Laura Young

MOJ proposes cutting the number of jurors needed to start a trial

The head of judiciary in England and Wales has given his backing to cutting the number of jurors in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. ‘It is going to be necessary to look at more radical measures to enable jury trials to continue,’ Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett. Cases were already backing up prior to the […]

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Case Law Set to Challenge NCA Unexplained Wealth Orders

The High Court has ruled the National Crime Agency was wrong to claim that three London properties worth £80m owned by the daughter and grandson of Kazakhstan’s former president were purchased with ill-gotten gains. The NCA lost a legal challenge to three unexplained wealth orders (UWO’S) that targeted the homes of relatives of ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev.

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Serious Fraud Office Under Fresh Scrutiny

Serious Fraud Office Under Fresh Scrutiny Following Acquittal of Barclays Bank Three following Seven Year Investigation The Serious Fraud office were dealt a new blow yesterday following the acquittal of three former Barclays Executives; Roger Jenkins, Tom Kalaris and Richard Boath all of whom were acquitted of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation after

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Location Monitoring to be Introduced in Youth Courts

Location monitoring tags will be introduced in Youth Courts across England and Wales from 30 March 2020. This significant change follows a successful pilot scheme amongst under 18s in London at the end of November 2019. Youth Offending Teams have provided positive feedback on outcomes and indicated that using the tags has helped with the

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