May
Government launches first ever national service framework for female offenders
30 May 2008
Ministerial Champion for Women in the Criminal Justice System, Maria Eagle MP, today launched a framework setting out the national strategy for delivering services to female offenders.
New proposals will make all obscene images of children illegal
28 May 2008
All images of child sexual abuse, including drawings and computer-generated images of child abuse will be illegal and offenders holding such images will face criminal charges and up to three years in prison under new proposals announced by Justice Minister Maria Eagle today.
One year of clamping down on cowboy claims companies
22 May 2008
Cowboy claims companies have been forced to clean up their act, says a report published today.
Countdown to two-tier tribunal system launched
19 May 2008
A radical shake-up of the tribunals system was unveiled by the government today.
Elizabeth Cooke appointed Law Commissioner
19 May 2008
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Cooke as a Law Commissioner.
Draft legislative programme: new proposals to empower the individual
14 May 2008
New proposals to give greater protection to victims and witnesses in court are among those set out in the Ministry of Justice's contribution to the Draft Legislative Programme announced by the Prime Minister today.
Ministers host forum to get more prisoners into work and away from crime
13 May 2008
A fresh drive to increase the number of organisations involved in employing former prisoners and cutting reoffending was launched today by Prisons Minister David Hanson MP and David Lammy MP, Under Parliamentary Secretary for Skills.
Quarterly mortgage and landlord possession statistics
09 May 2008
Figures showing the numbers of mortgage and landlord possession actions in the county courts of England and Wales for the first quarter of 2008.
Criminal Justice Bill receives Royal Assent
09 May 2008
The Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill has received Royal Assent, ensuring further important measures are now in place to tackle crime and cut reoffending.
Reducing reoffending statistics
09 May 2008
The number of adult reoffenders fell 7.4% from 2000 to 2005, according to adult reoffending statistics released today (9 May 2008).
Sir Michael Bichard to leave Legal Services Commission
06 May 2008
Sir Michael Bichard has today announced that he will take up a new post as Director of a new Institute for Government, funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, in September 2008. He will therefore be standing down as Chair of the Legal Services Commission at the end of August.