‘Police are planning to deploy 80 detectives for their criminal inquiry into the Post Office scandal, the Guardian has learned, but victims will face a long wait to discover if charges will follow.’
The Guardian, 27th May 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A former Scotland Yard intelligence chief should face a new investigation into alleged perjury, the mother of Stephen Lawrence has said, after the unearthing of documents claiming he was corrupt.’
The Guardian, 14th November 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A “dangerous” killer who murdered a pizza delivery girl in a frenzied sex attack in a case that made legal history could be moved to an open prison.’
The Independent, 12th September 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A “charming” fraudster who conned a millionaire he met on Tinder into handing him almost £150,000 has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.’
The Guardian, 10th February 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Jennifer Johnson, an ex-girlfriend of the Brighton “babes in the wood” murderer Russell Bishop, has been jailed for six years, more than three decades after telling “wicked lies” at his trial.’
The Guardian, 19th May 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The “Babes in the Wood” murders of nine-year-old schoolgirls Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows cast a shadow over a Brighton estate for decades, but the fight for justice didn’t end with Russell Bishop’s conviction in 2018. It is now known his ex-partner Jennifer Johnson lied to keep him out of jail.’
BBC News, 18th May 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has savaged two witnesses who gave evidence on behalf of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) against a Yorkshire sole practitioner.’
Legal Futures, 12th December 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Expert witnesses who “fall short of the mark” face a “much more and properly robust” response from the courts, a recently retired Court of Appeal judge has warned.’
Litigation Futures, 11th November 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A British Nigerian man who was “hounded to his death” by police in Leeds is being remembered in a series of events to mark 50 years since he died.’
BBC News, 18th April 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “serial liar” who invented false rape and sexual assault allegations has failed in a bid to clear her name.’
BBC News, 28th March 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The president of the family division has rejected a wife’s application to admit the statement of a “whistleblower” inside her former husband’s legal team who sent the court privileged information.’
Legal Futures, 5th March 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Judges go about saying people are lying in different ways, from the tip-toeing around the idea of deceit to the full-blooded blast. This judgment, and that from which it is an appeal, are towards the latter end of the spectrum.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th May 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A mother who tricked her teenage daughter into going to Pakistan and forcing her to marry has been jailed for four and a half years.’
The Independent, 23rd May 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Rochdale’s recently resigned council leader is facing a possible police investigation after an official inquiry concluded that he lied under oath about child sexual abuse allegations.’
The Guardian, 12th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A solicitor has been awarded £70,000 in libel damages after he was accused by a newspaper of incitement to commit perjury.’
Legal Futures, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A woman who made a series of false rape claims and sexual assault allegations has been jailed for 10 years.’
The Guardian, 24th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman who invented a series of false rape and sexual assault allegations against innocent men has been convicted of perjury and perverting the course of justice.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 6th July 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Seven expert witnesses who fabricated evidence about the cost of replacement hire cars for motorists in road crashes have been jailed.’
The Guardian, 16th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A beautician was jailed after she paid a stranger to take her speeding points and revealed the ploy on Facebook.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A Metropolitan police custody sergeant has been cleared of lying at the inquest into the death of Sean Rigg.’
The Guardian, 8th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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