because they do not involve any new or significant point of law Only a small proportion of all cases heard are actually reported. This is generally based on the hierarchy of the courts: All Supreme Court cases are reported Most (but not all) Appeal Court cases are reported ...
A week later on 1 February, a sweet and sour dish given to Tina again tasted odd, so much so that it prompted her to call police and alert them to the fact that she believed that she was being poisoned by her mother-in-law. She felt that is Tina’s planned return to the Isle Of...
the COVID-19 pandemic hit the depleted service hard in 2020. Abacklog of casesgrew rapidly, putting a strain on the ability of the justice system toprocess casesquickly. As of the first quarter of 2023, for example, it took on average 676 days for a crown court case to go from offenc...
the use of these terms in the modern law relating to the exclusion from refugee status and suggests that a simple standard of identifying 'a sufficient level of participation on the part of the individual to fix him with the relevant liability' should be uniformly adopted in cases of ...
European Union (TFEU) is no longer directly enforceable by the UK competition authorities following the expiry of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020 (EU Exit Date), although there is some residual impact of pre-EU Exit Date EU law and cases in respect of the application of CA...
Responsibilities of a criminal law barrister Assessing the case with a legal team and the client Analysing the entire history of the case and looking at other relevant cases Making an argument in court, working for either the defence or the prosecution ...
The Criminal Cases Review Commission Paul Mason 278 Accesses Abstract The media are central to public comprehension of criminal justice. Although we may have some direct contact with, say, the police, a courtroom or visiting a prisoner, for the most part we have limited direct contact or ...
The legal industry is a prime target for cyberattacks for five key reasons, the report stated. First, law firms routinely handle highly sensitive client information (for instance, relating to ongoing criminal cases, or mergers and acquisitions) that may be valuable to criminal organisations with ...
Whilst it has been suggested that the offence of criminal libel stands counter to the European Convention and the Human Rights Act, this has not been proved to be so in the few cases that have reached the European Court of Justice. There are arguments that the offence should be abolished ...
“He has an extraordinary amount of experience and is a real perfectionist who dedicates himself to his cases entirely.” Chambers Bar guide for 2023 (Crime) “Brian is a leader in this field and one of only a handful of go-to barristers for inquiries. His criminal experience makes him a...