Posts By: pareekc
CrowdJustice Campaign – Alert your MP to the state of criminal justice
It seems bizarre to be talking about the need to alert our elected representatives to the plight of the criminal justice system. Don’t they know already? We suspect that the answer is “no” – and we suspect that the example of Nigel Evans MP is instructive. He was part of the Conservative government that removed… Read more »
Kelly Thomas’ Military Case Success
Head of Tuckers Military Law department acted in a case which has attracted significant media attention. The case eventually collapsed, exposing the criticism of the three year investigation – as reported in the Guardian. The Judge criticised military investigators after the collapse of the case against army instructors who were accused of bullying teenage recruits…. Read more »
Latest Domestic Abuse Protections Released
In recent news, the government has announced further changes to the sentencing of domestic abuse offences, including a new definition that will apply to all possible relationships and victims and now covers controlling behaviour and economic abuse. Domestic abuse: Any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those… Read more »
How to Choose the Right Solicitor
When dealing with any criminal case, it is vital that you have the correct professional support in order to ensure a successful resolution to the problem. Criminal investigations and proceedings can be very stressful, and this stress often backfires on the rest of the relatives and families too. The earlier, the better It is important… Read more »
Shaken Baby Syndrome – Challenging the experts
Cases relating to allegation of child deaths caused by shaken baby syndrome are amongst the most complex to come before the criminal courts. The unlawful death of a child is always deeply traumatic. For some parents, it represents a deeply personal tragedy, compounded by the nightmare of a criminal trial. By far the majority of… Read more »
Knife Crime – Sentencing Changes
As a reaction to high profile knife crime with a number of stabbings having taken place over the last few weeks, resulting in deaths and injury, there are going to be changes to sentencing – seemingly intent on using deterrent sentences to discourage knife possession. The Sentencing Council has issued new guidelines for knife crime… Read more »
The Dog Death Penalty
What is a dog death penalty and how are they issued? ‘Dangerous dogs’ are defined as dogs that are ‘dangerously out of control’, although many believe that the only reason why some dogs are dangerous is because of the way they are handled by their owners. There is a law specifically for dangerous dog offences… Read more »
“Stop and Scan” – New Fingerprint Scanner System
A new fingerprint scanner system is going to be brought to use on the streets by West Yorkshire Police after trialling the system for 3 weeks. The purpose of the new system is to check the identity of an unknown person quicker. Their fingerprint will be compared against over the 12 million police records, meaning… Read more »
What does the “Right to be Forgotten” mean?
Rehabilitation is a central principle of our justice system. It means that after someone has committed a crime and dealt with the consequences, they have the ability to move on. However this does depend on the seriousness of the crime; For example, if someone has been convicted of murder or rape, it is difficult for them to to move on particularly with press, TV news and social media in the way seemingly… Read more »
Disclosure chaos – Fraud case collapses
Failures in disclosure in the criminal justice system have been front page news in the last few weeks. The high profile collapsed trial of Liam Allen has been followed by others. Last week, Alison Saunders, the Director of Public Prosecution, announced that all rape and serious sex offence cases will be reviewed with a view… Read more »