There is an "overwhelming obligation" on the courts to protect the public, the Lord Chief Justice has said, giving the Court of Appeal's long-awaited judgment on ten appeals against sentences imposed after August's riots.
The launch of the Quality Assurance Scheme for criminal advocates has been postponed until April 2012. The original launch date was December this year.
A refusal by P to undertake an assessment of capacity may not have ?the desired effect, as the Court of Protection case of SMBC v WMP shows. Joseph Goldsmith reports
