‘A former teaching assistant has been awarded a six-figure payout after suing her bosses over an attack by a five-year-old who was “big for his age”.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd March 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Smacking and slapping children has been outlawed in Wales, with people told to contact social services or police if they see a parent or carer meting out physical punishment.’
The Guardian, 21st March 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A rapist who abducted a young woman and was caught on CCTV carrying her through a deserted Leeds city centre has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 16 years.’
The Guardian 23rd February 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who killed his son-in-law’s mother with an axe after his daughter’s marriage ended “acrimoniously” has been jailed.’
BBC News, 12th February 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A British football fan who claims he was tortured and falsely imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates in 2019 while on holiday there to watch Asian Cup matches is suing the new head of Interpol.’
The Guardian, 8th February 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A 17-year-old girl and two men have been found guilty of the sadistic homophobic murder of a consultant psychiatrist in a city centre park.’
The Guardian, 3rd February 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘General Medical Council v Bramhall [2021] EWHC (2109) (Admin). In a series of acts referred to by HHJ Farrer QC as “conduct borne of professional arrogance of such magnitude that it strayed into criminal behaviour”, Mr Bramhall used an argon beam cauterising tool to sign his initials on the livers of multiple patients. In the aftermath of a criminal conviction, the General Medical Council (GMC) sought his erasure from the medical register. The MPT, disagreeing with the GMC over the severity of his actions, preferred a 5-month suspension.’
Quarterly Medical Law Review , 24th January 2022
Source: 1corqmlr.com
‘A foreman of a jury who carried out internet research that led to the conviction of a defendant has been given a suspended prison sentence. Timothy Chapman, 62, caused other members of the split jury at Huntingdon Crown Court to change their mind after using a search engine to ask the question: “How hard is it to break bones?”’
Law Society's Gazette, 16th January 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A surgeon who burned his initials on to the livers of two patients during transplant surgery has been struck off the medical register.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been handed a life sentence for attacking his girlfriend and killing her unborn child.’
The Independent, 6th January 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for more than nine years for killing an aspiring firefighter who was on a night out watching an England game at Euro 2020.’
BBC News, 4th January 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who racially abused and assaulted a pub doorman has been jailed for 14 weeks.’
BBC News, 13th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Former Premier League footballer Joey Barton has been cleared of pushing over a rival manager at the end of a match, leaving him bloodied and with a broken tooth.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th December 2021
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for more than 14 years over a stabbing that left a man blind in one eye and with a collapsed lung.’
BBC News, 16th November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who babysat in private homes has been jailed for sexually abusing children aged between two and 14.’
BBC News, 15th November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Magistrates have set aside the conviction of a Britain First activist accused of assaulting a security guard at a hotel housing asylum seekers. James White, 31, will face a retrial for assault at Coventry Magistrates’ Court on 7 March. He was found guilty of the offence in his absence on Monday, but the conviction was ruled unsafe two days later after his lawyer successfully argued proceedings had gone ahead unfairly.’
The Independent, 11th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A Britain First activist has been convicted of assaulting a security guard at a hotel housing asylum seekers.’
The Independent, 8th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Defence has quietly settled 417 Iraq compensation claims and paid out several million pounds to resolve accusations that British troops subjected Iraqis to cruel and inhumane treatment, arbitrary detention or assault.’
The Guardian, 6th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An alleged far-right extremist accused of attempting to launch a terror attack at a solicitors’ firm will stand trial next March, a judge decided last week.’
Legal Futures, 2nd November 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A former English National Ballet principal dancer who used his “fame and prestige” to sexually assault his students has been jailed.’
BBC News, 20th October 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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