Month: January 2018
People trafficking case collapses over disclosure failings – BBC News
‘A judge has ordered the Crown Prosecution Service to explain itself in a case that collapsed because social media evidence was not disclosed.’ Full Story BBC News, 26th January 2018 […]
Crime statistics: Violent crime and sex offences rising, police figures suggest – BBC News
‘The number of violent crimes and sex offences recorded by police in England and Wales has risen sharply over the past year, figures suggest.’ Full Story BBC News, 25th January […]
Trying to wrap your brain around AI? CMU has an AI stack for that
Listen to this podcast In this episode of ‘Schooled in AI,’ Andrew Moore, dean of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, talks about the benefits of the […]
Trying to wrap your brain around AI? CMU has an AI stack for that
Listen to this podcast In this episode of ‘Schooled in AI,’ Andrew Moore, dean of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, talks about the benefits of the […]
Parents with Learning Disabilities and a Local Authority’s Responsibilities
Home > Articles > 2018 archive Emma Harman, barrister of 3PB, explains the lessons that can be learned from A Local Authority v G (Parent with Learning Disability) [2017] EWFC […]
Local authorities and learning disabled parenting (A Local Authority v CG and others)
What was the background? The court was predominantly concerned with two children, aged three and 19 months (the living arrangements for the eldest child, aged 12, having been agreed outside […]
Prostitution challenge to be heard in High Court – BBC News
‘The High Court is to hear a legal challenge about whether women who were once involved in prostitution should be made to reveal their convictions.’ Full Story BBC News, 17th […]
Former prostitutes to sue the Government as criminal records stop them volunteering with Brownie groups
Former prostitutes are set to sue the Government over criminal records checks which stop them volunteering with Brownie groups. A group of women will argue that policies which leave convictions […]
Former exec given suspended sentence for filming up women’s skirts | London
A former executive at an international entertainment company has been spared jail after he admitted filming up women’s skirts using a hidden camera. Andrew Macrae, a former vice-president of the […]
The open justice principle: a child’s crimes and a parent’s misdemeanour
Open justice for a child in criminal proceedings What legal principles connect publicity for the 17 year-old Charlie Pearce (born 3 July 2000), a double rapist and attempt murderer (R […]