“Vicky Ling and Andrew Otterburn have been commissioned by the Law Society and MoJ to carry out a survey of firms to try to assess the impact that the government’s revised proposals will have on criminal defences practices.”
Legal Aid Handbook, 23rd September 2013
Source: www.legalaidhandbook.com
“Introducing a proposed residence test for legal aid will lead to local authorities paying tens of millions of pounds to support children in care and prevent increased homelessness, campaigners have warned the Ministry of Justice.”
The Guardian, 23rd September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A violent offender who doused his victims in petrol has been sentenced to life in prison for a string of violent and sexual assaults.”
The Independent, 23rd September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The investigation into the Mid-Staffs scandal was branded a ‘whitewash’ after regulators abandoned efforts to pursue the last of 44 doctors accused of failing patients.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two prisoners who bound and strangled to death a fellow inmate in a high-security prison have been told they will serve the rest of their lives behind bars. Gary Smith, 48, and Lee Newell, 44, who were already serving life for killings, were both given whole-life sentences by a judge for the ‘chilling’ murder of Subhan Anwar.”
The Guardian, 23rd September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The debate about the future of probation services rages on. As a previous ‘service user’, otherwise known as an offender, I can look at my experience of my regional probation service, but I can also highlight the importance of not selling this vital institution to private organizations.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 20th September 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
“Reforming the law on the inheritance of an aristocratic title was never really going to be a popular rallying cry, but it’s in the news again. The Earldom of Northesk is one of the great titles (albeit with no huge estate or wealth) that by a curious twist of fate has passed to a male descendent of the cadet branching of the family from 1654 rather than the 14th Earl’s daughter, Lady Carnegie. What is now more interesting about this is we now have a contrasting legal position to compare it with, s 1 of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 which removes gender from the question of who inherits the Throne. Primogeniture, the benefit of the eldest male child for centuries, has been changed and so – ask a number of Lords and Ladies – should this not be changed for them as well?”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 20th September 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“The judiciary is undertaking a review of those recommendations made by Lord Justice Jackson that have not yet been implemented, it has emerged.”
Litigation Futures, 23rd September 2013
Source: www.litigation.com
“Smoking could be banned across all prisons in England and Wales by 2015, amid fears that prisoners could begin rioting over the change.”
The Independent, 20th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“For those of you who had been pondering about the applicability of Re B [2013] UKSC 33 to private law cases – Re A (A Child) [2013] EWCA Civ 1104 goes some distance towards providing an answer. It concerns exceptionally long running private law proceedings, of the ‘implacable hostility’ variety, which the Circuit Judge acknowledged on concluding them had been characterised by systemic failure. The order was for no direct contact between the girl and her father and a s91(14) order until the child’s 16th birthday (she was 13 at the time). The father appealed and did so in person. He criticised the manner in which the entire proceedings had been conducted. He did not accept that the Circuit Judge was right to draw a line under the proceedings, now that the child was 13 years old and firmly expressing her opposition to contact and the proceedings.”
Pink Tape, 22nd September 2013
Source: www.pinktape.co.uk
“Fourteen police officers could face charges after senior judges found a ‘serious perversion of the course of justice’ in a murder case in which five men were wrongly convicted over a gangland murder.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.com
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has accused three major department stores of colluding with a manufacturer to fix the price of sports bras.”
BBC News, 20th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who was confronted by a vigilante paedophile-hunting group over abusive activities towards a child has been jailed for eight years.”
The Independent, 20th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Merseyside gang which ‘controlled illegal drug distribution’ across a Cheshire borough has been jailed.”
BBC News, 19th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The families of almost 200 innocent victims of British military activity in Afghanistan have been compensated with barely £3,000 each, the Government has revealed.”
The Independent, 22nd September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who made bogus bomb detectors in his garden shed has been given a suspended jail sentence.”
BBC News, 20th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A police officer who has been found guilty of punching a suspect after he spat in his mouth will be sentenced today.”
The Independent, 20th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Lawyers for Shrien Dewani, the honeymoon murder suspect, are to ask British prosecutors to consider bringing a case against him in a dramatic attempt to avoid a trial in South Africa.”
The Guardian, 21st September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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