News
Lavinia Woodward Sentenced
A 24-year old Oxford student has been given a suspended sentence for stabbing her boyfriend with a bread knife. The sentence has been widely reported and criticised in the media.
'Man convicted of terror offence for refusing to give police phone and laptop password'
The director of an advocacy group has been convicted of a terror offence after refusing to give police passwords to access his phone and laptop at Heathrow Airport.
Cases
R v Ray [2017] EWCA Crim 1391
Court of Appeal approves the judgment in Denby Collins regarding householder self defence cases.
Other
Section 41: Survey of Independent Sexual Violence Advisers (ISVAs)
An online survey has attempted to measure the application of section 41(1) of YJCEA 1999, which prohibits the questioning of complainants of sexual offences about their previous sexual behaviour.
The methodology of the study and the way its findings have been reported has been criticised.
Reform Inside HMCTS
A blog post from the CEO of HMCTS gives a summary of the ongoing reform projects (focusing on IT systems).
Obscurity
Chimneys Catching Fire
Allowing your chimney to catch fire through neglect or carelessness is contrary to section 31 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847.