“Towards a European law? Australian Bar Association Conference – Berlin – Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls, 7th July 2011.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 7th July 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The first man to be convicted of trafficking females out of the UK, in a case involving two Nigerian girls, has been jailed.”
BBC news, 7th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Detainees claim they have been strangled, beaten and dropped down aircraft steps while being deported by private security firms, according to a damning report that calls for a ‘complete and radical overhaul’ of the government’s removals process.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Robert Halfon MP claimed that he had uncovered a way for people to enter the UK without their passports being checked.Immigration and special branch officers had complained that extremists were able to use a ‘Common Area Travel Channel’ which allows people access to this country without their passports being checked, he said.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An 80-year-old woman accused of hurling anti-Semitic, racist and homophobic abuse at neighbours has been given an Anti-social Behaviour Order (Asbo).”
BBC News, 7th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who stabbed a neighbour’s dog to death as it attacked his pet Labrador has been cleared of acting unlawfully.”
BBC News, 7th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Tucked away on page 52 of the government’s response to the legal aid green paper were words that would make many criminal lawyers shudder: ‘We intend to consult on detailed proposals for introducing competition in criminal proceedings later in the year.’ ”
The Guardian, 7th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“News International announced on Thursday that it is closing the News of the World after this Sunday’s edition, with no end in sight to the political and commercial fallout from the phone-hacking scandal after 72 hours of mounting crisis”
The Guardian, 7th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“This guidance applies to cases where a complainant of rape or domestic violence: makes a false allegation,
retracts an allegation, or withdraws a retraction.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 7th July 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Director of public prosecutions issues guidance to help distinguish genuine victims in danger of attack.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“David Cameron will meet Ed Miliband next Wednesday to agree terms of two official inquiries into the phone-hacking scandal, including a judge-led inquiry into the conduct of the original police investigation, and an inquiry into the future of the media and its regulation.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Chair of the Press Complaints Commission Baroness Buscombe says her organisation has acted over the News of the World’s phone hacking scandal but admits the system needs to be reformed.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Lord Chief Justice yesterday attacked the ‘widespread’ use of out of court penalties amid fears one in three are being inappropriately handed out.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Too many women leave the law before they qualify for judicial appointment. The inflexible work culture must be changed.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A paedophile who faked his own death by leaving his clothes, car keys and a suicide note on a Lancashire beach has been jailed for seven years.”
BBC News, 7th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Government plans to make more services available online and to use cloud computing to deliver public services need to be clearer on how information will be protected, a House of Commons committee has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Three police investigations involving a Bedfordshire man who was murdered, decapitated and dumped in a lake were ‘flawed’, the police watchdog has said.”
BBC News, 7th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain was an occupying power following the invasion of Iraq and failed to carry out effective investigations into the killing of civilians, the European court of human rights has ruled in a landmark judgment.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related links: AL-JEDDA v. THE UNITED KINGDOM – 27021/08 [2011] ECHR 1092 (7 July 2011)
AL-SKEINI AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM – 55721/07 [2011] ECHR 1093 (7 July 2011)
“The home secretary, Theresa May, is to ask MPs to pass an emergency bill to resolve the police bail crisis amid warnings from defence lawyers that it amounts to a ‘smash and grab raid’ to boost police powers.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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