“The High Court has rejected legal challenges to the closures of Sittingbourne and Barry magistrates’ courts.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Two sisters and their boyfriends jailed for killing their father in his sleep have failed in a bid to have their jail terms reduced.”
BBC News, 13th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“As the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer is responsible for prosecutions, legal issues and criminal justice policy. Since he took up the post in November 2008, he has had to contend with the case of the death of Ian Tomlinson at the 2009 G20 Summit, the controversy around assisted suicide and has been drawn into the News of the World phone hacking scandal. Now he faces another challenge.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“From today, local areas should undertake new action to tackle domestic homicide following any case where someone has been killed by their current or former partner, Home Secretary Theresa May announced.”
Home Office, 13th April 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Women in England and Wales are still more at risk of crime in their own homes than anywhere else, the Director of Public Prosecutions said in a speech today entitled ‘Domestic Violence: the facts, the issues, the future’.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 12th April 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“A man has been jailed for life for murdering his wife and dismembering her body at their Norfolk home.”
BBC News, 12th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Every domestic abuse death is to be automatically reviewed in England and Wales in an effort to make sure lessons about violence in the home are learned.”
BBC News, 13th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Making eligibility for legal aid in divorce and custody cases dependent on accusations of domestic violence will create a ‘perverse incentive’ that encourages false allegations, according to a group of MPs.”
The Guardian, 30th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government has delayed its plans to respond to the legal aid and civil costs consultations until after Easter, and will ‘review’ the definition of domestic violence, the legal aid minister said last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st March 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A US businessman who stabbed his wife 23 times and left her under a hedge has been jailed for at least 16 years.”
BBC News, 25th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Individuals who retract truthful allegations of rape or domestic violence out of fear are less likely to be prosecuted under proposed new guidance for prosecutors on the offence of perverting the course of justice, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, said today. But individuals who make malicious false allegations should know they risk prosecution, he said.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th February 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Individuals who retract truthful allegations of rape or domestic violence out of fear are less likely to be prosecuted under proposed new guidance for prosecutors on the offence of perverting the course of justice, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, said today. But individuals who make malicious false allegations should know they risk prosecution, he said.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th February 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Two teenage sisters described by a judge as ‘Judas-like and wicked’ have been given lengthy jail sentences for the brutal murder of their father.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenager wept when she was found guilty of murdering her father while he slept in his bed after a dispute over money.”
The Guardian, 4th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Solicitors have welcomed a Supreme Court ruling that domestic violence extends beyond physical contact to include other forms of violent conduct.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Solicitors have welcomed a Supreme Court ruling that domestic violence extends beyond physical contact to include other forms of violent conduct.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 3rd February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Yemshaw v Hounslow London Borough Council [2011] UKSC 3; [2011] WLR (D) 18
” ‘Domestic violence’ in section 177(1) of the Housing Act 1996 included physical violence, threatening or intimidating behaviour and any other form of abuse which, directly or indirectly, might give rise to the risk of harm.”
WLR Daily, 26th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The brother of a Harry Potter star has been jailed for six months for a ‘prolonged and nasty’ attack in which she was beaten and branded a ‘slag’ for dating a non-Muslim.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“New laws aimed at protecting female victims of domestic violence have come under fire from the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.”
BBC News, 16th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ahead of Justice Secretary, Kenneth Clarke QC MP’s appearance before the Justice Select Committee tomorrow, the Family Law Bar Association (FLBA), which represents family barristers in England and Wales, has warned of the potentially dangerous consequences of the planned cuts to civil legal aid.”
The Bar Council, 14th December 2010
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
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