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Leading judges in damning attack on civil aid cuts
Senior judges have launched their most scathing attack yet on the government’s cuts to civil legal aid. In written evidence responding to the government’s consultation on the first year of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act, the Judicial Executive Board said courts have faced an ‘unprecedented increase’ in numbers of litigants…
Read MoreStrasbourg upholds right of British courts to impose whole-life terms
Whole-life tariffs are compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights and do not amount to ‘inhuman or degrading treatment’, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The case was taken to Europe in 2008 by Arthur Hutchinson, 73, who was sentenced to life in 1984 for murdering three members of a Sheffield family…
Read MoreRetired Appeal Judge Slams ‘Substandard’ Aid Cuts
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Read MoreClaimant Faces Record Costs After Tribunal
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Read MoreSupreme Court Dismisses ‘Right to Die’ Appeal
The Supreme Court dismissed the right to die appeal brought by the
Read MoreForced Marriage Now a Crime
Forcing someone to marry against their will is now a criminal offence. New legislation introduced on 16 June 2014 by the government is designed to help people in England and Wales. It also applies to UK nationals overseas who are at risk of becoming the victim of a forced marriage. Forced marriage can involve physical,…
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