‘An “urgent notification” has been issued by the prisons watchdog for the first time because he warns lives are at risk at HMP Nottingham after inspectors deemed it a “fundamentally unsafe” jail.’
The Independent, 18th January 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Police forces are failing to meet the official standards for forensic science, making miscarriages of justice inevitable, the government’s forensic regulator has said. In her annual report, Gillian Tully highlighted her growing concerns about the failure of some forensic firms used by the police to meet basic quality standards. It means innocent people could be wrongly convicted and offenders escaping justice.’
The Guardian, 19th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Britain’s biggest training provider successfully applied for a superinjunction that stopped official inspectors from passing on a critical report to the government, it has emerged.’
The Guardian, 16th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Separating couples now typically spend £14,561 on lawyers and lifestyle costs, plus an additional £35,000 to rent or £144,600 to buy new property.’
The Independent, 11th January 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman who was murdered by her ex-lover was left without means of calling for help because police had seized her phone days earlier, a report has said.’
BBC News, 8th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Traded companies, banks and insurers with a calendar financial year will be assessing how to comply with new non-financial reporting obligations over the coming months, including the obligation to report on anti-bribery and anti-corruption matters.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th January 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The government must act to help up to 1,500 ultra Orthodox Jewish boys going to unregistered schools in the London borough of Hackney, says a report.’
BBC News, 5th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘British consumers were bombarded with 2.2bn nuisance phone calls and texts from pensions, PPI and cash-for-crash claims firms last year, according to an analysis of Ofcom data.’
The Guardian, 8th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police have made serious errors getting search warrants for suspected sex offenders, leading to the targeting of innocent people and children being wrongly separated from their parents, an official report has revealed.’
The Guardian, 20th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Whilst encouraged by the Government’s response to many of the recommendations in the Lammy Review, the Bar Council today expressed disappointment that key opportunities to address diversity in the judiciary have been missed.’
The Bar Council, 19th December 2017
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘The justice secretary has pledged to implement a “key principle” of “change or explain” when racial discrimination is found in the justice system.’
BBC News, 19th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The family of an Iranian refugee murdered by a vigilante after years of abuse have expressed relief that an independent review has vindicated their campaign to expose institutional racism within a police force and council.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Inmates at Liverpool prison are being kept in the worst living conditions inspectors have ever seen, according to a report seen by BBC News.’
BBC News, 18th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman found fault in 70% of complaints about homelessness it investigated in detail in 2016/17.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th December 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Children in care are at risk of being criminalised as police forces are called out to children’s homes at an unnecessarily high rate, a report has found.’
The Independent, 18th December 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Reported cases of child sexual abuse rose by almost a third last year, according to NSPCC figures which the charity described as “deeply worrying” but said showed a greater public willingness to report the problem.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Church of England has apologised to the relatives of a bishop for the way it investigated child abuse claims made against him decades after his death.’
BBC News, 15th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Graduates from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds are half as likely to obtain pupillages as their white peers, research for the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has found.’
Legal Futures, 12th December 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Lawyers have welcomed with relief the declaration on ‘legal certainty and clarity’ – including mutual recognition and enforcement of judgments – in the Brexit phase 1 agreement reached on Friday. However the Law Society cautioned that the ‘real complexity’ of the deal lies ahead.’
Law Society's Gazette, 10th December 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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