Stalin’s Show Trials
With the invasion of Ukraine, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Hague has announced that he will launch an investigation into events there and President Vladimir Putin’s...
Overseas Production Orders – A New Tool to Obtain Foreign Electronic Evidence
Introduction For years, prosecutors and defenders have acted in the confident knowledge that obtaining certain types of important electronic evidence from overseas in time for use at trial has been...
Making the most of pupillage
Readers of this blog range from law students to seasoned silks and judges. Somewhere in the middle are those in the midst of the pupillage process, whether preparing to start...
Abuse of process in the Magistrates’ Court: When to make your move
What is the jurisdiction of a magistrates’ court to consider applications for a stay of a prosecution on the grounds of abuse of process? The simple and widely accepted answer...
Case report: SFO v ENRC [2017] EWHC 1017
Said to be the first reported case in which the Court considered a claim for litigation privilege against the background of potential criminal litigation, this case is essential reading for...