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  • internet-offences

Why you should be concerned by Amazon potentially hiding Alexa in your internet router- The admissibility in court for the evidence retrieved

Amazon’s smart assistant, Alexa, is witness for the prosecution. Alexa is a smart technology that advances our quality of life: she [it] is a labour-saving device now routinely purchased, installed…

March 5, 2019
Opinion
  • driving-offences

The CPS is right not to prosecute Prince Philip: It is not in the public interest to do so

It is not in the interests of justice to prosecute the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, a man who has served the United Kingdom and Commonwealth realms as the consort…

February 15, 2019
Opinion

P, G & W – A significant step forward, but still a significant way to go

On 30th January 2019 the Supreme Court handed down judgement in the case of P, G & W V Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] UKSC 3 which...

January 31, 2019
Blog
  • appeals
  • court

How can you overturn a criminal conviction?

Despite what many might think, miscarriages of justice do happen and there are probably more unsafe convictions than the criminal justice system is keen to accept. People who experience this...

December 18, 2018
Blog
  • court

How do you challenge a restraining order?

Section 5 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 enables the Court to impose restraining orders following a conviction for any criminal offence when it is considered necessary to protect...

October 5, 2018
Blog

Is Sexting a criminal offence within the new age of digital flirting?

‘Sexting’ can be defined as sending, receiving or forwarding sexual, naked or semi-naked images or videos of oneself or another, or sending sexually explicit messages, via a digital device.

October 5, 2018
Blog
  • crime-investigation

Police powers to enter your home or other private property

The trespass onto your property without invite is a shocking and upsetting phenomena; indeed it is one of the ingredients of the offence of burglary and yet the state represented...

September 28, 2018
Blog
  • court
  • defending-an-allegation
  • representation

What happens when you are charged with a crime?

The decision to prosecute a person for a crime represents the beginning of what can be a challenging and daunting process. It is vital that legal advice is sought as...

September 28, 2018

Michael Ackah

Blog

Speeding – What you need to know

For many of us the possibility of being banned from driving is a daunting prospect. This may be because we depend on driving to get to work, drive the kids…

September 21, 2018

Sean Caulfield

Opinion

Innocent until … you have to apply for an Enhanced Criminal Record Certificate

Yesterday the Supreme Court gave judgement in the case of R (on the application of AR) V Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police and another [2018] UKSC 47. The decision…

July 31, 2018
Blog

What is the Laser Misuse (Vehicles) Act 2018?

Tough new laws were introduced 10 July 2018 to specifically address the issue of shining a laser at an aircraft or other vehicles. This has been a growing problem over…

July 26, 2018
Opinion

Acknowledging our evidence to the Justice Select Committee about disclosure

Public trust in the CPS has been seriously undermined following disclosure failings that led to the collapse of a number of criminal trials. In spring 2018 parliament began an inquiry…

July 26, 2018
Opinion

Cliff Richard judgement about his right to privacy is good news for those accused of a crime

The recent decision in the High Court between Sir Cliff Richard OBE and the BBC is a stark reminder to the media that Article 8, a right to one’s private…

July 19, 2018
Opinion
  • sexual-offences

Changes to prostitution laws in the UK proposed

New proposals to the government have recommended decriminalising those who sell sexual services but to introduce new laws making it illegal to buy them, meaning that prostitutes would no longer...

July 4, 2018
Blog

A very bad case of brothel-keeping

The laws relating to sex often dominate headlines. Of late those sexual offences concerning the lack of consent are particularly under scrutiny. But the law can be broken even when...

May 11, 2018
Blog

“It was with wry amusement that I read of the new-found concern for the criminal justice system from the right-wing press.”

A non-lawyer friend once enquired of me as to whether I had proclaimed the end of the criminal justice system for the fourth or fifth time that year – the...

March 21, 2018

Raj Chada

Blog

Rose Heilbron and the Cameo Cinema murders

Rose Heilbron was one of the first female QCs. She was an extraordinary lawyer and her first murder case as leading Counsel, Rex v George Kelly was extraordinary too. As…

February 16, 2018
Opinion

The effect of the CPRs on alcohol related driving matters

We were recently reminded of the more rigorous regime of case management courtesy of the CPRs in connection with drink drive and failing to provide a specimen cases when faced...

February 2, 2018
Opinion

“In the criminal justice system, class still matters, perhaps even to defence lawyers.”

Lady Justice is often depicted wearing a blindfold. The blindfold represents impartiality – the ideal that justice should be applied without regard to wealth, power or other status. However, austerity...

August 31, 2017

Raj Chada

Blog

Grenfell – Corporate Manslaughter explained

As indicated in my previous blog, the Metropolitan Police have indicated that there is “reasonable grounds” for suspecting the TMO and the Council of committing the offence of Corporate Manslaughter....

July 28, 2017

Raj Chada

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