‘This report sets out the government’s position on the implementation of human rights judgments from the European Court of Human Rights and our domestic courts.’
official-documents.gov.uk, 18th November 2016
Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk
‘World leaders called for the decriminalization of drugs on Monday, in a report released by a commission that includes the former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan and former presidents of Colombia, Mexico and Brazil.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Impostors who wear military medals they are not entitled to should be liable to criminal charges, MPs say.’
BBC News, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Racial discrimination is being covered up by schools in order to protect Ofsted ratings, the British Youth Council has warned, with incidents of racist and religious taunting being readily dismissed as “banter”.’
The Independent, 19th November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Where an expert loses sight of her duty to provide independent assistance to the court by way of objective unbiased opinion in relation to matters within her expertise.’
Zenith PI Blog, 15th November 2016
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The Independent Police Complaints Commission is asking the high court to quash its own report clearing police officers of any serious wrongdoing following the death of a man shortly after he was Tasered.’
The Guardian, 16th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘More than 8,000 web addresses were suspended by Nominet during the year up to the end of October 2016, more than double the number suspended in the previous 12 months, the internet registry for ‘.uk’ domain names has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th November 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Privately educated people still dominate the legal profession, with barriers to entry for those from less affluent backgrounds are even more acute at the Bar than among solicitors, the Social Mobility Commission said yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 17th November 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.com
‘The UK justice secretary, Liz Truss, has come under severe pressure from her predecessor, Michael Gove, and the chief inspector of prisons to take urgent action to cut the prison population.’
The Guardian, 17th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Losing access to the EU’s trade agreements would cost UK importers an extra £1.2 billion a year, according to research conducted on behalf of the Open Britain campaign.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th November 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The number of children held in youth prisons who feel unsafe has risen significantly in recent years, an official report has warned.’
The Independent, 15th November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The UK government’s welfare reform policy has resulted in systematic violations of the human rights of disabled persons, according to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.’
RightsInfo, 14th November 2016
Source: www.rightsinfo.org
‘The RSPCA is “targeting vulnerable, ill and elderly” people and removing their pets, and should be stripped of its powers to prosecute cases of animal cruelty, an MPs report has found.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘People from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are more likely to be jailed for some crimes than those who are white, according to a government-commissioned report.’
The Guardian, 16th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Trafficked children and unaccompanied child asylum seekers are going missing from UK care homes at “an alarmingly high rate”, two charities have said.’
BBC News, 15th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Lord Justice Jackson has been commissioned to undertake a review of fixed recoverable costs, to be completed by 31 July 2017.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 11th November 2016
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘One in four prisons in England and Wales are holding transgender inmates, an official report has revealed.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The number of complaints against lawyers that reach the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) has fallen to its lowest level since the organisation opened in 2010, its annual report has shown.’
Legal Futures, 9th November 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Senior Scotland Yard detectives have been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commissionafter a damning report into the Met’s handling of Operation Midland found a string of “significant failings”.’
8th November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A high court judge has ruled that Ofsted inspectors were wrong to penalise an Islamic faith school because of their “erroneous” view that segregation of boys and girls amounted to unlawful discrimination.’
The Guardian, 8th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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