“A senior judge has raised concerns over fingerprint evidence used in criminal trials, warning that it rests on ‘assumptions’ that have never been scientifically proven.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Wiltshire policeman convicted of assaulting a woman in custody has been cleared on appeal.”
BBC News, 18th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Making criminal justice statistics more transparent and user friendly is the aim of a consultation launched today (17 November).”
Ministry of Justice, 17th November 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A group of residents from east London are taking a council to court over a decision to allow 50% more flights a year from London City Airport.”
BBC News, 18th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Mediation ‘cannot be a substitute for justice’, the master of the rolls warned this week, in a view that appears sharply at odds with government proposals to replace many legal aid-funded cases with alternative dispute resolution.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th November 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Three High Court judges considering former Labour MP Phil Woolas’s bid to overturn his ban from politics have reserved judgement.”
BBC News, 17th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The private investigator at the centre of the phone-hacking scandal has been ordered by a high court judge to reveal who instructed him to engage in the illegal interception of voicemail messages of public figures.”
The Guardian, 17th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than half of young offenders believe detention does nothing to stop them going back to crime, a study has revealed.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government has been defeated in the Lords over its refusal to offer people who bought ID cards a refund.”
BBC News, 17th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has failed to create a ‘hostile environment’ for employers of illegal migrant workers in Britain who have escaped tens of millions of pounds of unpaid fines, according to an official report published today.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Legal affairs correspondent, Afua Hirsch, dissects the green paper on legal aid and gives her views on the most important passages. Click on the highlighted paragraphs to read their comments or use the annotations bar at the top of the page to flick through them.”
Proposal for Reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales
The Guardian, 17th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped its investigation into an MI5 officer accused of complicity in the mistreatment of Binyam Mohamed.”
BBC News, 17th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 15-year-old boy who killed a suspected paedophile ‘to teach him a lesson’ has been given a life sentence.”
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A legal duty forcing public bodies to help reduce inequality caused by class disadvantage is to be scrapped.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Compensation payments and legal costs for 16 British citizens and residents who claim they were tortured at Guantanamo Bay could leave the Government footing a bill of up to £30m.”
The Independent, 17th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Senior doctors have written to David Cameron calling for action over a legal loophole that enables drug companies to set ‘exorbitant prices’ for drugs to treat rare diseases.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A coalition of the UK’s leading housing and legal organisations have written to Chancellor George Osborne warning of ‘dire consequences’ for homebuyers and the building industry if Financial Service Authority proposals for mortgage regulation are implemented.”
The Guardian, 16th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Christian paediatrician who was dismissed from an adoption panel over her belief that children should not be placed with same-sex couples today lost her claim for religious discrimination.”
The Independent, 16th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Dr Freddy Patel, the Home Office pathologist suspended for misconduct over a series of autopsies, will face fresh allegations at the General Medical Council (GMC) next month.”
The Guardian, 16th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A superinjunction preventing the naming of Take That’s Howard Donald has been lifted by the court of appeal in a case involving a former girlfriend.”
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Read the judgment lifting the superinjunction (PDF)
The Guardian, 16th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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