“The high court yesterday condemned as ‘deeply disturbing’ a refusal by the US to disclose evidence that could prove a British resident held at Guantánamo Bay was tortured before confessing to terrorism offences.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
R v S (F) and A(S); [2008] WLR (D) 313
“The key or password to an encrypted computer file was a fact which did not constitute an admission of guilt. Only knowledge of it might be incriminating if the data contained incriminating material.”
WLR Daily, 10th October 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“There were two ways in which Crown could prove property derived from crime.”
The Times, 1st September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A review of plans to streamline police powers in order to cut red tape, improve efficiency, and protect the rights of the public was set out today by Home Office Minister Tony McNulty.”
Home Office, 28th August 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Court of Appeal
“When the court was considering the admissibility of arguably wrongfully obtained fresh evidence it might consider factors going beyond the classical test.”
The Times, 27th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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R v Freeman; R v Crawford [2008] EWCA Crim 1863; [2008] WLR (D) 287
“Some care was required in directing a jury when approaching the cross-admissibility of bad character evidence.”
WLR Daily, 11th August 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Lifely v Lifely [2008] EWCA Civ 904; [2008] WLR (D) 280
“Where fresh evidence had arguably been wrongfully obtained considerations beyond the classical requirements under the Ladd v Marshall test might be appropriate when the court was considering whether such evidence should be admitted.”
WLR Daily, 1st August 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“A case against three men accused of killing 29 swans has been dropped after evidence was lost at a police station.”
BBC News, 1st August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A glaring error by judges in the case of a man accused of killing his wife by faking her suicide is to be used in a fresh attempt to clear his name.”
The Times, 4th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A British resident held in Guantanamo Bay is to launch a court battle to make the UK government release evidence for his defence.”
BBC News, 27th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Today I am talking to barrister and author Stephen Mason. Stephen is an expert in the field of electronic and digital evidence. The author of several books on digital evidence and electronic signatures, his website is a useful resource for lawyers and students alike.”
Charon QC, 18th July 2008
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
Related link: Chambers of Stephen Mason
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008 published
Full text of Act (PDF)
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Barry George will not be giving evidence in his own defence at his trial for the murder of Jill Dando, a jury has been told.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Dozens of Britain’s most dangerous criminals, including murderers and terrorists, could be freed from jail after a potentially ‘disastrous’ ruling by senior judges, a leading police officer has warned.”
Daily Telegraph,
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An ‘urgent’ change in the law is being considered to allow anonymous witness evidence to be used in court, the government said today.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
R v Davis [2008] UKHL 36; [2008] WLR (D) 196
“Protective measures, ensuring the anonymity of witnesses without whose evidence the defendant could not have been convicted of murder, denied him the opportunity properly to advance his defence and accordingly rendered his trial unfair.”
WLR Daily, 19th June 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“The Law Lords have ruled that a man convicted of a gun killing on the basis of evidence given by anonymous witnesses did not receive a fair trial.”
BBC News, 18th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“High-profile prosecutions have relied on DNA to convict the guilty. Steve Wright who murdered five women in Suffolk, and Mark Dixie the killer of Sally Anne Bowman, would probably not have been convicted without DNA evidence.
But the use of forensic evidence is not always so straight-forward in proving guilt, as Clive Coleman finds out when he debates the use of forensic techniques with a panel of experts.”
BBC Law in Action, 27th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Media organisations will clash with Greater Manchester Police in court this week over moves to force them to hand over ‘evidence’”.
The Times, 19th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Where the Crown chose to rely on relevant bad character evidence which it had decided not to make the subject of a criminal charge, that could not have such an adverse effect on the fairness of the proceedings that the court ought not to admit such evidence.”
The Times, 16th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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