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 ...
R v HM Peterborough Crown Court – Serious Assault
In this case the defendant had been accused of a very serious assault. Prosecution relied on many different types of evidence one being the electronic monitoring tag which showed he was not present a ...
Business Continuity During the COVID-19 Outbreak
As COVID-19, the coronavirus continues to spread globally, we would like to take this opportunity to send our thoughts and best wishes to our clients, agents, contacts, and all their employees. As a ...
Sometimes the Police Can Get it Wrong
Yesterday our clients in Hertfordshire had been suspected of carrying a firearm following a call to the police from an unknown person. No firearm was found despite a vigorous search being carried of ...
Appearance on Channel 4 – 24 Hours in Police Custody – Complaint of Rape
A young woman has made a complaint of rape against a man who she met in a bar. What follows is a series of interviews with the woman and suspect, as police try to unpick the different accounts.
Appearance on Channel 4 – 24 Hours in Police Custody – Lethal Weapon
A suspect is on the run from Bedfordshire Police’s specialist gun crime unit. He’s believed to be armed and dangerous.
Juror invited cleared defendants for a drink
Jurors who cleared defendants under alleged class A drug charges celebrated with the men at the local pub– these men were mostly Albanian immigrants – after clearing them of running a cocaine ring all …