The Manchester Arena Inquiry: lessons for future inquiries
Lawyers involved in public inquiries often refer, half in jest and half out of fear, to a hypothetical future ‘inquiry into the inquiry’ in which their decisions will be scrutinised....
UK-Russo extradition relations in 2022
As the clouds of war gather over Ukraine, it is a convenient moment to consider the state of UK-Russo extradition relations and the likely impact of any further breaches of...
The end of the jury trial as we know it?
The Secretary of State for Justice recently confirmed that the government is considering whether to introduce primary legislation to suspend jury trials for offences triable either way as a way...
The impact of Coronavirus, part 4: developments in extradition
Necessity is the mother of invention. Never has the English proverb been proved so true as with the rapid deployment of video link technology in the court system following the...
To be, or not to be, a judicial authority? That is the question…
The European arrest warrant scheme was heralded as the great simplifier; extradition between States was to be abolished and replaced by a streamlined process of surrender between judicial authorities. It was...
Disclosure: time to cut the Gordian knot?
Non-disclosure in criminal proceedings has long been recognised as a “potent source of injustice” (per Glidewell J in R v Ward [1993] 1 WLR 619, the successful appeal against convictions...
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,...