Feb 12, 2013 12:30 GMT Comment on the article written by Andrzej Bojarski, Kate Tompkins and Cameron Crowe of 36 Bedford Row which considers private prosecution as an opportunity for a spouse in an exceptional case when all conventional options in the family courts have been exhausted.
Dec 04, 2012 15:07 GMT The case of Regina (Gujra) v Crown Prosecution Service was published by the Supreme Court on November 27, 2012 with judgement handed down on the 14 November 2012. The result of the ruling was that the Crown Prosecution Service was entitled, when deciding whether to use its statutory power...
Dec 03, 2012 15:38 GMT The RSPCA frequently bring private prosecutions as do the BPI (the British Recorded Music Industry) and FACT (Federation against Copyright Theft). The private prosecution brought by Stephen Lawrence’s family in 1994 against those suspected of murdering Stephen Lawrence was perhaps the most high profile private prosecution ever brought.
Nov 05, 2012 17:00 GMT In 1977, Lord Wilberforce in Gouriet v Union of Post Office Workers (1978) 3 All ER 70 [1977] gave a wonderful sound bite to the Court when he stressed the importance of the right to bring private prosecutions....
Jun 08, 2012 11:01 BST Avid readers of this Blog, (aka gluttons for punishment) will remember my outburst last year. “Government Declares Bribery Not an Offence!” The tenor of that little tome was to the effect that however sexy the Bribery Act 2010 might have been, it was not perceived as having much relevance, or bite, to the average Joe.
Apr 20, 2012 18:46 BST Two barristers and solicitor have opened the first law firm dedicated to bringing private prosecutions. Edmonds Marshall McMahon (EMM) – a legal disciplinary practice regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority – is focused particularly on both individual and corporate victims of fraud, counterfeiting and corporate crime, but will also handle other private prosecution work...
