The number of people currently held in prison in England and Wales is at record levels. On 19 October 2023, according to figures released by the Ministry of Justice, 88,225 people were held in the prison estate. The consequences of overcrowding on prison conditions are recorded in regular reports published by HM Inspectorate of Prisons.[1] […]
Introduction The Online Safety Bill received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023, becoming the Online Safety Act (“the Act”). Its aim is to deliver on the government’s commitment to “make the UK the safest place to be online”, by imposing statutory duties on social media companies and search engines[1] (“service providers”) to ensure that they […]
It is probably right to say that not many cases that started life in the Northern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court have been subject to the scrutiny of the finest legal minds in the country. But a story with its origins in a warehouse in Scotland and a courthouse in the midlands reached its end on 1 […]
The RWC Final at the Stade de France on 28 October was perhaps not the final many rugby fans wanted. Depending, perhaps a little on who you were supporting, it was marred by the yellow and subsequent red card for New Zealand captain Sam Cane, leaving the All Blacks playing for the rest of what […]
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