‘The maximum financial penalty that magistrates courts can impose has been increased fourfold, although the data shows that only a few will have to pay much more.’
The Guardian, 12th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The public is being put at risk by a “political and policy failure” in jails which risks boiling over this summer, the prisons’ inspectorate has warned as the government admitted more inmates would have to share cells to cope with an unexpected rise in numbers.’
The Guardian, 14th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Lawyers warn of ‘huge delays’ in family court cases as number of parents facing prospect of representing themselves jumps 48 per cent’
Daily Telegraph, 7th June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Most law students believe the legal profession will be resistant to change during their careers, according to research that suggests the next generation of lawyers may be significantly more conservative than many commentators are predicting.’
Legal Week, 6th June 2014
Source: www.legalweek.com
‘Measures aimed at improving the conviction rate for rape in courts in England and Wales have been launched by the Director of Public Prosecutions.’
BBC News, 6th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Legal Services Board commissioned Professor Pascoe Pleasence and Dr Nigel Balmer to produce a statistical analysis of existing legal needs survey data to understand how consumers demographics, attitudes, capabilities and beliefs impact on their response to legal problems. How people resolve legal problems presents the findings of this analysis.’
Legal Services Board, 22nd May 2014
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
‘There is a huge unmet need for legal services among individual consumers, the most detailed ever study of the issue has revealed, with fewer than one in 10 people experiencing a legal problem seeking advice from a lawyer.’
Legal Futures, 23rd May 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Maureen N Obi-Ezekpazu, FRSA, Barrister and Mediator, Family Matters, asks what can be done to help the plight of young mothers who have had several children permanently removed.’
Family Law Week, 18th May 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor, and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law, both of Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published in April.’
Family Law Week, 17th May 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘The supreme court will hear a challenge by four offenders on Monday who allege that indeterminate sentences infringe the rights of prisoners if they are unable to get on to rehabilitative courses.
The Guardian, 19th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Blue badge fraud prosecutions have doubled over three years, figures from English councils have revealed.’
BBC News, 17th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Government has been called upon to rethink immigration policy and remove non-EU students from net migration figures in a report published by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee. The Committee looked specifically at the number of international students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects and whether the UK’s immigration policy has any impact on these numbers. It concludes the Government is simultaneously committed to reducing net migration and attracting increasing numbers of international students, a contradiction which could be removed by excluding students from net migration figures.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 15th May 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The conviction rate for sex offences has fallen sharply in England and Wales despite drives by the police and prosecutors to put more rape and other sexual assault cases before the courts.’
The Guardian, 15th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Why were drug courts set up?
The introduction of drug courts in the UK has followed a slightly different trajectory to other jurisdictions, where drug courts filled an important gap in the range of community-based sanctions available to the courts to deal with drug-related crime.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th May 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Law firms report an increase in people seeking pre-nuptial agreements in the wake of new guidance from the Law Commission.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Nearly a million criminal offences including rape have gone unrecorded by police in a single year, according to a damning report that could see the 20-year decline in recorded crime reversed when accurate statistics are calculated.’
The Independent, 1st May 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Just over a third of immigration arrests following tip-offs from the public resulted in deportation in 2013, the Home Office has revealed.’
BBC News, 16th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘More than 85% of people injured or made ill at work do not recover any compensation, a new report has stated.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th April 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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