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15.05.19
Police request access to complainants’ data: A form in a teacup?
A new standard police form requesting agreement to access complainants’ phone data has caused controversy. The not-very-snappily-titled ‘NPCC Final Consent v-1-2’ form is designed to achieve a consistent system for accessing the electronic devices of victims and witnesses. A copy is available here. This can only be done with that person’s consent. As such, the…
Read more26.11.18
Revised Code for Crown Prosecutors introduced
The Code for Crown Prosecutors has been revised as of October 2018 (‘the Code’) and is now in its eighth edition. The outgoing Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders unveiled amendments to the Code which she said were vital to ensure ‘defendants and complainants have trust in the criminal justice system and the public has…
Read more3.04.18
Will the next DPP please stand up and be counted?
It has been reported Alison Saunders, the Director of Public Prosecutions, will not have her contract renewed when her five-year term expires in September. Ms Saunders denies that she has been “forced out”, claiming that she decided to move into private practice last year and informed the government herself that she would be unable to…
Read more13.02.18
Disclosure failings: under-funded, under-trained and unfair
A fair disclosure process is the heart of a healthy criminal justice system. The police and prosecutors (who, whilst responsible for investigating and prosecuting, should of course be impartial and open-minded) are entrusted with reviewing evidence in a case and – where it may assist a defendant or undermine the prosecution’s case – disclosing its…
Read more7.09.16
Staggering rise in prosecutions for sexual and domestic violence offences
There are a number of catchy headline statistics to be taken from the recently published Crown Prosecution Service “Violence Against Women and Girls Crime Report 2015-2016”. Prosecutions for the new offence of disseminating revenge porn now exceed 200 and there have been five successful prosecutions for the new offence of using controlling and coercive behaviour….
Read more23.07.13
Alison saunders appointed as new Director of Public Prosecutions
The Attorney-General has announced that London’s Chief Crown Prosecutor Alison saunders will take over from Keir starmer QC as the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on 1 November 2013. Ms saunders, a barrister, is the first DPP to be recruited from within the Crown Prosecution service (CPs). she has worked at the CPs since its inception in 1986.
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