Peter Rouch KC and Patrick Harte Secure Murder Acquittal
Peter Rouch KC and Patrick Harte, instructed by Mohammed Asif and Abbas Dhami at Newgate Solicitors, secured the acquittal of BH of both murder and manslaughter at Wood Green Crown Court. The matter ...
Adam Davis KC and Patrick Harte start Old Bailey Murder Trial
Adam Davis KC and Patrick Harte, instructed by Abbas Dhami at Newgate Solicitors, commence in a multi-handed murder trial at the Central Criminal Court. The deceased was shot at point blank range in ...
Chris Henley KC leads Alphege Bell Defending in a Murder Trial
Head of Chambers, Chris Henley KC and Alphege Bell defend in a four-handed ‘ride out’ murder trial which began this week at the Central Criminal Court. Chris and Alphege are instructed by Ben Darabi ...
Derby electrician to be extradited over Yugoslav ‘war crimes’
An electrician living in Derby is to be extradited to Croatia to face charges of war crimes allegedly committed during the Yugoslav conflicts of the 1990s. Milenko Maric, 63, lost an eight-year legal ...
‘Unwarranted hostility’: Magistrates’ chief fires back at critics
See below for link to artice. The chair of the Magistrates’ Association has criticised what she described as 'unwarranted hostility' towards magistrates following the news that their se ...
CPS proposes new guidance on ‘mercy killings’
By Sam Tobin14 January 2022 See link to article below. Prosecutors should consider whether suspects in so-called mercy killings are ‘wholly motivated by compassion’ in new guidance prop ...
Peers urged to back ‘health needs screening’ for remote proceedings
By Monidipa Fouzder 10 January 2022 See the link to the article end. Criminal justice and disability organisations are urging peers to vote for a legislative amendment that would requir ...
HMCTS spends £236m on troubled case management system
By Monidipa Fouzder 7 January 2022 See the link to the article end. The government has spent nearly a quarter of a billion pounds on a new courts case management system that has been be ...
Lawyers furious as judges demand proof of positive Covid tests
By John Hyde 6 January 2022 https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/lawyers-furious-as-judges-demand-proof-of-positive-covid-tests/5111055.article Lawyers have expressed their dismay at repo ...
Digital evidence in criminal cases can ‘obscure rather than illuminate’ – Sharp
By Sam Tobin 5 January 202 https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/digital-evidence-in-criminal-cases-can-obscure-rather-than-illuminate-sharp/5111052.article Digital evidence in criminal cas ...