The Independent ‘MPs will have to do their duty to vote according to conscience and vote for what’s best for Britain’ Geoffrey Robertson QC says the UK parliament must vote to repeal the 1972 European Communities Act before the country can leave the European Union Rex Parliament must still vote on a bill to allow…
Government spends millions to keep ex-home secretary out of court The government has spent at least £600,000 of taxpayers’ money trying to prevent a civil case being brought against it by a husband and wife who allege that British intelligence was complicit in their detention, rendition and torture. Figures released under the Freedom of Information…
The figures are three times as high as the same time in 2015 The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg Rex A record number of top UK lawyers are applying to work in Ireland amid fears of a Brexit. The Republic’s Law society has revealed figures showing 186 British lawyers have been admitted to practice in…
Hearings will decide whether people were wrongly convicted after supreme court found judges misinterpreted law for 30 years The cases of at least six men convicted under joint enterprise laws will go before the court of appeal on Tuesday. Clockwise from top left: Nicholas Terrelonge, Tyler Burton, Asher Johnson, Reece Garwood, Jerome Green, Lewis Johnson.…
Proceedings are due to be issued in the High Court The leaflet the triggered the legal action Nissan has announced it is taking legal action against the official campaign for Britain to leave the European Union after the group used the Japanese car manufactueres’ logo in leaflets calling for voters to back Brexit on June…
Repeat offender must wear device for at least six months, allowing police to track his movements GPS tracking anklet (file photo) iStock A 15-year-old boy has been ordered to wear a GPS tracking device that will allow police to track where he is at all times following a string of criminal offences. The boy, who…
Group sets out six bills they want to see introduced by the end of this Parliament Chris Grayling said there would need to be ‘immediate action’ following Brexit Getty A vote to leave the EU should trigger immediate Government action to deport European criminals and block the automatic entry of EU citizens into the UK, Vote…
Justice select committee issues warning over proposals to allow offenders reduced sentences in return for prompt guilty pleas The changes to sentencing could also have an adverse impact on offenders with mental health problems, say MPs. Photograph: Paul Faith/PA Plans to tighten rules allowing offenders to receive reduced sentences in return for early guilty pleas…
Survivors of an IRA bomb blast in Manchester have said their compensation claims are being ignored because they do not live in Northern Ireland. They are demanding a pension, for which Northern Irish victims of the Troubles could be eligible. One person injured in the 1996 blast, has called on the UK government to “support…
Move is part of a drive for schools to be more open to children questioning their gender identity Diversity campaigners have warned current policies risk discriminating against LGBT pupils Getty School boys will be allowed to wear skirts and girls to wear trousers under new “gender neutral” uniform policies introduced across the UK. Eighty state…
