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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
20 July 2017
Reports call for higher standards of disclosure in criminal proceedings
On 18 July 2017 Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), the body that independently assesses and reports on the efficiency and effectiveness of the police published a report: ‘Making it fair – a joint inspection of the disclosure of unused material in volume Crown Court cases’. The report followed a three-month inspection into the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) compliance with the disclosure of unused material provisions.
26 May 2017
The Trial: A Murder in the Family – The Verdict
Channel Four’s “The Trial – A Murder in the Family” has been variously described as a docu-drama, a cluedo style who-dunnit, an intriguing experiment blending fact and fiction, and an unflinching exploration of the inner workings of our legal system.
26 May 2017
The Trial: A Murder in the Family – The Jury
As The Trial approaches its denouement we spent the penultimate episode focused on the closing speeches and the beginning of the jury’s deliberation.
24 May 2017
The Trial: A Murder in the Family – The Evidence
One of the most frustrating features of The Trial has been the deployment of the ‘evidence’ to the audience. This is not a criticism of the way the case has been presented to the jury – the prosecution or defence teams have ably demonstrated the quality of the criminal bar – but of the decision to intercut the ‘evidence’ with material which wouldn’t be before a jury. This has made following the trial, as the jury have, impossible.
23 May 2017
The Trial: A Murder in the Family – Where are the Solicitors?
As The Trial progresses a notable absence continues, where are the solicitors?