“The Coalition’s plans to let private companies supervise ex-prisoners have been blocked in the House of Lords.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The law upon health and safety is becoming ever more punitive. Traditionally it had been considered regulatory rather than penal legislation designed to prevent tragedy not punish transgressors. The maximum penalty under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 was a fine proportionate to the means of the offender until very recently. For the first time ever under the Health and Safety Offences Act 2008 an offending employee can face custody of up to two years. We can all generally support the principles of the legislation but the removal of a person’s liberty is so serious that it is imperative that cases are defended with vigour.”
One Inner Temple Lane, 26th June 2013
Source: www.1itl.com
“A man who spent seven years in jail for a murder he did not commit was allegedly injured by police and charged with assault just months after his release, it can be disclosed.”
The Independent, 25th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Remember Inhuman Rights, The Sun’s garbled reporting of this Court of Appeal decision on Criminal Record Bureau checks? In February, I wrote this: No, The Sun, the Human Rights Act is not the EU. My complaint was about the headline, which screamed ‘Now EU could let fiends like him prey on your children’. This was obvious nonsense, since the judgment had nothing to do with the EU.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Read a copy of the letter that the lord chief justice sent to the justice secretary warning him not to undermine judicial independence.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A rapist was finally convicted today after a series of police and prosecution blunders allowed him to evade justice for 15 years following his merciless attack on a pensioner inside her own home.”
The Independent, 25th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A mother described by police as a ‘monster’ has been jailed for life for murdering her two-year-old son.”
BBC News, 25th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The highest-ranking nurse in the Royal Air Force has won damages after bringing a sexual discrimination case against the Ministry of Defence.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for life for murdering his wife by repeatedly hitting her on the head with an ornamental wooden elephant.”
BBC News, 25th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A homeless man with a drinking problem who stayed at a cosy country pub for two nights after tricking staff into believing he was the documentary maker Louis Theroux has been given a community sentence.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lord Justice Leveson is to be invited to give evidence for the first time to MPs about his report on the future of press regulation and the resulting impasse over setting up a new industry watchdog.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The judges have nothing to gain and everything to lose by negotiating with Chris Grayling in private.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“As the dust from the Civil Justice reforms begins to settle, it appears that Parliamentary counsel have slipped another consultation through in the background. Published in March this year, it appears innocuous enough, but on further consideration raises a number of significant concerns. I also question why this report was even necessary. Parliamentary austerity and wholesale changes to the legal profession should have lent caution to the writers of the report, given that this can be construed as a real attack upon the legal profession. Ill-timed and badly thought out, the principle will be applauded by businesses that will look at the superficial benefits but not appreciate the issues, and is therefore convenient politically.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 25th June 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexhange.co.uk
“Researchers that wish to conduct “electronic analysis” of copyrighted content for non-commercial purposes will have a right to copy that information under proposed new copyright laws.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“In the wake of the Edward Snowden disclosures, some fear that changes to UK whistleblowing laws could discourage those here wanting to spill the beans.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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