24th Oct 2017Newsletters
Introduction A title like this (not my suggestion, I hasten to add) makes me just a little nervous, because having set the bar high, you can almost guarantee this will be anything but a masterclass. It’s a little like that puffed-up barrister who’s giving it large to the client and his instructing solicitor before the […]
24th Oct 2017Newsletters
In the immediate aftermath of the Grenfell Tower Tragedy in which at least 80 people died the Prime Minister announced a judge led public inquiry into the circumstances of the fire. The decision to launch an inquiry was not universally welcomed. Some argued that an inquest rather than a judge lead public inquiry should investigate […]
24th Oct 2017Newsletters
On 4 July 2017 the Sentencing Council launched a consultation into Draft Guidelines for the offence of manslaughter. The consultation concluded on 10 October. Manslaughter, almost more than any other offence on the criminal calendar can cover a broad range of factual backgrounds. This is in part reflected in the fact that the Draft Guideline […]
24th Oct 2017Newsletters
Chris Gillespie examines the case of R v Rose from a health and safety perspective. Honey Rose was an optometrist who negligently failed to perform her statutory duty to conduct an intra-ocular examination on her seven year old patient. As a result she failed to discover the clear indications of a life-threatening risk to the […]
18th Oct 2017Newsletters
Howard Watkinson looks at the whys and wherefores of applying to discharge pre-charge restraint orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (“POCA”). The pre-charge restraint order under POCA is doubtless one of the most draconian tools in the proceeds of crime armoury. It has the capacity to cripple businesses, be they bodies corporate or […]