Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“As a lawyer, I can recognise Lord Laws’ judgment in the McFarlane case as stinging rebuke to Lord Carey.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two contract killers are beginning life sentences for murder following a trial which caused Parliament to bring in a new law on witness anonymity.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Supreme Court
“In criminal proceedings in Scotland, the Crown was under the same obligation to disclose to the defence any outstanding charges against a prosecution witness as it was to disclose a witness’s previous convictions.”
The Times, 17th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“One of the three people jailed over the death of Baby Peter has lost an appeal against his conviction for the rape of a two-year-old.”
BBC News, 21st January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Criminal Procedure Rules and witness attendance for magistrates’ – speech to the Magistrates’ Association Council, London on 26 November 2009.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 1st December 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“More than 1,000 children under the age of 10 were listed as witnesses in courts in England and Wales last year, BBC News has learned.”
BBC News, 24th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An independent study by Victims’ Champion Sara Payne of how frontline services meet the needs of victims and witnesses.”
Ministry of Justice, 4th November 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Fake video footage can persuade almost half of viewers to accuse people of crimes they have not committed, new research suggests.”
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Where a judge ruled that a witness could be treated as a hostile in examination at trial within the meaning of s 3 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1865 by the party calling him, but that witness did not in the event prove to be hostile, the judge was still obliged to warn the jury to approach that witness’s evidence with some caution, and the nature of that direction depended on the particular circumstances of the case.”
WLR Daily, 14th August 2009
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.
“Young witnesses in sex abuse or violence cases are being forced to wait more than a year to give evidence in England and Wales, a report has said.”
BBC News, 3rd July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The cross-examination of the four- year-old girl in the Baby Peter-related rape trial raised uncomfortable questions about how the justice system treats child witnesses.”
The Times, 2nd July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina v Horncastle; Regina v Blackmore; Regina v Marquis; Regina v Graham; Regina v Carter
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A criminal trial could be fair although the defence did not have the opportunity of examining every prosecution witness.”
The Times, 3rd June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The barrister who cross-examined the four-year-old girl raped by one of Baby P’s killers has called for reform in the way that child witnesses are treated by the courts system.”
The Independent, 22nd May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Over 80% of victims and witnesses are satisfied with their experience of the criminal justice system, an independent report published by the Criminal Justice inspectorates today, has highlighted.”
Ministry of Justice, 7th May 2009
Surde: www.justice.gov.uk
“Hundreds of trials are being cancelled or adjourned because witnesses fail to attend court to give evidence, despite reforms to improve their treatment.”
The Times, 7th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina v Powar (Harbinder) Regina v Powar (Kulwinder)
Court of Appeal
“Anonymous witnesses must not routinely be called in the prosecution of serious crime, but now that the intimidation of witnesses had become an ugly feature of contemporary life, witness anonymity orders should not be confined to cases of terrorism or gangland killings.”
Times Law Reports, 24th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Plans to give young, vulnerable witnesses better support and encourage more witnesses to come forward with evidence of crimes have today been published by Justice Minister Maria Eagle.”
Ministry of Justice, 25th February 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will be given formal powers to grant immunity to witnesses in criminal investigations under new Government proposals.”
The Times, 15th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Modernisation of the coroners system and better protection for witnesses during criminal investigations were amongst the new measures announced by Justice Secretary Jack Straw in Parliament today when he published the Coroners and Justice Bill.”
Ministry of Justice, 14th January 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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