“This guidance applies to cases where a complainant of rape or domestic violence: makes a false allegation,
retracts an allegation, or withdraws a retraction.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 7th July 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Director of public prosecutions issues guidance to help distinguish genuine victims in danger of attack.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“David Cameron will meet Ed Miliband next Wednesday to agree terms of two official inquiries into the phone-hacking scandal, including a judge-led inquiry into the conduct of the original police investigation, and an inquiry into the future of the media and its regulation.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Chair of the Press Complaints Commission Baroness Buscombe says her organisation has acted over the News of the World’s phone hacking scandal but admits the system needs to be reformed.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Lord Chief Justice yesterday attacked the ‘widespread’ use of out of court penalties amid fears one in three are being inappropriately handed out.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Too many women leave the law before they qualify for judicial appointment. The inflexible work culture must be changed.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A paedophile who faked his own death by leaving his clothes, car keys and a suicide note on a Lancashire beach has been jailed for seven years.”
BBC News, 7th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Government plans to make more services available online and to use cloud computing to deliver public services need to be clearer on how information will be protected, a House of Commons committee has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Three police investigations involving a Bedfordshire man who was murdered, decapitated and dumped in a lake were ‘flawed’, the police watchdog has said.”
BBC News, 7th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain was an occupying power following the invasion of Iraq and failed to carry out effective investigations into the killing of civilians, the European court of human rights has ruled in a landmark judgment.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related links: AL-JEDDA v. THE UNITED KINGDOM – 27021/08 [2011] ECHR 1092 (7 July 2011)
AL-SKEINI AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM – 55721/07 [2011] ECHR 1093 (7 July 2011)
“The home secretary, Theresa May, is to ask MPs to pass an emergency bill to resolve the police bail crisis amid warnings from defence lawyers that it amounts to a ‘smash and grab raid’ to boost police powers.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The public asked for the release of more information from public bodies at the start of this year than at any time since the immediate aftermath of the enactment of freedom of information (FOI) laws, the Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“This review by the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses raises issues that need debating, especially in the light of recent cases. The judiciary will give this report close attention alongside the draft Directive on victims issued by the Commission in May which they are already considering carefully.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 6th July 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“There are many mysterious features of the legal world that baffle clients.
But there is perhaps none quite so surprising as when they discover that the judge about to hear their case has little experience in the field of law with which their case is concerned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Roman Catholic church’s liability for the wrongdoings of its priests is being tested in a high court hearing that could have a significant impact on clerical sexual abuse cases.”
The Guardian, 6th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, the government conceded remarkably little following extensive – though hardly protracted – periods of consultation.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A judge said she was troubled by the implications of a supreme court decision against a former ballerina which campaigners say could lead to the elderly being ‘warehoused’ at home ‘without regard to their quality of life’.”
The Guardian, 6th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Taxpayers are funding almost £70,000 a day on legal aid for prisoners after a 25-fold increase in the last decade.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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