“The lifting of so called super-injunctions in the cases of the footballer John Terry and the multi-national company Trafigura have been heralded by the papers as victories for the press in the battle over tightening publication laws.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Reforms to open up the family courts to the media are at risk of being scuppered by mounting opposition from senior judges, lawyers, children’s groups and MPs, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Parts of the Crown Prosecution Service in London are in ‘meltdown’ with criminals being handed ‘get out of jail free cards’ while ‘open and shut’ cases are being thrown out of court, a memo seen by The Independent claims.”
The Independent, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The prison service’s early release scheme under which more than 80,000 prisoners have walked out of jail 18 days early is to end by 10 April, when the general election campaign is widely expected to be getting under way.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A predatory paedophile who stealthily groomed a 14-year-old girl with depraved and crude sexual chats before taking her to woods for sex was jailed for four years today.”
The Independent, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, today issued a clarified and updated edition of The Code for Crown Prosecutors (the Code).”
Crown Prosecution Service, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Stephen Sedley finds the insights of a senior law lord clear and compelling.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A fantasist who claimed to be a decorated war veteran has had all charges against him dropped at Nuneaton Magistrates’ Court because of a legal technicality.”
The Times, 20th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The barrister Jonathan Sumption has been described as the cleverest man in Britain, with ‘a brain the size of the planet’ and fees to match. So when David Miliband hired this top legal banana to help to suppress evidence of MI5’s complicity in torturing a terrorist suspect, the foreign secretary did not envisage any slip-ups.”
The Times, 21st February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Assisted suicide will be effectively decriminalised by the back door in landmark guidance to be published next week.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who has spent the past 23 years in jail for shooting dead five of his relatives is to have his conviction re-examined after doubts were raised over key evidence used during his trial.”
The Independent, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“After walking through the double doors of Court 35, Peter Blake turned down a winding staircase and within three minutes had navigated his way unnoticed through the Gothic maze of the Royal Courts of Justice.”
The Times, 20th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Solicitors have expressed disappointment that the Office of Fair Trading did not propose the regulation of estate agents in its home buying and selling report published last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Only two of almost 150 race claims made against the country’s largest police force in the past four years have been upheld at tribunals, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“As befits Britain’s most senior spy, Jonathan Evans is noted in Whitehall for being cool under fire. That quality will be tested this week when MI5’s director-general learns whether his service is about to be engulfed by one of the biggest crises in its 100-year history.”
The Times, 21st February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Police questioned an amateur photographer under anti-terrorist legislation and later arrested him, claiming pictures he was taking in a Lancashire town were ‘suspicious’ and constituted ‘antisocial behaviour’.”
The Guardian, 21st February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A doctor accused of failing to spot the signs that Baby P was being abused is due before the General Medical Council (GMC) charged with misconduct.”
BBC News, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Crown Court case against a pensioner who threatened four boys for climbing trees was a waste of taxpayers’ money, a judge has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Equality and human rights law may make it illegal for schools to force girls to wear skirts — because uniforms discriminate against transsexuals.”
The Times, 21st February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A father who ‘used his baby as a tool to avoid deportation’ has been jailed for life for her murder, and must serve a minimum of 16 years.”
BBC News, 19th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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