary finger-pointing” from the divorce process remains comparatively low, according to government figures.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th September 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The time between issue and trial for fast- and multi-track claims has hit 75 weeks, the longest this century, according to government figures published yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 2nd September 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“Almost half of all cases concerning civil injunction breaches brought to court by social housing providers and councils since the first lockdown have resulted in a prison sentence, according to a report from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.”
Local Government Lawyer, 30th August 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Only 21 foreign nationals have been removed from the UK under post-Brexit “inadmissibility” rules on asylum, Home Office figures show.’
BBC News, 25th August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Offenders caught repeatedly carrying knives are not being jailed in almost half of cases, despite the government’s attempt at a “two-strike” rule for prison sentences.’
The Independent, 18th August 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Increasing numbers of Britons are being investigated by police over suspected illegal abortions, new figures show.’
The Independent, 18th August 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Black and Asian people were more likely than white people to be given fines for breaking Covid-19 lockdown rules, police figures for England and Wales suggest.’
The Guardian, 17th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Almost 1.5 million victims of crime in England and Wales have decided not to pursue their cases, feeding concern that public confidence in the criminal justice system has collapsed.’
The Guardian, 12th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police are failing victims of burglary and theft, missing chances to catch thieves leading to lack of confidence in forces, the official inspectorate has found.’
The Guardian, 11th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The strip-search of a black girl by police at school in east London was not an isolated case, England’s children’s commissioner has said.’
BBC News, 8th August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A police force has been told to improve its child protection services after inspectors found a third of cases were dealt with inadequately.’
BBC News, 5th August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Little progress has been made in the plan to take test cases of so-called mixed claims from the Official Injury Claim (OIC) portal to the Court of Appeal, it admitted yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 4th August 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Nicole Jacobs, has said that the latest CPS figures show a very worrying trend for domestic abuse victims.’
Family Law, 29th July 2022
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Ministers have made little progress developing alternatives to custodial sentences for women, MPs have concluded, amid official predictions that the female prison population may rise by a third in the next three years.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
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