‘Independent report reveals new details of how prison officers listened in to telephone calls between MPs and prisoners from their constituencies.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The police watchdog will not directly investigate how officers failed to notice that a notorious gangland figure found dead in his garden had been shot six times by a professional hitman.’
The Independent, 16th July 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Members of an international sexual exploitation ring were jailed on Thursday after one victim escaped and told police of her horrific six-year ordeal at their hands.’
The Independent, 17th July 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Education in prisons must be overhauled in order to tackle a “persistent failure to reduce re-offending”, the justice secretary is to say.’
BBC News, 17th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘High court judges will give their decision on Friday on an accusation that the government has imposed laws which allow the police and security services to “spy on citizens” without proper safeguards.’
The Guardian, 17th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Crown Prosecution Service has recovered £40,000 from John Darwin, who was found guilty of deception in 2008 with his wife over a life insurance scam. He faked his own death and was reported missing in a canoe in the sea off Seaton Carew in March 2002. Meanwhile, his wife collected hundreds of thousands of pounds in life insurance payouts, with John Darwin hiding in the marital home.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 16th July 2015
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Mark Ellison QC and Alison Morgan’s review on the impact of undisclosed undercover police activity on the safety of convictions.’
Attorney General’s Office, 16th July 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘Nkumbe Ekaney QC of Albion Chambers and Charlotte Proudman of Mansfield Chambers consider the important provisions introduced to protect girls and women from FGM.’
Family Law Week, 15th July 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A man who stabbed an “accomplished” boxer through the heart in a street brawl has been handed a life sentence.’
BBC News, 15th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Magistrates’ courts could meet in town halls or even hotel suites in a bid to save money, the Justice Secretary has said. Michael Gove confirmed there will be a new programme of court closures but the minister stressed he was keen to retain the way justice is dispensed at a local level.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Victims of revenge porn have ranged from a pensioner in her 60s and girls as young as 11, according to the latest police figures.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An appeal against the conviction of two men for the “body in a carpet” killing of a teenage girl more than two decades ago will be heard next year.’
BBC News, 15th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A picture tweeted by a police helicopter team showing comedian Michael McIntyre standing in a London street is being investigated by the Information Commissioner’s Office for a possible breach of data protection laws.’
The Guardian, 15th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The safety net to ensure that vulnerable claimants are provided with legal aid and access to justice does not work, the high court has ruled.’
The Guardian, 15th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘How employers or organisations can request DBS checks for potential employees.’
Home Office, 14th July 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Huntley Mount Engineering Ltd has today been sentenced for the corporate manslaughter of apprentice Cameron Minshull. In addition, Company Director Zaffar Hussain has been sentenced for an offence under section 2 and 37 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, and company Supervisor Akbar Hussain has also been sentenced for an offence under section 7 of the same act.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 14th July 2015
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Cuts to civil legal aid have reduced the amount of “unnecessary and adversarial” litigation while ensuring funding is targeted at those who need it most, the government has said in response to a devastating report on changes to civil legal aid.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th July 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Triennial Reviews of the Civil Justice Council and Family Justice Council were launched on the 4th November 2013.The Ministry of Justice have today (14th July 2015) published the final report of the review.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 14th July 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
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