‘Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd says better treatment of victims by criminal justice system encouraging more people to report sexual assaults.’
The Guardian, 17th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A doctor and his nurse wife have been found guilty of keeping a man as a slave for 24 years at their home.’
BBC News, 17th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “pornography obsessed” man who spied on women and children – photographing and filming them with his phone – has been jailed for 12 years.’
BBC News, 17th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teaching assistant who had sex with a 15-year-old student has had her suspended sentence replaced with an immediate two-year jail term by the Court of Appeal.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A wife who divorced a severely wounded soldier after “wasting” a large part of his £1 million compensation has lost her legal battle to get her hands on what was left of the cash.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The chief inspector of prisons in England and Wales has welcomed “significant improvements” in the handling and restraint of children in custody following the deaths of two boys in 2004.’
The Guardian, 18th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The merger of two prisons in East Yorkshire has been “traumatic and prolonged”, inspectors have found.’
BBC News, 18th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘City Link did not breach laws requiring them to notify the government that they were “proposing to dismiss” thousands of employees who were made redundant when the business became insolvent last year, a court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 16th November 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Lord Carlile QC, former Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, has said that in the aftermath of the Paris attacks last weekend, Parliament should fast-track the Investigatory Powers Bill into law. Given his extensive experience in the field, Lord Carlile’s views should not be taken lightly. But Lord Carlile is wrong. To fast-track the Investigatory Powers Bill is undesirable and unnecessary. It would also end a crucial public conversation in a wrong-headed paroxysm of governmental action.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 16th November 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The courts should embrace IT and the internet in ways that improve access to justice and make scarce resources go further, if the values embodied in Magna Carta are to be realised, according to a senior judge.’
Litigation Futures, 17th November 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A litigant in person’s bid to sue HSBC and their solicitors Shoosmiths on behalf of two dogs has led the High Court to describe her as “one of those very rare litigants” against whom a two-year general civil restraint order had to be made.’
Litigation Futures, 16th November 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A probate manager who admitting making 140 “improper withdrawals” over a period of 11 years, resulting in a client account shortage of £730,000, has been banned from working for law firms.
Legal Futures, 17th November 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Simone Joseph, 37, was sentenced today at Hendon Magistrates’ court to 16 weeks suspended for 18 months for racially aggravated intentional harassment. This relates to an incident on a 206 bus on 13th October 2015.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 13th November 2015
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Rt Hon Sir Ernest Ryder gave a speech “In the Shadow of Magna Carta” in Washington DC on 13 November 2015.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 13th November 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Speech by the Lord Chief Justice, “The Centrality of Justice: Its contribution to Society, and its Delivery” The Lord Williams of Mostyn Memorial Lecture on 10 November 2015.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 16th November 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Three people who tormented and exploited a frail and vulnerable elderly man before sexually assaulting and murdering him have been jailed for a total of more than 70 years.’
The Guardian, 16th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Teachers at the school at the centre of the “Trojan Horse” scandal fed pupils “on a diet of Islam” and isolated them from British society, a panel found. Akeel Ahmed, 41, and Inamulhaq Anwar, 34, denied stepping up religious influence in education at Park View Academy in Birmingham. But a professional conduct panel found against them.’
BBC News, 16th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The boss behind a banned cancer “wonder drug” has been found guilty of sex discrimination after writing “Red lipstick, heels – good” on his personal assistant’s job application.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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