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31.07.16
Right to jury trial for theft, burglaries and minor assaults under review
Last month Lord Justice Fulford told the Commons Justice Committee that senior judges back a review of the right to jury trial for thefts, burglaries and minor assaults. The purpose would in fact be to reserve the right to jury trial for the most serious cases, such as sex crimes, terrorism and homicide. “We need…
Read more23.04.15
Fitness to plead and proving actus reus
Criminal lawyers should try to take some time to read the judgment of Sir Brian Leveson P in Wells and others [2015] EWCA 2 which involved conjoined appeals against decisions in hearings pursuant to section 4A Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 which follows a finding that the Appellant was found to be unfit to plead….
Read more26.01.15
Leveson’s Efficiency Review: Criminal Courts are ‘lagging significantly behind modern practices’
Nick Brett, Partner and criminal defence solicitor at Brett Wilson LLP gives an overview of the Leveson’s Efficiency Review: Criminal Courts are ‘lagging significantly behind modern practices’ In his Review of Efficiency in Criminal Proceedings published this month Sir Brian Leveson makes a number of recommendations as to how criminal cases can be streamlined thereby…
Read more18.09.13
Government launches consultation on defamation/privacy costs protection proposals
The Ministry of Justice has published details of its proposals for a cost protection regime in defamation and privacy cases. The proposals follow Lord Justice Leveson’s recommendation that an adequate costs protection system be put in place for defamation and privacy cases (and harassment cases involving the media) once the cost of ‘after the event insurance’ policies cease to be recoverable from the…
Read more16.12.12
scrapping of recoverability of success fees and insurance premiums to be delayed for defamation and privacy cases
The Government has announced that it will delay the implementation of sections 44 and 46 of the Legal Aid, sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 in relation to defamation and privacy claims until an appropriate ‘costs protection’ regime has been introduced. sections 44 and 46 of the Act will mean that success fees under conditional fee…
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