Rapist jailed for 1987 sex attack in east London – BBC News
“A sex attacker caught after a cold case review has been jailed for 10 years.”
BBC News, 25th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: evidence
Rapists going free through errors by inexperienced doctors, says BMA – The Guardian
“Rapists are not being convicted because doctors are making errors when examining victims, according to medical experts specialising in sexual assaults.”
The Guardian, 22nd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ken Clarke sets up secret inquiry into police killing of Azelle Rodney – The Guardian
“A ‘secret’ judicial inquiry is to be held into the death of Azelle Rodney, an unarmed 24-year-old black Londoner who was shot by a Metropolitan police marksman five years ago, the new justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, has announced.”
The Guardian, 10th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Saville inquiry: key evidence from Bloody Sunday – The Guardian
“The Bloody Sunday inquiry sat between April 1998 and January 2005. Much of the evidence was new, some contradictory. Here are some of the most significant disclosures.”
The Guardian, 11th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v R (L) – WLR Daily
Regina v R (L) [2010] EWCA Crim 924; [2010] WLR (D) 126
“Where a defendant was charged with offences relating to indecent images of children, arrangements to provide his lawyers with copies of those images for the sole purpose of discharging their professional responsibilities to the defendant, and the acceptance by them of access to the material for that purpose, could not in any circumstances be regarded as criminal. Where the Crown had possession of such material it had to propose satisfactory arrangements to enable the defendant to have confidential, private discussions of the material with his lawyers, unsupervised and unobserved by police officers or Crown representatives.”
WLR Daily, 18th May 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Appeal court upholds ruling that CPS case was abuse of process – Law Society’s Gazette
“A prosecution for possession of indecent images of a child has been stayed as an abuse of process after the Crown Prosecution Service refused to make copies of the images for the defence, claiming that to do so would lead CPS staff to commit an offence.”
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Law Society’s Gazette, 20th May 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Work starts to reverse ban on using intercept evidence in criminal trials – The Guardian
“The government will attempt to make intercept evidence admissible in court, the Guardian has learned, in a move likely to bring ministers into conflict with the intelligence services.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Girl, 8, admits she lied about sexual assault – The Independent
“An eight-year-old girl who told her mother that two 10-year-old boys had sexually assaulted her, yesterday said in court that she had lied about the incident because she had been ‘naughty’ and was worried she would not get any sweets.”
The Independent, 14th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina v Cooper (John) – WLR Daily
“Where a defendant was charged with perjury, he could not be convicted solely on the evidence of a witness who relied on business records which he had prepared himself and which did not therefore represent independent evidence.”
WLR Daily, 7th May 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Al Rawi and others v Security Service and others – WLR daily
Al Rawi and others v Security Service and others [2010] EWCA Civ 482; [2010] WLR (D) 111
“It was not open to a court in England and Wales, in the absence of statutory power to do so or, arguably, agreement between the parties that the case should proceed on such a basis, to order a closed material procedure in respect of the trial of an ordinary civil claim such as a claim for damages for tort or breach of statutory duty.”
WLR Daily, 5th May 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Former Guantánamo detainees set for payouts after winning secrecy appeal – The Guardian
“British residents held at Guantánamo Bay could be offered millions of pounds in compensation for wrongful imprisonment and abuse after the court of appeal today dismissed an attempt by MI5 and MI6 to suppress evidence of alleged complicity in torture.”
The Guardian, 4th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government cannot use secret evidence in Guantánamo torture case, court rules – The Guardian
“Secret evidence cannot be used in a civil damages claim being brought by six former Guantánamo Bay detainees, the court of appeal ruled today.”
The Guardian, 4th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Guantanamo damages claimants to hear evidence ruling – BBC News
“Six former Guantanamo Bay detainees are to hear if an appeal has succeeded against government use of secret evidence to fight their damages claim.”
BBC News, 4th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Inquiry call after video evidence clears man accused of violence at protest – The Guardian
“Lawyers have called for an inquiry into the prosecution of a man accused of violent disorder at demonstrations after claiming that the police delayed releasing vital video footage which proved his innocence.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Solicitor General to examine ‘News of the World’ hacking – The Independent
“The News of the World phone-hacking scandal took a fresh twist yesterday as it emerged that Britain’s second most senior law officer is to examine concerns of collusion between the newspaper and police.”
The Independent, 14th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Noble v Owens – WLR Daily
Noble v Owens [2010] EWCA Civ 224; [2010] WLR (D) 73
“Where fresh evidence was adduced in the Court of Appeal tending to show that the judge at first instance had been deliberately misled the court would only allow the appeal and order a retrial where the fraud was either admitted or the evidence of it was incontrovertible. In any other case, the issue of fraud had to be determined before the judgment of the court below could be set aside.”
WLR Daily, 11th March 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Children should give evidence, says Supreme Court – Law Society’s Gazette
“Children in family proceedings should be called to give live evidence in court if the advantage it would bring in deciding the case outweighs the risk of harm to the welfare of the child, the Supreme Court ruled last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th March 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Courts distrust evidence from social workers – The Guardian
“Courts are refusing applications to take children into care because some members of the judiciary hold social workers in such low esteem that they do not trust their evidence, it will be claimed this week in a major study.”
The Guardian, 8th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Oceanbulk Shipping and Trading SA v TMT Asia Ltd and others – WLR Daily
Oceanbulk Shipping and Trading SA v TMT Asia Ltd and others [2010] EWCA Civ 79; [2010] WLR (D) 40
“There was not, and need not be, an exception to the ‘without prejudice’ rule such as to permit evidence of ‘without prejudice’ communications and discussions to be given if there was a dispute about the interpretation of a written settlement agreement.”
WLR Daily, 16th February 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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News of the World loses battle over secret phone hacking evidence – The Guardian
“The News of the World yesterday lost a court battle to keep secret evidence which, it is claimed, would reveal widespread use of illegal methods by reporters to obtain personal information about celebrities.”
The Guardian, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
