As the world begins to mark the 25th anniversary this week of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York, the UK’s most senior judges are preparing to deal with a claim that the collapse of the
9/11 and the justices
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Custody chaos
Independent monitors at a new privately-run prison near York had to walk around the prison in pairs for their own safety, they say in a report just published. Members of monitoring boards are allowed full access to all parts of
Mayor scammed
The mayor of London was the victim of a scam after he was convicted and fined for not taxing a 24-year-old Nissan Micra. In response, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has said his conviction will be annulled today. But
Right to life
Two new reports on bills currently before parliament take very different approaches to human rights. One report commends article 2 of the human rights convention for offering a measure of justice to families of those who died in the Hillsborough
Killers denied early release
Hundreds more prisoners will be excluded from planned early-release schemes, the prime minister announced yesterday. The changes will now apply to those convicted in England and Wales of
- all forms of manslaughter;
- causing death by drunk or dangerous driving;
Court in a box
A criminal court built over the course of a weekend “worked absolutely perfectly”, according to inspectors who examined the UK’s military court service. Because courts martial may sit anywhere in the world, the service has a fully equipped “court in
No show, no stay
An immigration judge has demonstrated a robust approach to people who apply to remain in the United Kingdom but then fail to attend their tribunal hearings, even remotely. In two judgments delivered at the first-tier tribunal this week, Judge Mulready
Trump rebuffs BBC
Donald Trump has rebuffed an attempt by the BBC to obtain evidence from his eldest son, elder daughter and a son-in-law as part of its response to his multi-billion dollar defamation claim. On Friday, lawyers for the US president
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Flaw in the IPP system
An offender who spent nearly 18 years in prison as the result of a legal error has been freed by the Court of Appeal. Niki Dean Haycock had been given a sentence of imprisonment for public protection — an