“Police have recorded 34 rapes against Jimmy Savile and 126 indecent assaults with the vast majority of them against children, the youngest of whom was aged eight, a report into the activities of the former DJ revealed today.”
The Independent, 11th January 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“In October 2012, in light of the more recent allegations of sexual offending by Jimmy Savile, I asked my Principal Legal Advisor, Alison Levitt QC, to examine the decisions taken by the CPS in relation to the four allegations made in 2007 and 2008 and advise me whether they were correct or not.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 11th January 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Mba v London Borough Of Merton (Religion or Belief Discrimination) [2012] UKEAT 0332/12/1312 (13 December 2012). The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has dismissed the appeal of a Christian care worker against the decision of an Employment Tribunal that she was not constructively dismissed as a result of her refusal to work on Sundays.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 10th January 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Universities will welcome Government plans to reform laws governing the copying of works for educational purposes, a representative body for the sector has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th January 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“A widow has been granted leave to continue her late husband’s challenge to the existing law on murder and assisted suicide.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th January 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The police watchdog will supervise an investigation into a complaint by Stephen Lawrence’s brother that officers stopped and searched him because he was black.”
BBC News, 10th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Fewer than one in 30 rape victims see their attacker convicted, figures showed, as it emerged one in 20 women are raped or subjected to serious sex attacks by the time they are 60.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A senior Scotland Yard counter-terrorism officer has been convicted of misconduct after she offered to sell information about the phone-hacking investigation to the News of the World.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A blind stroke victim has made a claim for compensation after he was shot in the back with a 50,000-volt Taser stun gun by a police officer who mistook his white stick for a samurai sword.”
The Guardian, 10th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Written rulings should be published when tribunals give judgments in order to properly inform public debate.”
The Guardian, 10th Janaury 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A child rapist brought back from the US after more than 20 years on the run has been jailed for 16 years.”
BBC News, 10th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Conservative-controlled council is to sue three of its own members claiming they have damaged its reputation.”
BBC News, 11th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient when she was in a trance-like state.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Part 36 continues to trouble the courts, with two rulings recently involving parties seeking to overturn the usual costs consequences of accepting an offer after the usual 21 days.”
Litigation Futures, 10th January 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“Two versions of a highly sensitive military witness statement – initially substantially withheld, then later revealed – illustrate the dangers of government plans to expand secret courts, according to campaigners.”
The Guardian, 10th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Only a fraction of sexual offences in England and Wales results in a conviction, a statistical review says.”
BBC News, 10th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government is to start feasibility work on what would be Britain’s biggest prison as part of a major programme of updating Britain’s prison estate. The new prison could hold more than 2,000 prisoners – around a quarter more than the largest current facility. The new facility is likely to be in London, the North West or North Wales.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th January 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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