Freeman Will Not Face Charges Defence lawyer Nick Freeman, in demand for road traffic offences, known as 'Mr Loophole' following widely reported defences of Fergusson, Beckham, Caprice, has been told perverting course of justice charges will be dropped Daily MailFreeman Will Not Face Charges Defence lawyer Nick Freeman, in demand for road traffic offences, known as 'Mr Loophole' following widely reported defences of Fergusson, Beckham, Caprice, has been told perverting course of justice charges will be dropped 18.05.07 Road Traffic
Hewitt Defends Mental Health Bill Secretary for Health has defended amended Mental Health Bill, says law must follow practice of care in the community, need for a means to supervise vulnerable patients and ensure treatment and medication 18.04.07 Guardian, Medical Law, Mental Health
Doubtful Effects of Fraud Act Fraud Act came into force yesterday, experts concerned it will leave consumers isolated, signal to criminals that police will not pursue smaller frauds, requires victims to report to bank rather than police 02.04.07 BBC, Banking Law, Fraud
Home Office to Be Split Blair and Reid have agreed to split the Home Office, probation, prisons and prevention of crime will go to DCA, to be renamed Ministry of Justice, Home Office will focus on security, absorbing anti-terror functions from Cabinet Office, fear will lose focus on low level anti-social behaviour issues 29.03.07 BBC, Anti-Social Behaviour, Department for Constitutional Affairs, Immigration, Terror
Surveillance Society Commons home affairs committee is to run inquiry into surveillance in everyday life, pervasion of CCTV does not increase safety as it displaces other, more effective forms of crime prevention 26.03.07 Telegraph, Data Protection, Privacy
Peers Reject No-Jury Fraud Trials Govt plans to remove the right to trial by jury in serious and complex fraud cases collapsed peers denied the Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill further progress in this parliamentary session, third failed attempt to introduce the measure since 2003 22.03.07 Law Society Press Release, Fraud
LawCom Report on Criminal Liability Law Commission has published a report looking at the principles determining when someone can be found liable for a crime, concern for liability on the basis of help or encouragement 10.05.07 Law Commission
Families Speak at Murder Trials The criminal courts have broken new ground as families thrust into the criminal justice system by the murder or manslaughter of a relative have taken up the opportunity to speak in court about the crime 01.03.07 DCA Press Release, Criminal Sentencing
Prison for Abuse of Privacy Courts will be able to jail people who trade in - or deliberately misuse - the personal data of others, in a move to crack down on the illegal trade in personal information, concerns highlighted in reports by the Information Commissioner, What Price Privacy, and What Price Privacy Now? 08.02.07 DCA Press Release, Data Protection, Privacy
New FSA Crime Unit New FSA unit, Financial Crime and Intelligence Division, led by Philip Robinson, to examine risks from information security and hi-tech crime, including potential for low-tech breaches of security, such as the careless disposal of sensitive data, will also work with economic experts to measure scale of financial crime 23.01.07 Financial Services Authority, Financial Services, Financial Services Authority, Fraud
Serious Crime Bill Published Serious Crime Bill will help strategy to tackle organised crime, iintroduces new civil Serious Crime Prevention Orders, creates new offences of encouraging or assisting another person to commit offence, combats fraud through greater controlled data-sharing 18.01.07 Home Office Press Release, Data Protection, Fraud, Proceeds of Crime
Crackdown on Illegal Lending Treasury to provide specialist enforcement teams to tackle illegal money lending, complement to govt strategy of increasing the availability of affordable and appropriate sources of credit for those suffering from financial exclusion 04.12.06 HM Treasury, Consumer Credit, Consumer Rights
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Extradition Avoids Domestic Charges Lord Justice Laws and Mr Justice Beatson have ruled that foreign charges take precedence to domestic charges, anomaly in the Extradition Act 2003 allows Lithuanian sex offender to 'call the tune' by consenting to extradition 04.05.07 Times, Extradition, Sex Offences
Landmark Accident Payout Criminal Injury Compensation Board to pay Antony Young for injuries and trauma caused in road collision when 12-year old Robert Davis ran in front of him in game of chicken, lawyers argued it was deliberate, violent act 25.04.07 Times, Personal Injury, Road Traffic
Girl Admits False Rape Accusation Bradford taxi driver Aftab Ahmed lost livelihood, home, degraded in front of family and community, 17-year old girl was extremely drunk and disoriented, vomited in his cab several times, sentenced to 14 months detention for perverting justice 25.04.07 Times, Sex Offences
Letter Bomber Detained Miles Cooper has been detained on suspicion he is behind campaign of letter bombs sent to govt departments, particularly those related to road traffic 20.02.07 Times
Call Him a Fat Bastard Matthew Stiddard, held in a police cell, called Dr Imraan Jhetam a 'F***ing Paki', Judge Paul Darlow dismisses case, saying single sentence insufficient to cause distress, 'next time call him a fat bastard' 17.01.07 Times, Race Discrimination
