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| May-20-13 - Nick Clegg: Prison costs more than going to Eton »
The Liberal Democrat leader gave a speech outlining support for probation staff who start their own John Lewis-style mutuals, and announced a £7 million package to help the fledgling mutuals and small rehabilitation charities bid for contracts. ... [view] |
| May-20-13 - New plans for secret arrests introduced »
New guidance rubber stamped by the College of Policing yesterday, will now mean forces can only identify suspects before they are charged in exceptional circumstances. ... [view] |
| May-19-13 - Plebgate: Mitchell supporters demand answers about Met Commissioner's role »
Friends of the former chief whip, who was forced to resign after admitting swearing at police officers in Downing Street, have established that the head of the Metropolitan Police held a meeting with journalists just prior to reports appearing in two newspapers suggesting a police investigation had found no evidence to support Mr Mitchell's version of events. ... [view] |
| May-18-13 - What do you do after a burglary? »
There has been good news on burglary in recent weeks. Official figures show that break-ins were down 9% in 2012, in part because the fall in electrical prices means there's less stuff that is worth nicking. The Economist last week analysed the "Not so mean streets" of Britain where despite recession and high unemployment, burglary continues its decade-long decline. But this offered little comfort to us after arriving home from the cinema last weekend to find our home ransacked. Computers stolen, watches and jewellery gone, cameras looted, drawers emptied and clothes strewn across the floor. Nothing really prepares you for it. ... [view] |
| May-17-13 - SRA’s popularity slips »
Friday 17 May 2013 by John Hyde Solicitors are less likely to speak positively of the Solicitors Regulation Authority than they were a year ago, a Law Society survey has found. ... [view] |
| May-17-13 - Criminal legal aid cuts double »
Friday 17 May 2013 by Catherine Baksi Ministry of Justice officials have confirmed that £350m could be cut from the criminal legal aid budget - twice as much as the amount stated in the consultation on transforming legal aid. ... [view] |
| May-17-13 - Why are the LulzSec hackers being locked up? | James Ball »
For lawmakers, illicit downloaders and hackers alike, the internet is one of the few bits of frontier territory left in the world: for the "rogues" there's lots more scope to get away with things not possible in more civilised, everyday reality, while for the lawmakers there's an ungovernable mess. ... [view] |
| May-17-13 - LGBT police officers tell young gay people It Gets Better »
For the first time, a collective of 36 lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) police officers and police staff from 16 police forces across the UK tell their stories, providing a message of transformation, hope and encouragement to vulnerable young gay people that It Gets Better. ... [view] |
| May-17-13 - Secret arrest plans in disarray »
Proposals by the Association of Chief Police Officers, (Acpo) sought to end the naming of suspects on arrest, unless there were exceptional circumstances. ... [view] |
| May-17-13 - European data plan labelled ‘demented’ »
Monday 20 May 2013 by Michael Cross European Commission data protection plans are the biggest threat currently facing the UK economy, a senior Downing Street figure said this week. ... [view] |
| May-16-13 - Internet access puts jurors at risk »
This week a leading QC predicted the demise of the jury system. Louis Blom-Cooper, QC, said that looked at by outcomes, the system worked well: there was little difference in conviction rates between lay juries and professional tribunals. Why, then, change it? “It works,” he said. ... [view] |
| May-16-13 - Age of consent must remain at 16 »
When human rights barrister Barbara Hewson described the exposure of the latest sex abuse allegations by Operation Yewtree as “low-level misdemeanours” and called for the age of consent to be lowered to 13, she must have expected some dissent. ... [view] |
| May-16-13 - Litigation costs almost double in the UK »
Litigation costs have soared by almost 50 per cent in the UK during the economic downturn, research released today reveals. The figures come just days after legislation announced in last week’s Queen’s Speech sparked business fears that US-style class-action law suits could be headed to Britain. ... [view] |
| May-16-13 - MoJ plans crackdown on ‘so-called’ experts »
Thursday 16 May 2013 by Catherine Baksi Experts whose evidence is 'not up to scratch' will be driven out of the family courts by reforms announced today by the Ministry of Justice. ... [view] |
| May-16-13 - Law Society Excellence Awards now open for nomination »
Thursday 16 May 2013 The Law Society is inviting legal professionals from across England and Wales to enter the Excellence Awards 2013. Now in its seventh year, and bigger than ever before, the event showcases some of the brightest minds and most innovative firms. This year, the focus is on individuals and teams across the legal sector who are setting new precedents in the profession. Law Society vice-president Nick Fluck said: 'If you or your team are breaking new ground, if you have shown great innovation, if your work has been outstanding, we want to hear from you. 'Now is not the time for modesty and playing down your achievements. By entering the Excellence Awards, you can build your reputation, achieve the respect of your peers and spend some well-deserved time in the spotlight in return for your hard work. 'This year's expanded event at the Park Plaza Hotel in Westminster is hoping to see first hand the kind of innovation and talent that drives the profession forward.' There are 17 categories in the 2013 Excellence Awards. New awards for this year include Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion, Excellence in Pro Bono, Excellence in Marketing and Communications, Excellence in Business Development and Innovation, and Excellence in Exporting Legal Services. The remaining categories for teams are The Lexcel Award for Excellence in Practice Management, Legal Sector Alliance Award for Excellence in Environmental Responsibility; Excellence in Client Service; Excellence in Learning and Development and the CQS Award for Excellence in Conveyancing Practice. Categories for individuals are: The Law Society Gazette Legal Personality of the Year; Legal Business Woman of the Year; Solicitor Advocate of the Year; Junior Lawyer of the Year; Solicitor of the Year (In-House and Private Practice) and Lifetime Achievement Award. Nominations are now open until August 9 2013. ... [view] |
| May-16-13 - Drugs adviser issues tough warning on 'legal highs' »
Professor Les Iversen, chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), expressed fears that the law is struggling to keep up with drug dealers, who are creating potentially deadly new substances at the rate of more than one a week. ... [view] |
| May-16-13 - Letters: Society's failure over the Oxford sex abuse ring »
The coverage of the Oxford and Rochdale sex abuse rings has raised uncomfortable questions around culture, gender and power within the British-Pakistani community which, thus far, the mainstream press has proved rather squeamish in confronting (Social services failed me, says abuse ring girl, 15 May). Are men of Pakistani origin predisposed to abuse girls? No. Do elements of Pakistani culture help explain why a group of men engaged in a joint venture of abusing dozens of poor, young girls? Perhaps. For a community grappling with forced marriage and so-called honour killings, the cultural backdrop and norms of female disempowerment to these crimes are all too relevant. ... [view] |
| May-16-13 - Conman Kallakis gets four more years in jail »
Achilleas Kallakis, a conman who received a seven-year jail sentence in January, will spend a further four years behind bars after a British government lawyer called on senior judges for a tougher sentence. ... [view] |
| May-15-13 - Jurors ‘confused’ on new media contempt »
Wednesday 15 May 2013 by Catherine Baksi Groundbreaking research on juries has revealed that most jurors feel they are not given enough guidance on conducting deliberations, while almost a quarter misunderstand the rules on internet use during trials. ... [view] |
| May-15-13 - Probation reform: payment by results can reduce reoffending | Rob Owen »
St Giles Trust believes charities can play a bigger role in future criminal justice services. We welcome justice secretary Chris Grayling's announcement last week that supervision for prisoners sentenced to less than a year will be extended. A snapshot of offending history into 165 very vulnerable women using our resettlement services showed that they had an average of 32 previous convictions each. We employ specially trained, carefully managed, reformed ex-offenders. Their credibility means we can reach the most disengaged individuals who are caught in a vicious cycle of prison, homelessness and reoffending – and help to rebuild their lives in a way that anyone who has not been in prison would struggle to do. ... [view] |
| May-15-13 - G4S guard in dead deportee case shared racist jokes »
The G4S security guard in charge of restraining an Angolan man who died as he was being deported from Britain was told in court to read out a string of racist jokes he received and forwarded using his mobile phone. ... [view] |
| May-15-13 - Theresa May: death by incarceration | Editorial »
Posturing by a previous home secretary over the death of a policeman eventually led to the abolition of the mandatory death penalty for murder. David Maxwell-Fyfe's refusal to pardon Derek Bentley led to an injustice so grave that something had to give, though not before the state had strangled a mentally disabled teen who never fired a shot. Yesterday another home secretary, desperate to make peace with the bobbies who booed her last year, proposed a new mandatory sentence for killing a cop, which might be described as death by incarceration. The idea of automatic life without any possibility of parole brought Theresa May a brief moment of favour at the Police Federation, but as policy it is objectionable in principle and will also prove ineffective in practice. ... [view] |
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