“Second annual report to the Home Affairs Select Committee on progress made in taking forward the recommendations of its inquiry.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th December 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Research on the 2007 court fee remission system and examination of court users’ views and experiences.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th Dcember 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Court of Appeal (Criminal) Review of the Legal Year 2008/2009.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 11th December 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“On 10 December 2009 we published our report on Conspiracy and Attempts. This report makes recommendations to reform the law governing the criminal liability of those who agree, or attempt, to commit offences.”
Law Commission, 10th December 2009
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
“An assessment of our performance against departmental strategic objectives, public service agreements and value for money targets.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th December 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A document setting out the high-level strategic priorities that the Ministry of Justice requires the NOMS Agency to deliver in 2010-11.”
Ministry of Justice, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has produced a new plain English Guide to Data Protection to provide businesses and organisations with practical advice about the Data Protection Act and dispel myths. The guide will help organisations safeguard personal data and comply with the law. The guide takes a straight-forward look at the principles of the Data Protection Act and uses practical, business-based examples.”
Information Commissioner’s Office, 26th November 2009
Source: www.ico.gov.uk
” ‘Vulnerable Defendants in the Criminal Courts’ reviews the provision of support in the court system for adults with learning disabilities or learning difficulties. The second half of the report examines the situation for children.”
Prison Reform Trust, 1st December 2009
Source: www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk
“Report of the Judicial Diversity Conference ‘A Judiciary of the 21st Century, ‘ held on 11March 2009.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 27th November 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The framework, developed with the Department for Children, Schools and Families, sets out key tasks for criminal justice agencies and local services to support the children and families of offenders at each stage of the criminal justice system and beyond.”
Ministry of Justice, 3rd November 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“On 4 November 2009, the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission published a final report with recommendations on simplifying the law on consumer remedies for faulty goods.”
Law Commission , 4th November 2009
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
“Report to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on fraudulent or misleading applications for admission to schools.”
Office of the Schools Adjudicator, 2nd November 2009
Source: www.schoolsadjudicator.gov.uk
“Television cameras in the courts, no reform needed on assisted suicide and strong backing for the Human Rights Act 1998 — the new Director of Public Prosecutions has given a first taste of his views two months into the job.”
The Times, 15th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“It carries a knighthood, prestige and authority. But it is seen as lonely, fusty and male-dominated, with a culture of ‘male self-confidence and intellectual posturing’.”
The Times, 13th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Hold the front page. The Lord High Chancellor doesn’t like our Human Rights Act and feels ‘frustrated’ by those pesky lawyers and judges who sometimes stand in his way. The Right Honourable Former Foreign Secretary of the War on Terror would like to send foreigners to places of torture. After all if it was good enough for his chums in the outgoing Bush administration.”
The Guardian, 8th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In an unprecedented joint interview, two senior judges who will be joining the UK Supreme Court next year reveal that one or two of their fellow justices think we would be better off without it. Might it be something to do with the post code?”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Carmen Briscoe-Mitchell turned white with rage at her portrayal as a vicious sadist in her daughter’s best-selling misery memoir. The proud matriarch lost her libel case but tells Robert Verkaik she is unrepentant after sueing.”
The Independent, 6th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Ed Balls moved swiftly to remove Sharon Shoesmith from her post, and states that every local council must learn the lessons of Baby P’s death. But in many ways, Shoesmith was the perfect children’s director for the new-look Department for Children, Schools and Families.”
The Times, 4th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“In 1900, the editor of the Birmingham Daily Argos was fined £100 by the Lord Chief Justice for describing Mr Justice Darling as an ‘impudent little man in horsehair’. The editor avoided a prison sentence for ‘personal scurrilous abuse of a judge’ only because of his abject apology. Today, we rightly take a more tolerant approach to criticism of the judiciary. But the critical comments by Paul Dacre, Editor of the Daily Mail, about the judgments of Mr Justice Eady in privacy cases raise important questions about how judges should respond.”
The Times, 27th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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