“Andrzej Bojarski, Kate Tompkins and Cameron Crowe, barristers at 36 Bedford Row, combine their expertise in unravelling complex financial arrangements on divorce and prosecuting serious crimes to consider whether the criminal courts might offer opportunities for a spouse in an exceptional case when all conventional options in the family courts have been exhausted.”
Family Law Week, 6th February 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Regina (Gujra) v Crown Prosecution Service [2012] UKSC 52; [2012] WLR (D) 330
“The Crown Prosecution Service, in deciding whether to use its statutory power to take over and discontinue a private prosecution on the ground that there was insufficient evidence, was entitled to apply the same test as that applicable to Crown prosecutors when conducting public prosecutions, namely that a prosecution should not be continued unless it was more likely than not that the defendant would be convicted.”
WLR Daily, 14th November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Joshua Rozenberg looks at DIY law – what it is like to represent yourself as a litigant in person - and whether the CPS should be allowed to shut down private prosecutions.”
BBC Law in Action, 30th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Supreme court to decide whether the CPS can take over private prosecutions in order to discontinue them.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A second bid to bring a private prosecution against two suspected terrorists to keep them in the UK has been rejected by a district judge.”
BBC News, 4th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Newcastle businessman who opposes Britain’s extradition agreement with the US has begun a private prosecution against two British terror suspects to prevent them being tried in America.”
The Guardian, 6th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A council is seeking to privately prosecute two dozen protesters for obstructing bailiffs during the eviction of Dale Farm, after police and the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to charge them.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police have been criticised by an independent watchdog for a botched raid that led to the death of reggae star Smiley Culture, it was revealed on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New laws are needed to give consumers better rights to take private action against businesses that adopt unfair commercial practices, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The family of a man who died after falling from a balcony shortly after an altercation with ex-Libertines singer Pete Doherty and two of the star’s friends say they will seek a private prosecution if police fail to bring charges over the incident in December 2006.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Changes in the law to remove the threat of foreign politicians becoming victims of ‘politically motivated’ war crime arrests every time they visit Britain have been postponed until after the general election. The justice secretary, Jack Straw, said the decision to delay immediate legislation had been taken because the government recognised it was a controversial issue that involved the long-standing right of private prosecution.”
The Guardian, 5th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has appeared in court to try to start a private prosecution against the home secretary over her expense claims.”
BBC News, 22nd May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Public interest in a private prosecution was established by the nature of the alleged offence as defined in statute not by the circumstances leading up to its alleged commission.”
WLR Daily, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
