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Appeals and Renewal Applications – What Criminal Defence Lawyers Should and Should not do
In the recent case R v James [2018] EWCA Crim 285, three applications for leave to appeal were joined together because they all shared a similar feature that had nothing to do with fresh evidence [...]
Official Report Shows Holiday Booking Fraud on the Rise
A recent report created by Action Fraud, the UK’s national fraud and cyber crime reporting centre, revealed that in 2017 holiday fraud in the UK amounted to £6.7 million, with 4,700 holidaymakers affected. [...]
Concerns over SFO’s New Robot Recruit
In a news release published on 10 April 2018, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced its intention to use artificial intelligence in all new investigations. The organisation said its new AI system, which [...]
The Right to have Serious Crimes Properly Investigated by Police Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently ruled that the Metropolitan Police breached the rights of two women (known as DSD and NBV) who made allegations of rape against John Worboys by failing to investigate the [...]
The Shifting Landscape of Sexual Offence Convictions
A recent BBC article reported that the number of sexual offences against men and has increased more than threefold in the past decade, with statistics from the Office for National Statistics showing 12,130 [...]
