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Content Warning: Discussion of rape, domestic abuse, murder, and police violence. Introduction In January 2023, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, told the public to expect two...
This article examines the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 which allow the jury to draw adverse inferences from the accused’s silence in the police station and during trial...
The incorporation of the Genocide Convention in France and the UK: a grudging fight against impunity
Abstract The incorporation of an international convention into national law plays a central part in its effectiveness at the domestic level. This becomes increasingly crucial in the field of...
Abstract Have you ever wondered how ‘West Side Story’ might have been resolved in the English courts? In such cases of gang violence, the area of complicity governs the typical situation...
Abstract:1 The English Law on “medical manslaughter”, manifested through the common law offence of gross negligence manslaughter, may be broadly defined as the defendant’s grossly...
R v. Evans: An Uneasy Precedent? In this piece, I discuss the recent case of R v Evans, in which the Court of Appeal allowed the defence to adduce evidence regarding the complainants’...
In general, the privilege against self-incrimination (“PSI“) protects a defendant from being compelled to provide (potentially) incriminating statement or information. PSI may be asserted...
Dear Editor, The UK’s first deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) was made at the end of last year. After extensive negotiations in an African bribery case, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) agreed...