Lawyers have welcomed a ruling by a judge who was asked to consider whether parents should still decide what is best when teenagers with learning disabilities become adults. Three families
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Victims of revenge porn could be granted better protection as part of a possible overhaul of image-based sexual abuse laws, the Government has announced. Moves to bring revenge porn –
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Parents of children with special educational needs are bringing a landmark High Court challenge against the Government over funding cuts to local authorities. The families bringing the legal action say
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A “vile and abhorrent” serial rapist who violently attacked six women over a 13-year period has been jailed for 20 years, police have said. Mark Scott, 34, was found guilty
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An anorexic teenager whose weight has dropped to four-and-a-half stone can be taken from home against her wishes and moved to a specialist unit, a judge has ruled. Mr Justice
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The Justice Secretary has admitted that reforms to divorce laws are likely to lead to a spike in the number of marriages ending. His remarks came as the Commons debated
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Three inmates have been handed life sentences for killing a fellow prisoner in “cold blood” and trying to cut his head off. Stephen Boorman, 34, Jibreel Raheem, 27, and James
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The mother of a pregnant mentally-ill woman who doctors thought should have an abortion had to put her faith in British justice, her lawyer has said. Laura Hobey-Hamsher said the
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A minister has rejected campaigners’ calls to end the practice of detaining children in prison settings. During a debate on child imprisonment, justice minister Edward Argar told MPs the Government
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The first woman to be appointed as the most senior criminal judge in England and Wales has been officially sworn in. Dame Victoria Sharp (pictured) has become President of the
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