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UK House of Lords rejects assisted suicide measure
July 8, 2009 by Christian Ehret
The UK House of Lords on Tuesday rejected a proposed amendment that would have barred the prosecution of those who go abroad to help others commit assisted suicide. The proposed provision of the Coroners and Justice Bill, which covered acts not capable of encouraging or assisting suicide....... [more]
UK proposal on combating prison overcrowding [UK HL] [document]
June 19, 2007 by Jeannie Shawl
Statement on the prison population delivered to UK House of Lords, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, June 19, 2007 .The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Lord Falconer of Thoroton): My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now make a Statement on the.... [more]
Some UK inmates set for early release to ease prison overcrowding
June 19, 2007 by Gabriel Haboubi
The UK justice minister told the House of Lords Tuesday that he has given authority to prison governors to release on licence for offenders who are coming to the end of their sentence as a way to relieve overcrowding of prisons across England and Wales. Lord Chancellor and Secretary of S....... [more]
UK Lord Chancellor seeks reconciliation with judges over new justice ministry
May 24, 2007 by Michael Sung
UK Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer, the first Secretary of State of the new Ministry of Justice (MOJ), sought to resolve differences between the judiciary and the government over the recent split of the MOJ from the Home Office Wednesday, speaking twice with the United Kingdom's most senior judg....... [more]
UK judges press for constitutional safeguards under new justice ministry
May 16, 2007 by Brett Murphy
A crisis meeting of top British judges Tuesday called for constitutional protections in the face of the British government's creation of a new Ministry of Justice. Members of the Judge's Council and judges on the UK executive judicial board agreed to press their case with new UK Secretary o....... [more]
UK launches new Ministry of Justice as judges balk
May 9, 2007 by Brett Murphy
The new UK Ministry of Justice began operations Wednesday, as a controversial split of the traditional Home Office that is setting the British government against the judiciary went into effect. Lord Falconer of Thoroton, serving as the first Secretary of State for Justice, said that the new focus.... [more]
New UK justice ministry may be established over judges' objections
May 1, 2007 by Bernard Hibbitts
The English Lord Chancellor told a House of Lords committee Tuesday that the scheduled creation of a new Ministry of Justice split off from the traditional Home Office would go ahead later this month without any parliamentary bill and, if need be, over the objections of senior judges. Lord.... [more]
UK Lord Chancellor backs expanded police questioning of terror suspects
February 14, 2007 by Jaime Jansen
UK Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer on Wednesday backed a proposal to allow police officers to question terror suspects after they have been formally charged. Following a speech defending the UK Human Rights Act, Falconer implied in response to questions that the post-charge questioning proposal.... [more]
UK law ministers seek judges' help to stem prison overcrowding
January 24, 2007 by Brett Murphy
UK Home Secretary John Reid, Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer and Attorney General Lord Goldsmith wrote to British judges on Wednesday urging them to limit imposition of prison sentences to only the most dangerous criminals in order to help the government deal with prison overcrowding. MPs on the.... [more]
UK Home Office may be split into justice, security departments
January 21, 2007 by Ryan Olden
UK Home Secretary John Reid, the country's most senior justice official, has drawn up plans to split Britain's Home Office into two departments covering justice and security matters respectively, according to a reports published Sunday in British papers. The change would be the most drastic....... [more]
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