New guidelines have been published to improve the way evidence from child and vulnerable witnesses is taken in court cases. Scotland’s Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, has drawn-up the advice
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A former Liberal Democrat MP has criticised a family court judge for failing to publish a ruling in a case in which a Polish woman whose teenage daughter went into
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A domestic abuse charity has criticised a judge who reportedly claimed a victim was “not vulnerable” because she was intelligent. Judge Richard Mansell QC gave Mustafa Bashir, 34, a suspended
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The initial impetus for the commissioning of this evidence review was a commitment set out in ‘Adoption: A vision for change (2016)’ to produce ‘an independent summary of relevant research
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The Crown Prosecution Service has said it is “considering options” in the case of a man who was spared jail after he admitted beating his wife. Mustafa Bashir, 34, was
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Domestic violence is a violation of human rights with damaging social, economic and health consequences. It is any incident of controlling, coercive, threatening behaviour, violence or abuse. That abuse can
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England and Wales’s most senior public prosecutor has accused a judge of propagating a “victim-blaming culture” around rape cases. Judge Philip Shorrock, a barrister for almost 40 years, said in
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A High Court judge has criticised council social services staff over their care of a sick 15-year-old boy. Mr Justice Hayden said the teenager suffered from a variety of medical
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Leading judges have been urged to overturn the child sex abuse conviction of a former boarding school worker found guilty by a jury following his suicide during a trial. Darren
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Proposals in memory of Claudia Lawrence designed to help families of missing persons have moved closer to becoming law. Ms Lawrence’s father Peter gave a thumbs-up gesture in the public
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