Weekly Digest: 9 October 2017
In this week's Digest the Court of Appeal quashed a conviction for kidnapping on the basis that hearsay evidence should not have been admitted under section 116 of the Criminal...
An overview of the Criminal Justice (European Investigation Order) Regulations 2017
The Government has published the Criminal Justice (European Investigation Order) Regulations 2017 (‘the Regulations’) which will come into force on 31 July 2017. The Regulations significantly enhance the ability of...
Weekly Digest: 2 October 2017
In this week's Digest, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal concerning the correct interpretation of section 76(5A) of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, which contains the defence...
Weekly Digest: 11 September 2017
In this week's Digest, the High Court gave reasons for previously granting the continuation of an injunction preventing the disclosure of confidential information relating to the treatment of children at...
Criminal liability for removing children from school
In Isle of Wight Council v Platt [2017] UKSC 28, the Supreme Court considered the correct interpretation of section 444(1) of the Education Act 1996, and in particular the definition...
Weekly Digest: 4 September 2017
Welcome to the 6KBW College Hill Weekly Digest for 4 September 2017. This week’s highlights include Court of Appeal cases on the admission of fresh evidence, the conduct of disciplinary...
Challenging prosecutorial decisions
Challenging decisions to prosecute criminal offences is notoriously difficult; and decisions to investigate still harder. At issue in SXH v CPS [2017] UKSC 30 was the availability of fundamental rights,...
Politically exposed persons
The Fourth Money Laundering Directive was transposed into UK law when the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 came into force on...
Flexible operating hours: HMCTS pilot scheme
Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (“HMCTS”) has announced a pilot scheme to extend court sitting times at criminal and civil courts around the country. (more…)
Deferred Prosecution Agreements: an introduction
Section 45 and Schedule 17 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 introduced for the first time the Deferred Prosecution Agreement ('DPA') into the Criminal Justice system. They provide a...