Gross negligence manslaughter – an offence in flux
After a period of relative stability following the seminal judgment of the House of Lords in Adomako [1995] AC 171, gross negligence manslaughter has been considered by the Court of...
Householder self-defence: an issue with continuous incidents?
At a recent trial, the Crown Court had to consider whether the householder amendment to self-defence applied to all force used in a violent incident that began inside a home...
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...
Money-laundering: a possible loophole for property derived from ‘registration offences’?
The US special investigation into ‘Russian influence’ in the 2016 US Presidential election alleges that Paul Manafort acted as a “foreign agent” and that he laundered the proceeds of that...
Righting another ‘wrong turn’? Dishonesty in Ivey v Genting: Part II
In this second of two posts (the first can be found here), the criticism of the Ghosh test is considered, together with a brief outline of the concept of dishonesty...
Righting another ‘wrong turn’? Dishonesty in Ivey v Genting: Part I
This blog has previously featured a summary of the landmark judgment in Ivey v Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd [2017] UKSC 67 and a post examining the dishonesty test now to be applied in criminal...
How now to spot dishonesty
What place a defendant’s state of mind following the Supreme Court decision in Ivey v Genting [2017] UKSC 67? (more…)
Section 2 notices: here and now?
Section 2(2) and (3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (‘CJA 1987’) empower the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (‘the SFO’) to give notice in writing requiring a person...
Co-operating after Brexit — what’s the future for security, law enforcement and criminal justice?
The Government’s paper ‘Security, law enforcement and criminal justice: a future partnership paper’ suggests that the intention is to maintain a similar level of co-operation with the EU following Brexit....
Landmark Supreme Court dishonesty ruling
The Supreme Court has overturned the long-standing Ghosh test for establishing dishonesty in criminal proceedings. (more…)