“The criminal justice system can be opaque, impenetrable, too concerned with defendants and too little concerned about victims, Nick Herbert said today (13 July).”
The Independent, 13th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A carer who ‘brutally’ beat an elderly man to death in a hammer attack after he changed his will to leave her a £340,000 legacy has been convicted of murder.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Absent fathers will be hit with up to £500 in fines for missing child support payments under tough new rules raising the cost of divorce.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The UK Border Agency has reacted with fury to a court ruling allowing a Sudanese asylum seeker who raped a 12-year-old girl to remain in Britain.”
The Independent, 15th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A father has been jailed for at least 26 years for killing a man for asking if his crying daughter was all right.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than 75 judges were disciplined for misconduct last year, official figures show, with some banned after being jailed for crimes as serious as blackmail and manslaughter.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“‘Flash incarceration’ of offenders who breach court orders, widespread naming online of those convicted, more witnesses giving evidence via videolink and Sunday court sittings are among measures outlined in government plans to speed up justice.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government faces a Supreme Court action this week demanding that it slash air pollution levels by 2015. Lawyers acting for the environmental charity ClientEarth are making a legal challenge to force the coalition to cut levels of lethal nitrogen dioxide (NO2) to within European Commission limits.”
The Independent, 15th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three Kenyans who allege they were tortured by the British colonial authorities during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising, are to begin a damages case at the High Court in London later.”
BBC News, 16th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The police have wrongly accused and detained two people in separate cases as a result of mistakes made in the disclosure of their personal communications data, a watchdog has revealed.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice says reducing the ’30-year rule’ for publishing secret government papers to 20 years will cost up to £52m.”
BBC News, 13th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“More than 400 sex offenders set free in the last three years went on to commit rape, Ministry of Justice figures have revealed. Last year almost one in seven convicted rapists had a previous conviction for a sex crime, the highest level for five years.”
The Independent, 16th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Five men who preyed on vulnerable teenage girls for sex have been found guilty of paying for the sexual services of a child.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government has ‘painted itself into a corner’ over its refusal to grant prisoners’ voting rights, according to Europe’s most senior human rights official.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Employment tribunal fees will be tailored to encourage businesses and workers to mediate or settle a dispute rather than go to a full hearing from summer 2013.”
Ministry of Justice, 13th July 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Far-reaching plans to reform the criminal justice system by reducing delays, tackling waste and overhauling unnecessarily bureaucratic systems were launched today by Criminal Justice Minister Nick Herbert.”
Ministry of Justice, 13th July 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A private security company has won a contract to supervise offenders on probation doing unpaid work in the community.”
BBC News, 13th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A health body has been fined £60,000 after two letters containing ‘confidential and highly sensitive personal data’ about a ‘vulnerable individual’ were sent to the wrong address.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
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