Tagging should be used more creatively not only to punish, but also to help change behaviour, said Liz Calderbank, Chief Inspector of Probation, publishing the report of an inspection on electronically monitored curfews.
Ministry of Justice, 14th June 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Government has published its plans to overhaul the child protection system. It proposes to scrap unnecessary instruction manuals and replace them with short, precise guidance and checklists listing roles and responsibilities.”
Family Law Week, 13th June 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“The circumstances in which the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) can initiate proceedings to revoke a patent on the strength of a non-binding opinion it was asked to submit on the patentability of an invention should be expanded, it has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Police and intelligence services will be able to access data about people’s phone calls, emails and internet usage in order to tackle crime and terrorism under Home Office plans.”
BBC News, 14th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government is to offer a blank cheque to internet and phone firms that will be required to track everyone’s email, Twitter, Facebook and other internet use under legislation to be published on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hundreds of asylum seekers and refugees convicted of immigration-related offences such as failure to produce a passport may have been the victims of miscarriages of justice, the Gazette can reveal.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th June 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“An anti tax-avoidance campaign group has won permission from the high courts to have a ‘sweetheart’ deal between HMRC and the banking giant Goldman Sachs judicially reviewed for its legality.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Opposing gay marriage is not offensive or homophobic, the advertising watchdog has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An undercover operation 25 years ago that led to the jailing of two animal rights activists now appears shrouded in mystery.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than half of electronically tagged criminals are breaking the terms of their curfews, raising questions about the effectiveness of one of the central planks of the Government’s criminal justice agenda. A report by the Inspectorate of Probation has found that 59 per cent of tagged offenders spent more than four hours away from home without authorisation.”
The Independent, 14th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A teenager has been given a life sentence for stabbing to death a student in an argument over conkers. The 15-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, was detained for a minimum of 10½ years for murdering Stephen Grisales, 21, from Enfield.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two national newspapers published ‘seriously prejudicial’ articles after a killer’s conviction for the abduction and murder of schoolgirl Milly Dowler, the High Court heard today.”
The Independent, 13th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A sex offender was jailed today 11 years after his young victim put off going to police because of an EastEnders storyline.”
The Independent, 13th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The High Court is being asked to overturn a council election result after votes for a Labour candidate were wrongly given to a Conservative rival with a similar name.”
BBC News, 13th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Tim Baldwin summarises an important Supreme Court decision on the duties of local authorities when providing services to disabled persons.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 12th June 2012
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Fitzhugh v Fitzhugh [2012] EWCA Civ 694 (01 June 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Hampshire Constabulary & Anor v Bullale [2012] EWHC 1549 (QB) (12 June 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Goldspan Ltd v Patel [2012] EWHC 1447 (Ch) (01 June 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The extended use of settlement agreements, which will make it easier for employers to remove underperforming workers in exchange for a pay-off, has been proposed Business Secretary Vince Cable.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The right of both divorced fathers and mothers to see their children is to be enshrined in law for the first time as part of changes to family justice, despite warnings from the government’s independent review and lawyers that it would ‘clog the courts’.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Major confrontations between the courts and the government in Britain and the United States are looming. Just this week, the Home Secretary has warned British judges to take account of the views of MPs on foreign offenders who claim the right to family life. But the courts are also poised to rule on the contentious issue of assisted dying, where those who wish to end their own life are seeking new rights.”
BBC Law in Action, 12th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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