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27th Jan 2023News

The Relevance of Motive where there is Evidence of Foul Play Case Comment: R (on the application of Leeson) v HM Coroner for Manchester South, Donald McPherson, Scottish Widows & Others [2023] EWHC 62 (Admin)

Facts The facts of this unusual and unhappy case concerned the drowning of Ms Leeson in an indoor swimming pool in remote holiday accommodation in Denmark where she had been holidaying with her husband, Donald McPherson. The medical evidence showed that Ms Leeson had drowned but also identified blunt force injuries on her body. These […]

22nd Jul 2022Blog

Dysfunctional disclosure at the SFO

Disclosure failings lie at the heart of the criticism levelled at the SFO by Sir David Calvert-Smith in his independent review into the SFO’s handling of the Unaoil case. The review was commissioned after the Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of Ziad Akle and Paul Bond due to the SFO’s improper conduct in engaging […]