Welcome to the Spring 2019 edition of 2 Hare Court’s Private Prosecutions Group newsletter. In this edition: Alison Levitt QC and Hannah Thomas discuss how to take steps that are quite routine for a public prosecutor but pose more difficulties for a private prosecutor, namely obtaining fingerprint evidence at the investigation stage, and obtaining an […]
Public hearings in the Children Outside the UK Investigation at the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse resumed on 11th February. In this phase of the Investigation, the following will be considered: (i) the use of civil orders to prevent foreign travel by individuals known to the UK authorities to pose a risk to children; […]
The GMC brought misconduct proceedings against a GP in private practice who had begun a sexual relationship with a former patient with whom she had a child and to whom she was now engaged. Chris Gillespie successfully argued before the MPTS that the doctor/patient relationship had been sufficiently brief and that the gap between the […]
On 6 February 2019 David Lufkin, previously Global Head of Sales for Petrofac International Limited, pleaded guilty to eleven counts of bribery, contrary to sections 1(1) and 1(2) of the Bribery Act 2010. These offences relate to the making of corrupt offers to influence the award of contracts to Petrofac worth in excess of USD […]
Michael Rawlinson has successfully defended a Detective Inspector who faced allegations of gross misconduct. The officer faced dismissal, having been accused of two historic allegations of serious domestic violence against another serving police officer. Following a two-week contested hearing, the allegations were dismissed by the panel in their entirety. The case involved over 40 witnesses, […]