Strategy to drive out transgender prejudice – Home Office
“Tougher sentences for hate crimes, support for transgender pupils in schools, and tailored recruitment advice for businesses are just some of the actions in the first transgender equality plan launched by the government today.”
Home Office, 8th December 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Top judge speaks! Are the judiciary becoming too outspoken? – UK Human Rights Blog
“A lot of headlines begin with “Top judge…” at the moment. Top Judge has variously attacked MPs who reveal injunctions, expressed fears over cameras in court, warned legal aid in family cases may disappear, protested over legal aid reforms, urged murder law reforms and said Britain can ignore Europe on human rights (he didn’t, but that’s another story).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 8th December 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Payday loan companies face tougher regulation over high interest rates – The Guardian
“Companies that provide expensive, short-term loans to desperate borrowers face tougher regulation by the government.”
The Guardian, 7th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
NHS watchdog told to police IVF clinics despite workload concerns – The Guardian
“The Care Quality Commission has been told to press on with plans to take over the policing of IVF clinics, despite warning that it cannot cope with the extra workload.”
The Guardian, 7th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Andy Coulson sues News Group over refusal to pay phone hacking legal fees – Daily Telegraph
“Andy Coulson, the former News of the World editor, took his ex-employer News Group Newspapers to the High Court today over its refusal to reimburse his legal fees arising from the phone-hacking affair.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Michael Barrymore admits cocaine possession – Daily Telegraph
“The TV personality, born Michael Parker, was held after officers on routine patrol discovered the scene at the junction of The Vale and Dordrecht Road. He admitted possessing cocaine during an appearance at Ealing Magistrates’ Court today. A second charge, of being drunk and disorderly, was withdrawn. He was fined a total of £780 for the offence.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
PCC proposes wide-ranging shakeup of press self-regulation – The Guardian
“Newspapers would be obliged to trail brokered corrections on the front page as part of a wide-ranging shakeup of press self-regulation proposed by the Press Complaints Commission. Responding to the frequent criticism that apologies lack prominence, the PCC hopes that highlighting its adjudications on the front page would help restore public confidence in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.”
The Guardian, 7th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Gove orders inquiry into exams advice given to teachers – The Guardian
“Education secretary Michael Gove has ordered an inquiry into a claim that examiners are giving teachers advice on what questions their pupils should expect in GCSE and A-level papers.”
The Guardian, 7th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bank protest set for appeal court – The Independent
Protesters occupying an empty office complex owned by a bank are set to take their fight to remain to the Court of Appeal. A High Court judge today refused to overturn a ‘possession order’ granted to investment bank UBS, which owns the complex in the City of London.”
The Independent, 7th December 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Vulnerable man ‘unlawfully killed’ – The Independent
” A vulnerable man who died after suffering 30 years of torment by yobs was unlawfully killed, a coroner ruled today.”
The Independent, 7th December 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Meriden villagers threatened with eviction over gypsy protest – Daily Telegraph
“Residents who have been campaigning against a gypsy camp on green belt land in their village of Meriden face being removed from the protest stie for breaking planning laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Minister signals summary justice role for magistrates – Daily Telegraph
“Magistrates will be able to hand out summary justice in police stations under a radical overhaul of out-of-court penalties being considered by the Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Uninterrupted Morris Dancing rights beaten by an A1P1 claim? – UK Human Rights Blog
“Retrospective legislation often gives rise to claims under Article 1 Protocol 1 of the Convention – you may have some legal advantage (whether it be property or a legal claim) which you then find yourselves losing as a result of the change of law. I have posted on some of these, the ban of the pub fag machine, or the change in the law that meant insurers had to pay compensation for pleural plaques caused by asbestos. These A1P1 cases are not easy to win, not least because the courts are wary in thwarting legislative changes via one of the less fundamental and most qualified rights in the Convention locker.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th December 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Father jailed for killing toddler – The Independent
“A father who killed his toddler son because he was crying was jailed for nine years today.”
The Independent, 7th December 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The value of justice – LAG News Blog
“District Judge Nicholas Crichton takes exception to the recently announced £41m increase in the cost of the opening and closing ceremonies for the Olympics. It is difficult not to agree with him, however much you might be looking forward to next year’s festivities, especially when vital services such as the Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC), which he leads, have a financial question mark hanging over their future.”
LAG News Blog, 7th December 2011
Undercover policeman’s identity ‘kept secret’ as he prepared to appear in court – The Guardian
“Prosecutors and police have been accused of keeping secret the identity of a police spy in a 1996 criminal trial of political campaigners.”
The Guardian, 7th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ex-councillor admits porn charges – The Independent
“A Lib Dem MP’s former aide, who ran a campaign to prevent the closure of a local swimming pool popular with children, avoided a jail sentence today after admitting child porn offences.”
The Independent, 7th December 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Give judges discretion in murder sentencing – The Guardian
“Mandatory life sentences erode the judiciary’s independence and fail to take account of the individual circumstances of a case.”
The Guardian, 7th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
