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Ex-pub boss who murdered Helen McCourt dies without revealing where he hid her body

Former pub landlord Ian Simms, 66, strangled 22-year-old Helen McCourt as she walked home from work in 1988 - but never revealed where her body is

Daily Mirror

‘I wouldn’t have the money to pay a lawyer’: tenants left without means to sue rogue landlords

New rules on fixed recoverable legal costs mean solicitors will no longer be able to afford to take on housing cases

The Guardian - UK

Environmental health officials are called to Forest Bank prison as it is 'infested with rats'

One former inmate says fellow lags were given free Dominos pizza to clean the kitchen while other prisoners made 'rodent excluders' from socks and loo roll to keep unwelcome visitors at bay

Manchester Evening News

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Court support service under threat as Ministry of Justice pulls funding

Exclusive: Support Through Court, which helps people unable to afford lawyers, warns of ‘devastating impact’

The Guardian - UK

Inquiry urged into ‘parental alienation’ court experts

Lawyers and MPs in England and Wales express concern over ‘unregulated’ psychologists who play key role in disputes over domestic abuse

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of victims of violent and sexual crime stuck in England and Wales court backlog

Sevenfold rise in those waiting at least a year for cases to be heard as lawyers quit over cuts in legal aid

The Guardian - UK

Groups want pubs scrutinised

A coalition of four anti-alcohol groups on Monday submitted an open letter calling on the Ministry of Justice to open a fact-finding probe into two pubs in Bangkok and Nakhon Si Thammarat suspected of breaking the law.

Bangkok Post

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Barristers to be balloted on possible walkouts in row over legal aid rates

More than 2,400 barristers in England and Wales to be balloted amid warnings of crisis in justice system

The Guardian - UK

Strangeways bosses explain reason for lockdown at prison as inmates confined to cells all week

The Ministry of Justice has confirmed the lockdown is due to an 'intelligence-led operation'

Manchester Evening News

Govt learns of undisclosed Netsafe exit package through the media – again

Netsafe did not tell its ministerial paymasters that it spent nearly $20,000 on a secret payout to a senior advisor accused of assaulting a family member.

Newsroom.co.nz

Netsafe made secret exit payment to advisor accused of domestic assault

Victims' advocate calls for independent inquiry, as details emerge of another payout – to a former police inspector facing violence charges.

Newsroom.co.nz

Ukraine: UK justice ministry offers more support for ICC war crimes investigation

Dominic Raab to unveil new raft of measures, which include providing court with a specialist legal and police team

The Guardian - UK

Disappearances bill nears final vote

A recent seminar on May 24 hosted by the Ministry of Justice together with international organisations highlighted various stepping stones in the struggle against torture and enforced disappearances in Thailand. There was detailed discussion of the draft national law on the issue. There was also analysis of Thailand's most recent…

Bangkok Post

Family Court defends processes, protection orders

Principal Family Court Judge Jacquelyn Moran responds to an article by Associate Professor Carrie Leonetti on the Family Court's approach to some cases before it

Newsroom.co.nz

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Manchester Evening News

Forest Bank Prison is damned by inspectors despite beefing up security and major refurbishment

"Leaders show limited ambition to improve situation"

The Guardian - UK

‘We have been mistreated’: cousin of Whitehall cleaner who died speaks out

Vincente Gomes is a cousin and former colleague of Emanuel Gomes, who died after going into work with a fever

Daily Mirror

BBC confronts Tory over government cleaner who died after Partygate 'disrespect'

Emanuel Gomes, a cleaner at the Ministry of Justice, died in April 2020 after suffering suspected Covid symptoms. Boris Johnson's Chief of Staff Steve Barclay was asked how his family would feel

Evening Standard

Ministry of Justice buys £111m office block in City for new Central London tribunal centre

An office block next to the famous Old Bailey courthouse has been bought by the government to house a new tribunal centre in the heart of London’s legal district.

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Daily Record

Hairdresser still hasn’t paid £8,436 lockdown fines handed out nine months ago

Sinead Quinn was given 28 days to pay but more than 280 days later the fine remains unpaid.

The Independent UK

Give prisoners laptops so they can continue education inside, say MPs

A report from the education committee found that prison education is ‘chaotic’ with a lack of special educational needs support.

Newsroom.co.nz

Anti-bullying agency Netsafe apologises to government but not to victims

The Government has considered a formal investigation into Netsafe's conduct after Newsroom reports of bullying and privacy breaches by management.

The Guardian - UK

Locking up pregnant women damages mothers and children – yet the UK does it

Some countries have laws against this inhumane practice, which just worsens existing trauma. Why don’t we, asks Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Independent UK

Prisons: New security technology stops 20,000 smuggling attempts in just two years

Government hails success of new airport-style scanners - but number may raise questions over whether enough is being done to deter inmates from attempting to access illegal items

The Guardian - UK

Civil service union warns of strike over Boris Johnson’s plan to cut 91,000 jobs

PCS leader says members have reached ‘tipping point’ after PM’s combative move

Chronicle Live

Can you get married in prison in the UK? Levi Bellfield applied to marry in Durham jail

Milly Dowler Bellfield has requested to get married whilst serving his prison sentence.

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