“Ministers came under fresh pressure today over detailed allegations of complicity in torture, with Gordon Brown being asked whether the attorney general would investigate them and human rights groups joining MPs and peers demanding an independent inquiry.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Harriet Harman was at the centre of a government row last night over moves to increase the conviction rate for rape.”
The Independent, 5th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Asbo-style Violent Offender Orders (VOOs) that can restrict criminals’ movements after they are released from prison are coming into force.”
BBC News, 4th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Prosecutors have been asked to consider whether the Metropolitan police officer who attacked Ian Tomlinson at the G20 demonstration should be charged with manslaughter.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s competition watchdog insisted that supermarkets should be independently regulated after finding evidence they abused their dominance by acting aggressively towards suppliers.”
The Independent, 4th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A judge who described Britain’s immigration system as ‘completely lax’ is to face an official investigation, it was revealed today.”
The Independent, 4th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk</a'
“The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a series of investigations into UK-based banks to establish whether they fraudulently mis-sold complex financial products in the run-up to the global banking crisis.”
The Times, 4th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Prosecutors have been handed a file of evidence about the death of Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests in London in April.”
BBC News, 4th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Attorney General Reference No 23 of 2009 [2009] EWCA Crim 1683 (07 July 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Dias [2009] EWCA Civ 807 (31 July 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Occlutech GmbH v Aga Medical Corp [2009] EWHC 2013 (Ch) (31 July 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Guidelines on assisted suicide will apply in the UK as well as overseas, the Director of Public Prosecutions has confirmed.”
BBC News, 4th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights has accused ministers of trying to avoid Parliamentary scrutiny in relation to a string of allegations of British complicity in the torture of terrorism suspects abroad. The report by MPs and peers lists a number of key cases that link the British intelligence and security agencies with claims of mistreatment.”
BBC News, 4th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Deputy Head of Criminal Justice, Lord Justice Thomas, has responded to the release of statistics today by the Attorney General’s office. The figures report the number of cases where the Attorney General asked the Court of Appeal to decide whether a sentence imposed by the Crown Court was unduly lenient.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 4th August 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Court of Appeal
“A defendant who wished to call similar-fact evidence to justify an alleged libel was entitled to do so even though the evidence related to events after the libel was published.”
The Times, 4th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina v McMorris and Others; Attorney-General’s References Nos 8, 9 and 10 of 2009
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A sentencing judge was entitled to impose a more severe sentence than that indicated by the Sentencing Guidelines Council if, in the circumstances, that was what justice required.”
The Times, 4th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A plan to cut the cost of litigating over patent infringements by a factor of ten has been submitted to a review of litigation costs in England and Wales. The plan proposes cutting the cost of action from between £500,000 and £1 million to £50,000.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th August 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A soldier facing court martial over his refusal to serve in Afghanistan is expected to claim in his defence that the war is unlawful.”
The Independent, 4th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Democratic accountability of the security and intelligence agencies is ‘woefully deficient’ and an independent inquiry must be set up to investigate numerous and detailed allegations of their complicity in torture, a cross-party group of senior MPs and peers will say today.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Families of the two deformed children excluded from last week’s ruling against Corby council are vowing to fight on.”
The Independent, 4th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Concerns over the leniency of the courts deepened yesterday after almost three quarters of sentences suspected of being too soft were increased on appeal.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government is to consider giving time for a bill to allow assisted dying if the director of public prosecutions fails to come up with clearer advice on when it is legal or illegal to help someone to die.”
The Guardian, 3rd August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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