Thursday, 14 July 2016 00:00
The author of this article considers important practical issues in relation to so-called shaken baby syndrome. Shaken baby syndrome is abusive/non-accidental head injury suffered by infants and toddlers. Their undeveloped muscles and their physical proportions mean shaking and vigorous impact causes the brain to bounce within the skull causing bruising, swelling and bleeding.
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Wednesday, 11 May 2016 00:00
An appeal against conviction for firearms offences has been dismissed. The appellant had been convicted of possessing a prohibited firearm under s5(1)(aba) Firearms Act 1968. He was discovered in possession of a replica World War II sub-machine gun which had been converted to be capable of firing live rounds of ammunition: it would only require the removal of a steel bolt to achieve this.
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Wednesday, 11 May 2016 00:00
A juror’s conviction for contempt of court did not breach her human rights because the conviction had been foreseeable. The juror (A) had been convicted of contempt of court, having been found to have researched the previous criminal record of the defendant in the trial in question – contrary to the judge’s express orders. She was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment.
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Wednesday, 11 May 2016 00:00
The Court of Appeal has given guidance to Crown Court judges in criminal confiscation cases where lifting the corporate veil was raised.
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Wednesday, 11 May 2016 00:00
The statutory powers of police officers to stop and search an individual for an offensive weapon, even if there are no grounds for suspecting they were carrying one, are compatible with the ECHR. The Supreme Court so held when dismissing an appeal against a decision to uphold the dismissal by the divisional court of a claim for judicial review against the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, after the appellant (A) had been stopped and searched in Haringey.
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Wednesday, 11 May 2016 00:00
Gang-related evidence was appropriately characterised as evidence pertinent to the facts in a recent case, and the sentence passed was neither manifestly excessive nor wrong in principle.
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Wednesday, 11 May 2016 00:00
The High Court has reinstated a notice issued by an H&S inspector, overturning an earlier decision. The notice had been issued following an inspection made on premises where work was to be carried out on a roof. A risk assessment had concluded that continuing work would be unsafe, and a prohibition order was therefore made. Survey Roofing appealed against the notice.
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Wednesday, 11 May 2016 00:00
The CA has dismissed an appeal against an order directed at the press intended to control ‘vile’ comments on the social media accounts of media organisations during a murder trial.
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Wednesday, 13 April 2016 00:00
What are the benefits behind a restorative justice approach? The author of this useful article sets out some of those benefits, and urges defence lawyers to consider restorative justice principles when advising clients.
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Wednesday, 13 April 2016 00:00
New Law Society guidance on solicitors’ duties in the context of the Criminal Procedure Rules (amended in 2015) has been published, and is intended for all criminal law solicitors, particularly those acting for the defendant.
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