“A schizophrenic man who suffered burns when a police officer sprayed him in the face with CS spray has been awarded £4,000 in compensation.”
BBC News, 20th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Magistrates could be ‘consigned to history’ because of a massive rise in the proportion of criminals escaping with out-of-court punishments, a think tank warns today.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Parents who split up are damaging their children’s welfare by using them as ‘ammunition’ in the separation process, according to England’s most senior family court judge.”
The Guardian, 21st September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A doctor who raised concerns about the clinic where Baby P was seen days before his death is suing the NHS, claiming she was forced out of her job.”
BBC News, 20th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Is the pupillage hunt causing you to get your briefs in a twist? Let our live Q&A experts bring some order, order to your trials. Monday from 1pm.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Minister Jonathan Djanogly has said that more use should be made of mediation as an alternative to using courts in civil and family justice disputes.”
Ministry of Justice, 20th September 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Health & Safety Executive v Wolverhampton County Council [2010] EWCA Civ 1025 (30 July 2010)
Gourisaria v Gourisaria [2010] EWCA Civ 1019 (13 August 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Town Halls could be hired out as courts to raise money for councils and increase the speed of justice, local authorities have suggested.”
The Independent, 18th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Justice for vulnerable clients can be frustrated when lawyers are not up to the job.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A ‘dads’ army’ of former soldiers would run community service programmes for offenders under a radical cost-cutting privatisation plan that has shocked unions.”
The Guardian, 19th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two men are facing jail after they were convicted yesterday of running an illegal fertility company that gave women access to sperm donors. Nigel Woodforth, 43, ran the operation from the basement of his home in Reading, Berkshire, with 49-year-old Ricky Gage. A jury at Southwark Crown Court, in south London, convicted both men of three counts each of providing sperm without a licence or third-party agreement.”
The Independent, 18th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service has agreed to pay £16,000 compensation to a woman over the handling of a serious sexual assault allegation, it was reported today.”
The Independent, 20th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former altar boy was found not guilty at his re-trial today of murdering an elderly vicar he accused of sexually abusing him.”
The Independent, 17th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who caused a crash that killed an Oxfordshire man, then drove from the scene and later lied to police, has begun a five-year jail term.”
BBC News, 17th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Essex Police failed to investigate sexual assaults because the victim was not believed due to her history of mental illness, a watchdog has said.”
BBC News, 17th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Broadmoor patient who confessed to killing two women in East Sussex in 1998 and eating flesh from one of them has been jailed for at least 21 years.”
BBC News, 17th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man was jailed today for raping a legal worker after they had been drinking and she fell asleep.”
The Independent, 17th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A violent thug who murdered a woman and her teenage daughter after starting a devastating fire at their seaside home was jailed for life today.”
The Independent, 17th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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