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Articles tagged with: Justice
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Home affairs
By Policy@Manchester
Is the current appeal system acting ‘In the Interests of Justice’? – a review of the report of the Westminster Commission on Miscarriages of Justice
Suzanne Gower, PhD researcher at The University of Manchester, and former managing director of the legal charity APPEAL shares her thoughts on the long-awaited report of the Westminster Commission on Miscarriages of Justice, “In the Interests of Justice”.
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Coronavirus
By Bar Council
Today's criminal court backlog statistics show justice system in poor health
Responding to the criminal court statistics quarterly for July to September 2020, which have been published today, Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar Council, said:
Covid-19 has revealed fundamental weaknesses in our public services
Coronavirus
By Baroness Armstrong
Covid-19 has revealed fundamental weaknesses in our public services
Public service providers rapidly redesigned their services to meet the unprecedented challenges of Covid, but the public health response was hampered by over-centralised, poorly coordinated and poorly communicated policies.
Tackling the backlog of court cases and speeding up justice must be the priority
Home affairs
By Lord Morris
Tackling the backlog of court cases and speeding up justice must be the priority
There's no reason why a defendant should be deprived of the opportunity for a speedy trial before a judge and two magistrates if he/she wishes.
The justice system is as fundamental a part of our social services as health and education
Coronavirus
By Sir Robert Neill MP
The justice system is as fundamental a part of our social services as health and education
We need greater investment in prisons and probation, courts and legal aid if we’re to uphold the rule of law
It is time for Labour to show it is the party of law and order again
Coronavirus
By David Lammy MP
It is time for Labour to show it is the party of law and order again
Systemic failings by the Tories have left our justice system critically weakened. We need emergency action to rebuild services and renew public faith in law and order
Exclusive: The Lib Dems Have Urged The Attorney General To Intervene Over Priti Patel’s 'Activist Lawyer' Tweet
Home affairs
Exclusive: The Lib Dems Have Urged The Attorney General To Intervene Over Priti Patel’s "Activist Lawyer" Tweet
The Liberal Democrats have written to cabinet ministers urging them to condemn the home secretary Priti Patel for claiming “activist lawyers” were preventing the removal of migrants in the Channel.
Boris Johnson praises ‘remarkable courage’ of Manchester Arena families as bomber’s brother jailed for at least 55 years
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson praises ‘remarkable courage’ of Manchester Arena families as bomber’s brother jailed for at least 55 years
Boris Johnson has paid tribute to the “remarkable courage and dignity” shown by those who lost loved ones in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing as the killer’s brother was jailed for at least 55 years.
Coronavirus: MPs warn of access-to-justice crisis as two-thirds of solicitors face going bust by autumn
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: MPs warn of access-to-justice crisis as two-thirds of solicitors face going bust by autumn
MPs have warned that the effects of the coronavirus pandemic could leave many with “no access to real justice” as up to 5,000 legal firms face going bust.
Older prisoners may be serving their time, but our jails aren't fit for the elderly
Social affairs
By Sir Robert Neill MP
Older prisoners may be serving their time, but our jails aren't fit for the elderly
With an ageing prison population living in an outdated estate, more work must be done to keep elderly prisoners healthy and help them rehabilitate
David Lammy: ‘Britain seems now prepared to get into a place where it wants to talk about structural racism’
Coronavirus
By Georgina Bailey
David Lammy: ‘Britain seems now prepared to get into a place where it wants to talk about structural racism’
David Lammy’s promotion to the shadow cabinet and the global explosion of Black Lives Matter has put him firmly in the spotlight as one of the most recognisable figures in British politics. The Tottenham MP and his friends and colleagues talk to Georgina Bailey about two decades in Parliament and how he finally feels he has found his ‘mojo’
New report reveals England & Wales spends more on coffee than on law and order Partner content
Home affairs
By Bar Council
New report reveals England & Wales spends more on coffee than on law and order
The true scale of Britain’s neglect of law and order has been revealed in a new report out today, which shows that the nation spends more on coffee each day than the Government spends on the justice system.
Coronavirus
By Bar Council
New research: Delaying justice will leave us with no barristers to pick up the pieces
Law and order must not go off into the long grass, the Bar Council has warned after releasing new findings from the barristers’ profession today.
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Coronavirus
By Bar Council
Bar Council calls on Ministry of Justice to urgently halt jury trials
The Bar Council believes it is vital that the justice system functions as far as possible but putting people’s health at risk in our courts when this is avoidable, must stop immediately.