The Law Gazette A new formula for determining which of two innocent parties of a land fraud should keep the property in question is among proposals for reform of the legal framework governing land registration in England and Wales to be published today. The Law Commission’s consultation opens within a week of the government publishing…
The Independent The prison, which is operated by the private company G4S, will see its official operating capacity rise by almost a third from July, which campaigners say is a recipe for overcrowding and violence Some single cells will be converted into double rooms Getty Images Inmates at the UK’s largest privately-run jail are to start sharing…
Politics Delayed: Police letters shows Psychoactive Substances Act still some way off We got confirmation yesterday that the psychoactive substances bill has been delayed while the police and the Home Office try to work out what to do with it. It’s been clear for some time that this was going to be the case, but…
The Law Gazette The government spent more than £400,000 on an abortive attempt to impose new criminal legal aid reforms, the Gazette has learned. In January, 14 months after the procurement process for 527 duty provider contracts began, justice secretary Michael Gove (pictured) announced that he had decided not to introduce the controversial new contracting…
The Guardian Bernard Hogan-Howe blames online theft on ‘bad behaviour’ of customers who have poor internet security and says focus should be on prevention Cybercrime victims have themselves to blame for not keeping their security up to date, the Met chief has said. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Banks should not refund victims of online fraud…
The Independent Party drug removed from list of substances due to be criminalised when the law comes into force next month There have been calls to ban poppers in the United Kingdom Poppers will not be banned in a crackdown on so-called legal highs, the Government has said. Selling the party drug was originally earmarked for…
The Guardian If an inquiry into discredited undercover operations takes place in secret, justice will be denied again Helen Steel and John Dines: ‘I now know the truth about who my ex-partner was, although not how and why he was in my life.’ Photograph: Courtesy of Helen Steel I am one of seven women who…
The Law Gazette The Solicitors Regulation Authority has said it is ‘concerned’ that some personal injury firms are failing to act within the rules and encouraging fraudulent claims. The regulator was urged in January to take a ‘tougher approach’ to rogue solicitors in the sector after a finding from the Insurance Fraud Taskforce that more…
The Law Gazette Every 1% of growth in the legal services market creates 8,000 jobs – and every policy decision that hits the sector by 1% would have a near-opposite effect. That is one of the headline findings to emerge from what the Law Society says is the first study of the contribution that legal…
The Independent They include 170 rapists – 27 of whom raped people under the age of 16 More than half of applications made by criminals to be removed from the register since 2012 were successful Getty Nearly 700 sex offenders have been removed from the register in the last four years, including 157 child abusers,…
