Napo hits out at probation machine
30th April 2012
Probation union Napo has criticised plans to replace probation staff with machines in a bid to save money. Under the proposals, freed offenders and th...
Legal aid bill ‘bad for vulnerable’
17th April 2012
The country’s most vulnerable people could be denied access to advice if the legal aid bill is passed in its original form. That is according to...
Government avoids legal aid setback
13th March 2012
A House of Lords opposition bid to derail Government plans to remove legal aid in the majority of immigration cases has failed. Although peers in the ...
Lords defeats for legal aid reforms
08th March 2012
The House of Lords has inflicted yet another defeat on Justice Secretary Ken Clarke’s controversial legal aid reforms. Peers on all sides of ...
Cameron hails reform bill progress
01st March 2012
Controversial welfare reforms which establish an annual benefits cap of £26,000 per household have cleared Parliament after peers ended their stand-o...
Changes to dismissal laws planned
28th February 2012
The Government plans to extend the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims from one to two years as part of new legislation that is due to come...
PM seeks human rights court reform
26th January 2012
David Cameron has voiced concerns that there is “credible democratic anxiety” over some rulings made by the European Court of Human Rights...
White judiciary ‘breeds disharmony’
19th January 2012
A white male-dominated judiciary threatens “the harmonious nature of society”, a government minister has said. More women and black and As...
Infidelity ‘can provoke murder’
18th January 2012
A jury should be allowed to consider infidelity as a possible reason for murder, although other so-called triggers must also be shown in a court case,...
Cameron backing bail law changes
17th January 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron hopes that planned changes to the system which currently allows the release of suspected serious offenders on bail can he...
