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Articles tagged with: Ministry of justice
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Home affairs
By Bar Council
Bar Council welcomes action on SLAPPs to curb abuse of court proceedings
The Bar Council has welcomed a Ministry of Justice package of measures to address Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs), in which legal action is brought to intimidate journalists, authors, and campaigners.
Tory MPs Warned New Bill Of Rights Won't Work To Tackle Illegal Channel Crossings
Home affairs
Tory MPs Warned New Bill Of Rights Won't Work To Tackle Illegal Channel Crossings
Tory MPs have been accused of pushing a “political narrative” with their claims that reforming the Human Rights Act (HRA) will help tackle illegal immigration.
The Horizon Post Office scandal continues to dog its many victims
Home affairs
By Lord Arbuthnot
The Horizon Post Office scandal continues to dog its many victims
You may have thought the Post Office Horizon scandal was over, and that it had been dealt with. It isn’t. It hasn’t been. The plight of the subpostmasters, wrongfully accused by the government-owned Post Office of stealing money when it was actually the new Horizon accounting system that was to blame, has horrified the country.
Does the government have a plan for managing serious youth offenders?
Home affairs
By Kate Proctor
Does the government have a plan for managing serious youth offenders?
How to punish and accommodate children who commit the most serious crimes has long been a challenge. Now government plans to move to a novel “secure school” system seem to be drifting.
Kate Proctor looks at this often under-reported area of the criminal justice system
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Home affairs
By Bar Council
Response to MoJ sitting days limit
The Ministry of Justice is to remove the limit on the number of sitting days in the Crown Courts in order to tackle the backlog.
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Home affairs
By Bar Council
Bar Council responds to MoJ plans to reform judicial review
The Bar Council will be looking closely at the Ministry of Justice's plans to reform judicial review.
Continued mismanagement and outsourcing of our Prison Service has failed the taxpayer and prisoners
Home affairs
By Shabana Mahmood MP
Continued mismanagement and outsourcing of our Prison Service has failed the taxpayer and prisoners
Inadequate planning, unrealistic assumptions and poor performance have all resulted in a Prison Service which operates hand to mouth, rather than with a view to a long term strategy.
Ministers announce plans to end privatisation of probation services in major overhaul of Grayling-era reforms
Coronavirus
Ministers announce plans to end privatisation of probation services in major overhaul of Grayling-era reforms
Ministers have announced plans to nationalise probation services in England and Wales, marking an end to reforms brought in by former Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.
Only 33 prisoners released early under coronavirus scheme as minster admits progress ‘careful and slow’
Coronavirus
Only 33 prisoners released early under coronavirus scheme as minster admits progress ‘careful and slow’
Just 33 prisoners have been released early from prison under a plan to safeguard jails from coronavirus, the Government has confirmed.
Coronavirus: Justice Secretary warns police not to ‘single out’ people on social media for lockdown breaches
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Justice Secretary warns police not to ‘single out’ people on social media for lockdown breaches
Police officers should not be “singling out” people on social media for flouting the Government’s coronavirus lockdown, the Justice Secretary has said.
Boris Johnson urged to back early release of low-risk prisoners in bid to stop coronavirus overcrowding
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson urged to back early release of low-risk prisoners in bid to stop coronavirus overcrowding
Boris Johnson is facing mounting calls to sanction the early release of low-risk offenders in a bid to stop prisons becoming overwhelmed by the coronavirus crisis.