The claimant renewed his request for an order against the defendant that he should be given a place on a witness protection scheme. He had given evidence for the prosecution in a gangland murder trial. A risk assessment had identified a risk ‘real but not immediate’. He was given limited assistance. He argued that such … Continue reading Q, Regina (on The Application of) v Q Constabulary and Another: Admn 17 Mar 2011
The defendant had held a permanent demonstration in Parliament Square against the war in Iraq. The prosecutor appeal against the dismissal of its allegations under the 2003 Act. Held: The Commisioner was able to delegate his own power to set conditions for demonstrations in Parliament square and the conditions were lawful. Judges: Lord Phillips CJ … Continue reading Director of Public Prosecutions v Haw: Admn 6 Aug 2007
The Agency asked to have set aside four orders allowing the defendant to have excluded from his assets subject to an interim receiving order to allow payment of his legal expenses. Held: There was no rule that assets once excluded from an order must remain so excluded. The section allowed but did not require an … Continue reading Serious Organised Crime Agency v Szepietowski and Others (No 2): ChD 1 Jul 2009
Rebalancing of Enhanced Disclosure Requirements The Court was asked as to the practice of supplying enhanced criminal record certificates under the 1997 Act. It was said that the release of reports of suspicions was a disproportionate interference in the claimants article 8 rights to a private life. The enhanced record revealed that the claimant’s son … Continue reading L, Regina (On the Application of) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis: SC 29 Oct 2009
Civil recovery orders had been made against the applicant. He had been accused and acquitted of drug trafficking allegations in Europe, but the judge had been persuaded that he had no proper explanation for the accumulation of his wealth, and had rejected his evidence as unreliable. Held: The defendant’s appeal failed. The making of an … Continue reading Gale and Another v Serious Organised Crime Agency: SC 26 Oct 2011
The appellants had been convicted of assault, after having engaged in consensual acts of sado-masochism in which they inflicted varying degreees of physical self harm. They had pleaded guilty after a ruling that the prosecution had not needed to prove the absence of consent. They said it was their human right to give consent to … Continue reading Regina v Brown (Anthony); Regina v Lucas; etc: HL 11 Mar 1993
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