“The Director of Public Prosecutions delivered a strong warning last night that handing back the job of charging suspects to the police would be a ‘grave mistake’.”
The Times, 24th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina v Balshaw [2009] EWCA Crim 470; [2009] WLR (D) 102
“Where a person was convicted of an offence before the Crown Court, and was ordered to pay costs to the prosecutor, there was no principle that the order was proscribed where the costs were designed to compensate a third party.”
WLR Daily, 18th March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“Criminal justice measures to enhance fraud prosecutions.”
Attorney General’s Office, 18th March 2009
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“Police Federation vice-chairman Simon Reed has accused the Crown Prosecution Service of allowing serious criminals to avoid justice so that they can save money and meet government targets.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina (Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions
Court of Appeal
“The refusal by the Director of Public Prosecutions to publish detailed guidance as to the circumstances in which individuals would or would not be prosecuted for assisting another person to commit suicide was lawful.”
The Times, 24th February 2009
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.
R (Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions [2009] EWCA Civ 92; [2009] WLR (D) 62
“The Director of Public Prosecutions did not act unlawfully in failing to publish detailed guidance as to the circumstances in which individuals would or would not be prosecuted for assisting another person to commit suicide.”
WLR Daily, 19th February 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“Police will not be looking to prosecute anyone in the case of a 13-year-old boy who has become a father.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“No police officers will be charged over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, prosecutors have announced, following a review of evidence from the inquest into his death.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The decision to abandon a prosecution because of the victim’s mental instability involved a misapplication of the Code for Crown Prosecutors, was irrational and was a violation of the victim’s rights under art 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 27th January 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“A decision by prosecutors to drop a serious criminal assault case because the victim, who had half an ear bitten off, suffered mental health problems, has been severely criticised by High Court judges.”
The Independent, 28th January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, told MPs at a select committee hearing that out of 550,000 cases leading to arrests last year, 160,000 were dropped.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Colleagues of two police officers arrested on suspicion of shoplifting wine from M&S have condemned the way the investigation was handled.”
BBC News, 1st December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Criminal suspects remain on bail for weeks or even months before being charged because of complex, inefficient and inconsistent charging practices, a new report today concludes. In one exceptional case, the time from arrest to charge was more than a year, at 369 days after arrest, although the average was 41.3 days, and suspects were regularly ‘rebailed’.”
The Times,27th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Should the taxpayer foot the legal bills of defendants who are brought before courts and acquitted?”
The Times, 25th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The first person to be prosecuted by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) over falsifying an application for authorisation to sell financial products has been given a suspended sentence.”
The Times, 18th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“The statutory prohibition on assisted suicide did not engage the right to private life protected under article 8.1 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 17th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“Prosecutors have been told to take a tougher line on dangerous driving after a review showed that motorists who killed have escaped jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The police and Crown Prosecution Service must take a tough line over ‘preachers of violent hate’, but not waste public money targeting abusive neighbours, Nick Herbert, the Shadow Justice Secretary, has urged.”
The Times, 3rd November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A teenager from Liverpool who was being prosecuted for swearing at her pregnant Irish neighbour and calling her a leprechaun has had her case dropped.”
BBC News, 31st October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R (Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions [2008] EWHC 2565; [2008] WLR (D) 337
“The Director of Public Prosecutions did not act unlawfully in failing to publish detailed guidance as to the circumstances in which individuals would or would not be prosecuted under s 2(1) of the Suicide Act 1961 for assisting another person to commit suicide.”
WLR Daily, 30th October 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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