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Marcel Berlins (16 November) is right that police cautions should not be used for serious offences. The Law Society continues to be very concerned about this deliberate practice by the Ministry of Justice. But if there is to be...
Frances Gibb, Legal Editor Expert witnesses in family cases are to be named under the next stage of opening up the family courts to the media, although social workers' anonymity will be protected, ministers have announced. The...
THE father of a murdered Harry Potter actor has cautiously welcomed plans to increase the minimum term for knife murders from 15 to 25 years. Colin Knox, of Ingress Park, Greenhithe, whose son Rob Knox, 18, was knifed to death...
Writetoreply.org, a site which allows users to comment on public reports, has uploaded (unofficially) the Ministry of Justice consultation, Defamation and the internet: the multiple publication rule (see Journalism.co.uk report...
Independent | Nov 10, 2009 By Ben Padley Jack Straw’s decision to no longer force applicants for the judiciary to declare if they are Freemasons was today branded a “disgrace” by a Labour MP. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) said there...
Aims to complete the 'unfinished business' of making the second chamber more democratic The House of Lords reform draft bill is designed to progress what Jack Straw described over the summer as "the unfinished business" of...
Justice Secretary Jack Straw is to lose his power to veto the release of more than 400 prisoners it emerged yesterday - as he was criticised for refusing parole to Ronnie Biggs. Sir David Latham, chairman of the parole board,...
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Address: Organisation: Ministry of Justice - II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): CPV code: "Imprisonment services" 75231210 , CPV code:...
LONDON (AP) - Rogue employees at a major mobile phone company illegally sold millions of customer records to rival firms, Britain's information watchdog said Tuesday. Christopher Graham, the information commissioner, said the...
The Information Commissioner's Office filed a formal report with the Ministry of Justice that included support for prison sentences for those who break the public trust by selling personnel information, The Times of London...
