This post has been extracted from the Judiciary of England and Wales website Compensation culture: Fact or fantasy? Speech by Master of the Rolls 15/03/2013 In my Presidential address I want to examine ‘compensation culture’. This I imagine is something with which W. S. Holdsworth, notwithstanding his truly encyclopaedic knowledge of English law, would have been unfamiliar. [...]
Further review of disclosure in criminal proceedings: sanctions for disclosure failure
November 24, 2012 from Leave a Comment
The Judiciary of England and Wales have published their Further Review of Disclosure in Criminal Proceedings: sanctions for disclosure failure The review was established to consider the specific issue of sanctions for disclosure failure by both the prosecution and the defence; whether the sanctions available, together with judicial case management powers, are adequate to secure compliance [...]
Judiciary of England and Wales to review sanctions for disclosure failures in criminal trials
April 27, 2012 from Leave a Comment
Excerpt from Judiciary of England and Wales Press release – 26 April 2012. Review of sanctions for disclosure failures in criminal trials. The Lord Chief Justice has asked Lord Justice Gross and Mr Justice Treacy to conduct a review of sanctions for disclosure failures. The review will consider whether the sanctions for disclosure failures, together [...]