Subscribe RSS
Comment RSS
This article, by Professor Clive Walker, examines the operation of control orders since their introduction by the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, and considers …
Art. 05 Right to Liberty and Security, Art. 06 Right to a Fair Trial, Criminal Law and Criminal ProcedureArticles in: Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
Failed by police – the woman whose rape complaint was lost in pile of paperwork: two officers disciplined in landmark settlement: cctv footage destroyed by time blunder
December 8, 2009 | No CommentsIn the first case of its kind in the UK, a woman suffering from bipolar disorder took legal action against Cambridgeshire police, alleging the force’s failure to record her rape as a crime breached her human rights. The woman discovered the mistakes made when she called the police two months after her assault, which took place in December 2005, by …
Art. 13 Effective Remedy, Art. 14 Prohibition of Discrimination, Art. 34 Victim Status, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Mental Health, Police LawCleared Dando suspect challenges Surveillance Order: Barry George wants court to free him from monitoring: risk remains, say Police, despite 2008 acquittal
December 8, 2009 | No CommentsAn unprecedented legal challenge is being made by Barry George, acquitted of killing Jill Dando in a 2008 retrial, to stop the authorities monitoring his movements under a multi-agency public protection arrangement (Mappa), which he argues is a breach of his human rights. Mr George is on the lowest level of Mappa monitoring under which he must inform his local …
Art. 05 Right to Liberty and Security, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Police LawNew Blow to Rules on Suspects
November 19, 2009 | No CommentsThe High Court has rejected attempts to introduce “control lite” orders which restrict the movements of terror suspects, ruling that …
Art. 06 Right to a Fair Trial, Criminal Law and Criminal ProcedureThe 21st Century Slave Trade; Forced Labour and Human Trafficking
November 19, 2009 | No Commentsby Gwendolen Morgan (Bindmans LLP)
This article discusses the legal system’s failure to protect the victims of forced labour and servitude, despite the UK’s signing of all key …
