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Julian Assange to find out extradition fate on Wednesday 30 May 2012 | 03:02 pm
WikiLeaks founder faces deportation to Sweden if supreme court rules European arrest warrant is valid The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, will discover on Wednesday whether he is to be deported to ...
Guilty, but not responsible? | Rosalind English 30 May 2012 | 03:01 pm
Monsters are born, not made: the latest round in the debate about criminal responsibility questions the very existence of intuitive morality The US neuroscientist Sam Harris claims in a new book that ...
Ex-prisoners should be given more personalised support 30 May 2012 | 03:01 pm
Personal budgets such as those used in the social care sector could give ex-offenders the independence they need to create a life beyond prison The social care sector has been championing a new approa...
Courts to test ‘battered woman defence’ in drugs cases 30 May 2012 | 03:01 pm
Miscarriages of justice body refers case of Goldie Coats to the court of appeal Lindsay Sandiford, the 55-year-old British woman arrested in Bali this week on charges of smuggling cocaine has reported...
Audrey Gillan reports from a ‘guilty plea’ magistrates’ court in Essex 30 May 2012 | 03:01 pm
“She is a lady who would benefit from support from probation… she is very much alone in the world” Southend’s Early First Hearings Court begins the day at 10am, and all those who appear before it are ...
CPS statement on decision not to charge police officer or Amelia Hill 30 May 2012 | 03:01 pm
Alison Levitt QC, principal legal adviser to director of public prosecutions, says prosecution would not be in public interest On the 2 April 2012 the Crown Prosecution Service received a file of evid...
Dewey & LeBoeuf files for bankruptcy, UK arm in administration 30 May 2012 | 03:01 pm
The largest ever law firm collapse was cemented yesterday when Dewey & LeBoeuf filed for bankruptcy in the US, with the UK LLP also being put into administration.
Letters: Community spirit and antisocial behaviour 29 May 2012 | 03:00 pm
Asbos are now an accepted way of life on many of our deprived housing estates. Changing behaviour will need support and involvement of a whole community. Your editorial (23 May) agrees with the home s...
Prison is not always the answer, even for vile crimes | Catherine Bennett 27 May 2012 | 03:02 pm
But why do some lenient judges appear to reserve their compassion only for male sex offenders? Hard as it is to credit, Leveson may have missed a trick. The justice minister, Kenneth Clarke, reveals t...
Addleshaws misses out as ITV announces revamped panel 26 May 2012 | 03:05 pm
ITV has revamped its legal panel, with six firms winning places but Addleshaw Goddard and Goodman Derrick losing their spots as advisors to the broadcaster.
