“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
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Nightingale, R. v [2012] EWCA Crim 2734 (29 November 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Boxing Brands Ltd v Sports Direct International Plc & Ors [2012] EWHC 3588 (Ch) (10 December 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A ‘super-prison’ capable of housing 2,000 inmates is to be built along with four mini-prisons in a departure from Coalition policy which had suggested that jails are costly and ineffectual.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A flying instructor whose student died in a helicopter crash has been found guilty of lying to get him a licence.”
BBC News, 9th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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