‘Damian Green, the justice minister, says courts should take account of new statements by children and young people setting out how burglary affects them.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An ex-Premier League footballer who caused a pile-up while eating ice cream at the wheel has been jailed for 18 months for dangerous driving.’
BBC News, 15th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The seriousness of the incident and subsequent “tragic death” of the mother-of-three warranted the suspension of both doctors’ licence to practise, says head of GMC.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A company cannot process raw placentas for new mothers to eat, after a judge ruled it posed a “health risk”.’
BBC News, 16th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.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
‘The family of a private investigator found murdered outside a London pub is to be paid £50,000 for highlighting the failings of the Met Police.’
BBC News, 15th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Retailer Marks and Spencer (M&S) must repay over £1 million to the landlord of its former head office after the Court of Appeal ruled that it was not entitled to reclaim rent and other charges covering the period after it exercised a break clause.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th May 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A circuit judge has ruled that a personal injury claimant who exaggerated the extent of his ongoing symptons should be denied the protection of qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) on the grounds that the claim was “fundamentally dishonest”.’
Litigation Futures, 14th May 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Response of the Judicial Executive Board, drafted with input from the Association of Her Majesty’s District Judges and the Council of Her Majesty’s Circuit Judges.’
Judiciary of England and Wales, 13th May 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘A judicial review has been granted challenging the prosecution service’s decision to allow the son of Bahrain’s ruler immunity in the UK over torture allegations.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th May 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Senior judges have launched their most scathing attack yet on the government’s cuts to civil legal aid. In written evidence responding to the government’s consultation on the first year of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act, the Judicial Executive Board said courts have faced an ‘unprecedented increase’ in numbers of litigants in person (LiPs).’
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th May 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘James Addison fined £6,000 after admitting he sent pornographic videos and stills to colleagues using WhatsApp.’
The Guardian, 14th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who killed his crying baby by throwing him so violently into his cot that he suffered massive head injuries has been jailed.’
BBC News, 14th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Award-winning line-dancing teacher Val Myers given apology in High Court after rival falsely accused him of assault and harassing members of the line-dancing community.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A High Court judge will decide this week whether doctors should stop feeding a brain damaged man and allow him to die.’
The Independent, 14th May 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘David Miranda, partner of the former Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, has been granted permission to appeal against a ruling that he was lawfully detained under counter-terrorism powers at Heathrow airport. The case – which also involves a challenge to the police seizure of computer material related to the US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden – will now go to the court of appeal.’
The Guardian, 15th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A teacher who kissed and cuddled a pupil has been banned from the profession for life.’
BBC News, 14th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘There has been a large increase in unrepresented claimants, outbreaks of courtroom violence, extra litigation and increased costs, according to senior judges who have criticised the impact of legal aid cuts in the family courts.’
The Guardian, 14th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Supreme Court, 14th May 2014
‘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
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