‘Victims of crime are having to wait up to three years for offenders to be sentenced as the length of time it takes to bring a criminal to justice has soared by more than a third in the past decade.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th January 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Gambling businesses are to be banned from allowing consumers in Great Britain to use credit cards to bet from 14 April, the Gambling Commission has announced.’
The Guardian, 14th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police and social workers investigating child sex exploitation in Manchester knew children were suffering “the most profound abuse… but did not protect them”, a report has found.’
BBC News, 14th January 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Up to 52 children may have been victims of a sex abuse scandal in Greater Manchester, with most offenders getting away with their crimes because of errors by police and children’s services, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 14th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
The Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (Commencement) Regulations 2020
The Council Tax (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
The Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order 2020
The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Designated Sites) (Amendment) Order 2020
The Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020
The Police (Performance) Regulations 2020
The Police (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2020
The Police Appeals Tribunals Rules 2020
Source: www.legislation.gpv.uk
‘Liaw v Sohal. Central London County Court, 10 January 2019. (unreported elsewhere, we’ve seen the approved judgment). A county court first instance deposit claim decision, but with elements of interest and broader relevance (as well as some lessons to landlords as to how not to conduct a case.).
Nearly Legal, 11th January 2020
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The High Court has characterised a liquidator’s firm as a real party to the litigation which it funded as it stood to make financial gain from the action and was therefore found not to be a pure funder facilitating access to justice.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th January 2020
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Today (Friday 10 January) the Home Office is introducing legislation that will shake up how complaints made against the police are handled and improve the discipline system for officers.’
Home Office, 10th January 2020
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘A former lawyer who said he could not walk without help, but was spotted driving a miniature locomotive, has been sentenced for benefit fraud.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th January 2020
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A police constable who falsely accused a council street cleaner of sexually assaulting a child after an argument about cleaning up his garden hedges has been jailed for three years.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th January 2020
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Almost half of people charged with knife killings in London over the past three years had previously committed an offence involving a blade, Metropolitan police figures suggest.’
The Guardian, 13th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Women are missing out on top jobs across a variety of sectors, showing that a “step change” is needed to boost the number in senior roles, campaigners have said.’
The Independent, 13th January 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Victims of serious crime now wait almost a year-and-a-half for the suspects to go on trial while judges sit “idle” after the government cut their sitting days – despite Guardian analysis finding almost half of all crown courtrooms in England and Wales are empty each day.’
The Guardian, 13th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The home secretary, Priti Patel, has defended anti-terror police for putting the Extinction Rebellion environmental protest group on a list of extremist ideologies, saying it was important to look at “a range of security risks”.’
Home Office, 13th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been jailed for 28 months for trying to sit driving theory tests for other people just months after being released from prison, where he has served three previous sentences for similar crimes.’
The Independent, 11th January 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Manchester City have banned one of their own supporters for life after he was found guilty of racially abusing Raheem Sterling.’
The Independent, 11th January 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Investigations into alleged misconduct by prison staff have risen by a third in a year, figures have revealed.’
BBC News, 13th January 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police have refused to apologise to a man wrongly jailed for 25 years because officers lied at his trial, even after the now-retired appeal court judge who quashed the conviction told the Guardian that the force should say sorry.’
The Guardian, 13th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
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