“Victims of sexual offences have been afraid of reporting them because police have asked ‘the wrong questions’, the director of public prosecutions for England and Wales has said.”
BBC News, 13th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Repealing the Human Rights Act would be ‘retrograde step’ that would hurt the victims of crime and witnesses alike, the outgoing director of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has warned.”
The Independent, 13th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A good witness statement can greatly improve the chances of success in any case, whereas conversely a poorly drafted one can undermine what may otherwise be a potentially strong claim or defence. Andy Lane reports on a recent Chancery Division authority which serves as a timely reminder to us all.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 2nd October 2013
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“In the first of a news series, Clive Anderson asks if overly aggressive cross-examination of witnesses in court turns trial by jury into trial by ordeal.”
BBC Unreliable Evidence, 11th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Last week I blogged on a very modern multicultural dilemma at Blackfriars Crown Court – where a judge had to rule on whether a defendant could appear in the dock wearing a niqab, a type of Muslim veil that conceals the whole face, other than the eyes.”
BBC News, 16th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“More than 500 court cases are being thrown out or delayed each week due to failings by prosecutors or in the court system, it has been claimed.”
The Independent, 5th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A police force that asked for intelligence on witnesses giving evidence to the public inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence has criticised a watchdog for refusing to hold an investigation into the spying row.”
The Independent, 6th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The most senior judge in England and Wales has rejected calls for specialist courts to deal with child sex abuse cases.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Child victims of sexual abuse will have their cases tried by a hand picked panel of specialist judges to give them more protection in criminal trials, the Lord Chief Justice is expected to announce.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Various Claimants v News Group Newspapers Ltd and others [2013] EWHC 2119 (Ch); [2013] WLR (D) 314
“The well established requirement for disclosure under Norwich Pharmacal principles for a party from whom disclosure was sought to be “involved” in or to have “facilitated” wrongdoing was too narrow and the court should ask itself whether the party was a mere witness or whether its engagement with the wrongdoing was sufficient to make it more than a mere witness and susceptible to the court’s jurisdiction to order disclosure.”
WLR Daily, 12th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Singh v Reading Borough Council [2013] EWCA Civ 909; [2013] WLR (D) 306
“An employer’s improper activities in gathering evidence for the purpose of defending a claim of discrimination brought by an employee were not covered by judicial proceedings immunity.”
WLR Daily, 25th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“John Tughan, barrister of 4 Paper Buildings, examines some important recent judgments of particular interest to public law children lawyers.”
Family Law Week, 24th July 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“There was evidence in this case that employees of the Forensic Science Service had altered the exhibit numbers on the evidence in question, possibly to cover up their mistake.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th July 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Talking about female genital mutilation is the first step to tackling it, writes Felicity Gerry.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 11th July 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
“The controversy over police dirty tricks directed at Stephen Lawrence’s family’s campaign for justice grew today after Sir Norman Bettison was alleged to have attempted to intervene in the public inquiry into the racist killing.”
The Guardian, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Gordon Exall discusses the use of opinion evidence in witness statements. Looking, in particular, at two recent decisions which discuss opinion evidence.”
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Zenith Chambers, 6th June 2013
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
In re Joseph Hill & Co, Solicitors [2013] EWCA Crim 775 ; [2013] WLR (D) 210
“There was a statutory obligation on the defence to give notice to the prosecution of the name, address and date of birth of any witness whom the defendant believed was able to give evidence in support of his alibi. If there was a practice of advising that the names and addresses of alibi witnesses should not be disclosed unless and until they had provided signed proofs of evidence, that practice was misguided and wrong.”
WLR Daily, 21st May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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