A High Court judge says a Government office which provides help to vulnerable people embroiled in litigation should consider offering an out-of-hours service. Mrs Justice Theis oversees hearings in the
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Fantasist Carl Beech, who was jailed for 18 years for false claims of a VIP paedophile ring, has applied for permission to appeal his conviction and sentence. The 51-year-old was
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A probation service which supervises almost 29,000 offenders must improve, according to inspectors who found that work relating to keeping people safe “needs to be much better”. HM Inspectorate of
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Court rooms are sitting empty while thousands of criminal cases are being delayed, lawyers have claimed. According to research carried out by barristers, 127 rooms out of 260 in 34
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A “doctor” who managed a “chaotic” psychiatric care home before a teenager killed herself has admitted failing to give evidence to her inquest, in what is said to be a
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A former director of music for Rochester Cathedral and assistant organist for Ely Cathedral has been jailed for five years for sexual offences against children. Scott Farrell, 48, pleaded guilty
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The Home Office has failed in a bid to challenge a High Court ruling over the terms of an investigation into alleged abuse at a scandal-hit immigration detention centre. Two
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Officers have been told not to hand out fixed penalty notices in stalking and harassment cases after teenager Shana Grice was fined for wasting police time before she was murdered.
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The 27-year prison sentence for the teenager who abducted, raped and murdered Alesha MacPhail was “excessive and a miscarriage of justice”, an appeal court has heard. Aaron Campbell took the
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Victims of crime are being “robbed” of the chance to have their voice heard in court, according to a report. Just one in seven people were offered the opportunity to
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