Brian O’Neill QC and Julia Faure Walker, who secured the convictions of two football agents and a former assistant head coach, consider the inter-relationship between the FA Regulations and the Bribery Act 2010. In December 2019, following a two months’ trial at Southwark Crown Court, two football agents, Giuseppe Pagliara and Dax Price, and the […]
Introduction It is clear that private prosecutors may pursue confiscation proceedings in the Crown Court: see David Whittaker QC’s article. Furthermore, if successful, they can expect to recover from central funds costs incurred in such proceedings and in appeals against confiscation orders (although reference should be made to R (Virgin Media Ltd) v. Zinga[1] for […]
By section 6 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, Parliament reaffirmed, albeit in qualified terms, the right of “any person” to bring a prosecution. Part 7 of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2015, providing for the commencement of a prosecution, refers to “a prosecutor” laying an information. A named individual At first blush, it appears […]
The case Loughlin [2017] UKSC 63 was an application for judicial review of a decision not to refer discounted sentences back to the sentencing court under section 74(3) of SOCPA 2005. The Supreme Court, reversing the Divisional Court’s decision, refused to quash the prosecutor’s decision. Consideration of the interests of justice in this context required […]
How should an FTP Committee assess risk to the public in the case of a registrant who is contemplating retirement, or who chooses to retire during a period of suspension? This is the case to have to hand when representing professional people who have chosen, or are contemplating, retirement during disciplinary proceedings. The registrant’s retirement […]
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