“A pioneering new service giving charities and voluntary organisations more information about what works to reduce reoffending has been launched today.”
Ministry of Justice, 2nd April 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“In my Presidential address I want to examine ‘compensation culture’. This I imagine is something with which W. S. Holdsworth, notwithstanding his truly encyclopaedic knowledge of English law, would have been unfamiliar. We can let him off though. The term was apparently not coined until 1993; when it first appeared in The Times newspaper in an article by Bernard Levin entitled Addicted to welfare.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 15th March 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Helen Reece argues lack of independent witnesses is main cause of conviction rate which is similar to that of other crimes.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Six months after new laws were introduced to ‘protect homeowners’ from squatters, police have not arrested a single person for displacing residents from their home, leading to calls for the legislation to be scrapped.”
The Independent, 24th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Fiddling figures from NHS hospitals will become a criminal offence, Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, is to announce.”
the Guardian, 16th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Anna Heenan, solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse February’s financial remedies and divorce news and cases.”
Family Law Week, 5th March 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“A promise to end routine strip-searching of children in custody is being flouted, according to data revealing there were more than 43,000 recorded incidences involving children as young as 12 over a 21-month period – but in only 275 searches were illicit items found.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of barristers being awarded Queen’s Counsel status is on a downward trajectory with just 84 taking silk in the latest round, the lowest number since the system was reviewed in 2006.”
The Lawyer, 27th February 2013
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A child protection charity says it is impossible to catch every person who looks at indecent images and more needs to be done to stop people from looking at them.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Separating couples are being urged to use mediation instead of ending up in courtroom battles after a list of England and Wales divorce hot spots was revealed.
Ministry of Justice, 20th February 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The probation service, which faces wholesale outsourcing under government plans, is ‘doing much good work’ with adult offenders but some aspects continue to require improvement, according to the chief inspector of probation.”
The Guardian, 21st February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“One in three serious offenders last year had at least 15 previous convictions or cautions, up from one in five a decade ago.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Almost 8,000 criminals sent to prison last year had been given at least 11 community sentences before finally being jailed, figures showed.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“2.1m violent incidents were recorded in 2011/12 by the Crime Survey for England and Wales. See what the latest figures say.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New figures published on Thursday offer a chilling insight into the violence and abuse that goes on behind closed doors. According to the data, two million people in England and Wales suffered sexual assault, violence, threats or abuse at the hands of a partner or family member last year.”
BBC News, 7th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Vulnerable young offenders are at risk of serious and long-term problems because the youth justice system is failing to support their needs, according to child welfare charities and campaign groups. Figures released by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) last week revealed a 21% increase in the number of young people in custody self-harming between 2010‑11 and 2011-12. Three children died in custody during 2011-12, while incidents of physical restraint rose by 17% year on year.”
The Guardian, 5th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In Davis v ICO and Health and Social Care Information Centre (case no. EA/2012/0175, judgment 24 January 2013) the First-Tier Tribunal applied the absolute exemption under section 21 of FOIA 2000 for information which is reasonably accessible to an applicant other than under section 1. The requested information consisted of health statistics which the public authority was willing to provide to the appellant under its publication scheme for a charge of £1,550. The appellant argued that the charge meant the information could not be considered to be reasonably accessible to a person of ordinary means.”
Panopticon, 31st January 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) began investigating 40% more corporate manslaughter cases in 2012 than it did the previous year according to figures obtained by Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th January 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
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