‘An independent evaluation of an online video hearing pilot run by HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) has found it was beset by technical failures, ended up much smaller than envisaged, and warned that the participants could be “self-selecting”.’
Litigation Futures, 18th September 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘In July 2014, police in Manchester arrested a 34-year-old man on suspicion of filming himself raping a child. In the video, the face of the perpetrator was hidden but his hands were visible.’
BBC News, 15th August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A GP who had 19,000 images and videos of female patients on his home computer has been jailed.’
BBC News, 14th August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Video hearings will not supplant face-to-face hearings in the majority of cases before the courts, even after their use is expanded, the deputy director of HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has predicted.’
Legal Futures, 31st July 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Crown Prosecution Service has been fined £325,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for losing unencrypted DVDs containing interviews with 15 victims of child sex abuse to be used at a trial. The sanction comes just over two years after being fined £200,000 for losing sensitive material.’
Law Society's Gazette, 17th May 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A former special constable filmed himself raping a drunken woman who thought she was having sex with another man, a court heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th May 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A policewoman is suing the Metropolitan Police for £200,000, in what is thought to be the first case of its kind, after having to watch 100 child abuse videos.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th May 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Information Commissioner’s Office has imposed a £130,000 monetary penalty on Humberside Police after disks containing a video interview of an alleged rape victim went missing.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th April 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘MPs have expressed concern about the government’s “evident preference” for virtual and online justice over traditional, court-based models without the evidence base to justify it.’
Legal Futures, 2nd March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The first video courts are to be used in the UK within weeks as a pilot scheme is launched.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An assistant headteacher who used his mobile phone to film up schoolgirls’ skirts will not face prosecution after a judge ruled his actions were not illegal.’
The Independent, 7th November 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘For those thinking of applying to the High Court we asked serving High Court judges and a former High Court judge why they applied, what their preconceptions were and what their experience has been.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Last week Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division of the High Court, said that covert recording had become a ‘much more pressing issue’ in family proceedings. In particular he highlighted the increased prevalence of recordings of children, other family members and even professionals being placed before the courts as evidence to support one party’s position or to undermine the others.’
Family Law, 27th October 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Video-conferencing threatens defendants’ rights and undermines trust in the justice system, according to a report on the government’s drive towards so-called “trial by Skype”.’
The Guardian, 23rd October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This paper examines a selection of those of the more interesting cases to those acting for defendants over the past two years.’
Byrom Street Chambers, 26th September 2017
Source: www.byromstreet.com
‘A UK businessman has been barred from repeating false statements he made about a rival company and one of its senior employees, and ordered not to process the personal data of that employee again.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th October 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A new video link scheme designed to improve the way police officers give evidence and free up more time for front line duties will be piloted thanks to an £11m government cash injection.’
Home Office, 4th September 2017
Source: www.gov.uk
‘A YouTuber jailed for his part in a prank on the public says he is “sorry if he frightened people”.’
BBC News, 3rd September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A detective has been jailed for filming himself performing a sex act in a child’s bedroom while on duty.’
BBC News, 18th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Seedy legal plea to name couple filmed having sex by police officer Adrian Pogmore is anything but a matter of high principle.’
The Guardian, 13th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
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