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Vocapedia > UK > Police, Justice, Law
Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2006/ukpga_20060038_en.pdf
justice
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/may/30/
rough justice http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jan/07/david-chaytor-mps-expenses-michael-white
scales of justice http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2010/oct/13/ricin-trial-juries-criminal-justice
charges > perverting the course of justice http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/02/constance-briscoe-jailed-perverting-course-justice
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/feb/02/chris-huhne-speeding-allegations-cps-decision
Ministry of Justice MoJ
justice secretary / Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/dec/05/immigrationpolicy.prisonsandprobation
perversion of justice https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/jan/31/uk.partyfunding
"instant justice"
be brought to justice
chief justice / lord chief justice - the most senior criminal judge in England and Wales https://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/jan/30/tv-cameras-appeal-court-warning http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/nov/23/mother-retracting-rape-allegation-freed http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2030116,00.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2030368,00.html http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1890523,00.html http://politics.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,15935,1590090,00.html https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/17/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation1
sentencing guidelines / guidance for judges
the judiciary
the judiciary's independence http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/oct/12/uk.topstories3
criminal justice system
UK's minimum age of criminal responsibility 2013
(...) at 10, the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) in England and Wales remains markedly low by international standards http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/feb/05/bulger-killers-young-stand-trial
restorative justice http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/aug/17/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation1
rule of law
Dieu et mon droit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom
Magna Carta http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/john.shtml http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/magna.html https://www.archives.gov/exhibits
http://www.npr.org/2015/04/13/
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/mar/12/ http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/feb/14/800-years-english-history-20-day-trips
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/03/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk-news/2013/jul/15/four-copies-magna-carta-united-anniversary
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/video/2010/nov/12/human-rights-uk-civil-liberties http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/apr/15/ten-of-the-best-political-documents
lawful
unlawful
unlawful killing http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/11/teenager-admits-unlawful-killing-teacher-ann-maguire
against the law http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/09/man-twice-tried-kill-friend-act-mercy-jailed
lawless
lawlessness
outlaw
outlawed
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/16/
forbid
break the law
law-abiding citizen
Clare's law letting women know if partner has abusive past rolled out 8 March 2014
Domestic violence disclosure scheme is rolled out across England and Wales on International Women's Day
Women will be able to find out if their partners have an abusive past as the domestic violence disclosure scheme – known as Clare's law – is rolled out across every police force across England and Wales. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/08/clares-law-partners-abusive-past
crime laws http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/jun/23/uk.topstories3
human rights law http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/jun/29/humanrights.terrorism
race hate laws http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/11/broadcasting.farrightpolitics
privacy laws http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/30/pressandpublishing.uknews1
media law http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/medialaw
The Law > BBC jargon buster http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/law/jargonbuster.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/law/jargonbuster_i.shtml
Glossary > A guide to unfamiliar judicial and historical terms http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/history/glossary.html
Act https://www.legislation.gov.uk/
forcing someone into marriage in England and Wales will carry a maximum seven-year jail sentence under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/16/forced-marriage-outlawed-ministers-curb-practice http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/contents/enacted
Mental Health Act 2007 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/12/contents
2015 Serious Crime Act http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/9/contents
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2019/feb/20/
Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/38/contents
Hunting Act 2004
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/dec/01/
Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004 http://www.london-gazette.gov.uk/acts/acts2004/20040026.htm
Criminal Justice Act 2003 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2003/20030044.htm
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts2001/20010024.htm
Terrorism Act 2000 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/contents
Human Rights Act 1998 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/42/contents
Sex Offenders Act 1997 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/51/contents http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1997/1997051.htm
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/contents
Sunday Trading Act 1994 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/28/newsid_2536000/2536115.stm
Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/65/contents http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/kenneth_baker/2007/01/post_859.html
Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/71/contents http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/themes/death-penalty.htm https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/acts/murder-abolition-of-death-penalty-act-1965 https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/bills/murder-abolition-of-death-penalty-bill
Suicide Act 1961 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/60
The Treason Act of 1351 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Edw3Stat5/25/2/contents
http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,,-1398,00.html http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/nov/07/law.socialsciences1
Habeas Corpus Act 1679 http://www.constitution.org/eng/habcorpa.htm http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRgagging.htm
habeas corpus
Habeas corpus is the legal concept that a prisoner has a right to challenge the basis of confinement -- to demand that the government produce a valid reason for detention.
The concept was developed in England during the late Middle Ages, and takes its name from the first two Latin words of the writ filed for a prisoner's release (a phrase translated variously as "You have the body'' and "Produce the body.'')
Habeas corpus formed a part of the American legal system from colonial times, and it was the only specific right incorporated in the Constitution.
Article 1, Section 9 states, "The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it."
The suspension of habeas corpus allows an agency to hold a person without a charge.
Habeas corpus has been suspended a number of times, most notably by Abraham Lincoln during the early days of the Civil War.
Habeas corpus became a subject of renewed controversy after the Sept. 11th attacks.
When the Bush administration created a system of military tribunals for dealing with terrorism subjects in 2002, it asserted that "illegal non-combatants'' fell outside of the Geneva Conventions and were not entitled to habeas corpus.
That view was rejected by the Supreme Court in 2006.
Congress, then controlled by Republicans, responded by passing the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which stripped the federal courts of jurisdiction to hear habeas corpus petitions filed by detainees challenging the bases for their confinement.
Instead, such challenges were to be governed by the 2005 Detainee Treatment Act, which allowed detainees to appeal decisions of the military tribunals to the District of Columbia Circuit, but only under circumscribed procedures, including a presumption that the evidence before the military tribunal was accurate and complete.
In a 5 to 4 decision issued on June 12, 2008, the Supreme Court ruled that approach to be unconstitutional, declaring that foreign terrorism suspects held at the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba have the right to challenge their detention there in federal courts. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/h/habeas_corpus/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/habeas-corpus
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4329839.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4329839.stm
legislation https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/index.htm http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/about_legislation
Common Law http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2449 http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/12/uknews4.mainsection2
under the double jeopardy law
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/dec/16/
the new double jeopardy laws
The 800-year-old double jeopardy law, which forbade someone being re-tried for a crime of which they have been acquitted, was scrapped in April 2005 http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/11/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation
double jeopardy killer http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/oct/07/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation
rape laws http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/nov/28/immigrationpolicy.ukcrime http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/dec/18/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation2
New laws on body tissue ban secret DNA testing 2006 http://www.theguardian.com/science/2006/aug/31/humanrights.politics
lawlessness
lawful killing
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/02/menezes-uksecurity
unlawful / illegal http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/may/21/police-surveillance-ruling-andrew-wood
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/mar/16/
unlawful killing
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/jun/20/ http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,1464621,00.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,1781347,00.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/may/04/
be unlawfully killed http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/11/ukcrime1
flout the law
law and order http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/17/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation1
lawsuit
drug law / law on cannabis http://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jan/23/drugs.politics
anti-spam law
law on prostitution / sex laws / prostitution laws
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/dec/11/uk-
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/dec/30/ukcrime.immigrationpolicy
bill
bill outlawing the possession of images of extreme sexual violence, necrophilia and bestiality 2006 http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/aug/31/humanrights.ukcrime
drink rape cases http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/dec/21/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation2
rape convictions http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/10/postcode-lottery-rape-convictions http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jul/20/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation
conviction rate for rape http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/11/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation1
libel UK / USA
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/03/21/
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/17/pressandpublishing.sun
libel > Britain's highest court / Law lords > landmark ruling 2006 http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/oct/12/pressandpublishing.law
libel claim
libel appeal http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/25/Iraqandthemedia.thedailytelegraph
defamation lawsuit http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/aug/02/newsoftheworld.pressandpublishing
defamatory http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/25/thedailytelegraph.Iraqandthemedia
libel laws http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/15/simon-singh-libel-medical-review
libel claim http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/13/madeleinemccann.medialaw
libel action http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/aug/04/newsoftheworld.pressandpublishing1
libel case http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/13/law-press-and-publishing-elton-john-libel-guardian
Britain's ancient laws of blasphemy and blasphemous libel 2004 http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/oct/18/religion.immigrationpolicy
libel damages 2009
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/ http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/aug/04/newsoftheworld.pressandpublishing1
defamation action
libel case
writ
libel writ > issue a writ against + N for defaming + N http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/feb/08/uk.pressandpublishing
clear one's name
reforms to the laws on working in collieries
1865
the Statute Books
Acts of the UK Parliament and Explanatory Notes
start judicial
review proceedings
offence of incitement to religious hatred
retain
extend
amend
repeal
be above the law
be found in breach of consumer law
attempt to outlaw incitement to religious hatred
legal
legal history
legal bill
legal battle
launch / take / fight / threaten legal action
sue /
take legal action
legal limbo
claim
claim
rule
allow
bill / Bill
violence
casual violence
binge drinking
drug abuse
sexual abuse
sexual offence
sex attack on N
indecent assault
common assault https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/sep/21/schools.education
custody
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/
appear at Westminster magistrates court > be remanded in custody by district judge N
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/21/
bail
bail http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/may/10/ukcrime.samjones
be bailed pending further inquiries
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/21/
be released on bail http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/04/ukcrime.media
be freed on bail http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jun/17/uksecurity.ukcrime1
remain free on bail
post bail
skip bail / dodge trials
case
divorce case
multimillion-pound divorce cases
alimony case
criminal cases
petty criminal http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/19/ukcrime.martinwainwright
royal courts of justice http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/19/sean-hodgson-miscarriage-justice-ruling
The Crown Court / Crown Courts http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/15/riots-magistrates-sentencing
The Magistrates' Court / magistrates courts http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/15/riots-magistrates-sentencing
youth courts
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2019/nov/08/
Magistrates' Court
Magistrates' courts are a key part of the criminal justice system and 95% of cases are completed there.
In addition magistrates' courts deal with many civil cases e.g. family matters, liquor licensing and betting and gaming.
For over 600 years Justices of the Peace have held courts in order to punish law breakers, resolve local disputes and keep order in the community. http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/infoabout/magistrates/index.htm - broken link
Norwich crown court
Bow Street Police Station / Bow Street Magistrates' Court / Bow Street https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/15/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation1 https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/14/ukcrime.jamessturcke https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/jul/12/ukcrime.comment
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/5179270.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/5181834.stm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Street_Magistrates'_Court
Her Majesty's Courts Service
Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal, which sits in London at the Royal Courts of Justice, consists of two divisions:
The Civil Division, which hears appeals from:
The three divisions of the High Court (Chancery, Queen's Bench and Family Division) From the County Courts across England and Wales, From certain Tribunals such as the Employment Appeal Tribunal, the Immigration Appeal Tribunal, the Lands Tribunal and the Social Security Commissioners.
The
Criminal Division,
The Court of Appeal is the highest court within the Supreme Court of Judicature, which also includes the High Court and Crown Court.
In the House of Lords, as compared with the Court of Appeal, there are only 12 Lords of Appeal in Ordinary ("law lords"), who usually sit in panels of five judges.
The Court of Appeal normally sits in up to 12 courts in the Royal Courts of Justice. http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/courtofappeal.htm
Court of Appeal
https://www.theguardian.com/law/court-of-appeal
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/27/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk-news/2013/jul/26/stuart-hall-sentence-sex-attacks http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2013/jan/30/tv-cameras-appeal-court-warning
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/feb/26/torture-ruling-passages-mi5-restored http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2010/feb/26/binyam-mohamed-torture http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/26/binyam-mohamed-court-ruling http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/debbie-purdy-weve-got-our-lives-back-1765339.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/lyrical-terrorist-wins-appeal-848869.html http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/1235.htm
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/nov/15/ukcrime.jilldando1
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/aug/04/immigration.immigrationpolicy http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/fighters/courtofappeal.shtml
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/dec/21/iraq.iraq
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/jul/16/jilldando.television
rule http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk-news/2013/jul/26/stuart-hall-sentence-sex-attacks
appeal judges http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/nov/15/ukcrime.jilldando1
High Court / high court judge http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/nov/02/julian-assange-loses-appeal-extradition
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/16/julian-assange-wikileaks http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/01/yorkshire-ripper-bid-prison-release http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/31/gary-mckinnon-loses-extradition-appeal http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ruling-due-today-on-hacker-extradition-1765427.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/debbie-purdy-weve-got-our-lives-back-1765339.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/19/barclay-theguardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/mar/18/babar-ahmed-met-police
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/10/bae.armstrade
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jul/16/animalwelfare.world https://www.theguardian.com/education/2007/jul/16/schools.uk2 https://www.theguardian.com/education/2007/jun/22/schools.uk
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/aug/04/law.uknews https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/jun/29/humanrights.terrorism
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/dec/20/iraq.iraq https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/oct/21/thesaatchigallery.arts http://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/oct/21/disability.health1
High court judges = appeal court judges
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/mar/18/
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/aug/01/
high court ruling http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jul/20/google-defamation-high-court-ruling http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/19/barclay-theguardian http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4754308.stm
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/dec/19/ukcrime
high court > ruling http://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/oct/21/health.uknews2
lose one's high court battle for N
High Court > Mr Justice Sullivan http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/jun/29/humanrights.terrorism
Hight Court > overrule http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/16/binyam-mohamed-torture-evidence-miliband http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/16/binyam-mohamed-ruling-comment
be served with a high court order http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/feb/29/military.law
the high court's family division
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/12/
UK Supreme Court UK / USA
The Supreme Court is the final court of appeal in the UK for civil cases.
It hears appeals in criminal cases from England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
It hears cases of the greatest public or constitutional importance affecting the whole population. http://www.supremecourt.gov.uk/
From 1 October 2009, the Supreme Court of the UK assumed jurisdiction on points of law for all civil law cases in the UK and all criminal cases in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. http://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/about-lords/lords-types/law-lords/
https://www.theguardian.com/law/uk-supreme-court
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/27/
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/25/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/20/prenup-test-case-supreme-court http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/22/heiress-prenup-battle-supreme-court
court
court proceedings
criminal court
family courts in England and Wales
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/dec/30/
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/dec/22/
at St Albans crown court http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jun/16/ukcrime.davidpallister
at Southwark crown court in London http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/apr/28/max-clifford-jail-sex-assaults
court battle against N
court martial http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/08/military-royal-navy
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/23/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/14/iraq.military1
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/sep/27/iraq.military https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/sep/21/iraq.military
face a court martial https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jun/14/iraq.military1
military judge
dereliction of duty
demotion
dishonorable discharge
criminal cases
investigation
reinvestigation
four counts of intent to commit buggery https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jun/16/ukcrime.davidpallister
two counts of murder
read the charges against the defendant
jealousy
on the grounds of provocation or diminished responsibility
trial
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/may/02/
stand trial
have a case to answer
fair trial
dock
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/21/
in the dock
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/18/
a nine-week trial at Birmingham crown court
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/jul/31/
Soham murder trial 2003 http://www.theguardian.com/soham/timeline/
manslaughter trial
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jul/19/
admission of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/mar/20/
Shannon Matthews kidnapping trial Karen Matthews's trial at Leeds Crown Court
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/dec/07/
Britain's first double jeopardy trial 2006
at the trial http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jan/21/oxford-child-sex-abuse-ring
TV camera trial https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/aug/30/uk.media
stand trial http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/feb/05/bulger-killers-young-stand-trial
be held without trial https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/oct/24/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation2
stand in the witness box
in the witness box http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/apr/13/rape-sexual-assault-frances-andrade-court
take the stand
adjourn
hearing
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/28/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jul/19/liquid-cocaine-manslaughter-smuggling-trial
kangaroo court hearing
at the hearing
custody dispute
defence > closing remarks
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/17/
retrial https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/nov/15/ukcrime.jilldando1
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/aug/09/ukcrime.jamessturcke https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/apr/06/ukcrime
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jul/17/ukcrime.stevenmorris2
face retrial
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/24/
at a retrial at the Old Bailey http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/aug/09/ukcrime.jamessturcke
corporate fraud case
landmark case http://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/may/04/money.uknews
will battle http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jul/14/claredyer
settle
settlement
divorce settlement http://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/aug/04/law.uknews
settled http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/17/financialtimes.citynews2
malicious intent
the law of murder > murder charge / killing cases an end to the mandatory life sentence for murder https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/dec/21/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation4 https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/dec/20/ukcrime.immigrationpolicy1 https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/dec/19/ukcrime.immigrationpolicy
manslaughter
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/06/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk-news/2013/jul/19/organist-killer-jailed-minimum-25-years http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/18/gleision-mine-manager-charged-manslaughter
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jul/19/liquid-cocaine-manslaughter-smuggling-trial http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/apr/09/rachel-baker-guilty-manslaughter
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/04/ukcrime
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/aug/09/ukcrime.jamessturcke
corporate manslaughter
murder
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/may/31/
crime
white-collar crime
corporate crime
embezzlement
hoodwink one's boss out of £4.3m
offence
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/dec/11/uk-
criminal offence
crime and punishment
death penalty
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/feb/21/ http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/themes/death-penalty.htm
death penalty > hanging http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/dec/30/hanratty-family-murder-case-review
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/may/11/ukcrime.nickhopkins
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/1962/apr/05/ukcrime http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/1962/feb/19/ukcrime
hangman
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/03/
be hanged
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/12/
criminal mischief
deny https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/mar/12/ukcrime
deny the murder
conspiracy to commit murder
admit conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
firearms charges
aggravated pimping
perjury http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/may/30/andy-coulson-charged-with-perjury
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/13/jean-charles-de-menezes-police-verdict https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/sep/26/uk.partyfunding
deception https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/sep/26/uk.partyfunding
pervert the course of justice http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/08/ali-dizaei-guilty-metropolitan-politce
waive one's right to a preliminary hearing
plead diminished responsibility
plead not guilty to assault / to an assault charge
plead not guilty to two counts of assisting an offender and one of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
plead guilty to trying to incite a race war on Britain's streets
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/21/
plead guilty
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/29/
plead guilty to four counts of manslaughter with diminished responsibility http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jan/29/ukguns.military
plead guilty to inciting a child to engage in sexual activity
guilty plea
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/18/
plead guilty to N http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/18/rachel-nickell-robert-napper-murder-guilty http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/oct/11/ukcrime
plead guilty to abduction and incitement to gross indecency
plead guilty to five sex attacks on N
admit
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/18/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/19/
plead for leniency
contempt / contempt of court / contempt laws https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jul/10/claredyer.uknews4
confess
false and involuntary confession
The Attorney General, the Government’s senior law officer.
The Attorney General, assisted by the Solicitor General, is the chief legal adviser to the Government.
They are responsible for ensuring the rule of law is upheld. http://www.lslo.gov.uk/goldsmith.htm - broken link
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/08/bae4 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/08/bae3 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/mar/03/uk.media https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/sep/21/ukcrime.immigrationpolicy http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2857347.stm
master of the rolls - the country's top civil judge https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/27/iraq.military
the lord chancellor - the highest-ranking official in the British legal system https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/sep/13/guantanamo.usa
counsel
sollicitor
judge
plaintiff
represent oneself
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/aug/02/
defendant http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/oct/09/glasgowairporttrial1
criminal record
appellant
v
respondent
victim
his / her alleged victim
alleged https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/sep/04/terrorism.uk
the judge, Mr Justice X
high court judge
magistrates
proceedings https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/mar/28/ukcrime.uknews2
throw out a libel claim by N https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/may/05/pressandpublishing.law
Queen's Counsel / "silk" / Q.C. / QC http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/law/jargonbuster_q.shtml http://www.dca.gov.uk/judicial/silk01fr.htm
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jan/25/ukcrime.humanrights
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/sep/15/law.executivesalaries
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/apr/30/immigrationpolicy https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/oct/21/uk.freedomofinformation
client
the Bar / the bar
http://www.theguardian.com/law/shortcuts/2013/aug/11/britain-
barrister http://www.barristermagazine.com/ http://www.barristerbooks.com/
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jun/06/
http://www.theguardian.com/law/shortcuts/2013/aug/11/britain-
barristers for the prosecution and defence
the four Inns of court http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inns_of_Court
Lincoln's Inn http://www.lincolnsinn.org.uk/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln's_Inn http://www.online-law.co.uk/bar/lincolns/
Inner Temple http://www.innertemple.org.uk/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Temple http://www.online-law.co.uk/bar/inner_temple/
Middle Temple http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Temple http://www.online-law.co.uk/bar/middle_temple/ http://www.middletemple.org.uk/
Gray's Inn http://www.online-law.co.uk/bar/grays_inn/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray's_Inn
solicitor https://www.theguardian.com/law/solicitors
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/apr/04/
account of events
evidence
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/23/
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/feb/03/broadcasting.channel5 https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jan/24/ukcrime
lack of evidence
supporting evidence
wiretap evidence 2008 http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/feb/06/uk.ukcrime
intercept evidence / phonetap evidence / wiretap evidence 2006
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/sep/21/uk
phone-tap
evidence
exhibit number
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jun/14/uk
interviewing victims of crimes and other witnesses before trial > assessing the strength of a rape complainant's evidence in advance http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/11/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation1
trial > give evidence / giving evidence in the trial
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jan/21/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/nov/17/
identification evidence
video identification parade
testimony
eyewitness testimony
give evidence for the crown
testify
testify in person
forensic evidence
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/mick_fealty/2007/12/
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/aug/10/ukcrime.sandralaville1
Forensic Science Service FSS
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/nov/15/uk
postmortem
pathologist
insufficient evidence
ballistic evidence
computer-derived evidence
expert medical evidence in child abuse cases
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jun/18/
Deoxyribonucleic Acid DNA
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/18/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/feb/22/uk
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/17/uk
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/oct/23/uk
DNA detection
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/18/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/12/
DNA fingerprinting
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/07/
alibi
alibi provider
accomplice
murderer
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/mar/20/drugsandalcohol.ukcrime
aiding and abetting
stalker https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jul/10/ukcrime.sandralaville
court hearing
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/26/
appear in court / appear before magistrates
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/31/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/30/woolwich-murder-michael-adebowale-charged-court
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/28/ukcrime http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/04/four-charged-shopkeepers-murder-huddersfield
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jun/11/pete-doherty-arrested
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/sep/26/ukcrime
appear in person in court
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/26/
appear via videolink from N
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/26/
appear in custody at Hendon magistrates court
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/20/
appear in court charged with murder
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/oct/08/
appear before Newcastle crown court via video link from Durham prison
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/24/
charges > terrorism > under section 30 of the Terrorism Act
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/30/woolwich-
cause grievous bodily harm to N
hearing
during the hearing
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/30/woolwich-
in the dock
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/oct/08/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/30/woolwich-
in the glass dock
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/30/woolwich-
matter
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/30/woolwich-
at Westminster magistrates court
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/30/woolwich-
be elevated to the crown court
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/30/woolwich-
at Preston crown
court
accused (adj / n) / be accused of N http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/28/ukcrime
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/27/bradford-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/04/
accused http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/nov/16/ukcrime.ukguns
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/23/ukcrime
co-accused http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/16/glasgowairporttrial-uksecurity
allegations
'innocent until proven guilty'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/may/30/bradford-
conduct one's own defence
juror
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/10/
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/jul/31/
jury
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/10/
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/jul/31/
an Old Bailey jury http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/15/oxford-gang-girls-prostitutes-bailey
members of the jury
retire to consider its verdicts / send jurors out
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/
retire
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/10/
send out
consider
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/10/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/02/
consider gross negligence manslaughter
return a gross negligence manslaughter conviction
conclude
deliberations
written verdict direction issued to the jury https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/dec/02/menezes-uksecurity
verdict
reach a verdict
fail to reach a verdict
deliver its verdict
return a verdict https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/dec/02/menezes-police-inquest
verdict of lawful killing / unlawful killing
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/dec/02/
open verdict
appeal / appeal
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/08/
turn down
uphold conviction of N
overturn murder conviction / quash the murder conviction
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/apr/11/
quash http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/apr/29/sean-hodgson-release-prison
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jan/12/ukcrime
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/jun/29/humanrights.terrorism
quashed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/18/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2485830/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jun/17/uksecurity.ukcrime https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/oct/06/pressandpublishing.localgovernment https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/may/04/ukcrime.helencarter
Parole Board https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/parole-board
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/aug/26/ukcrime.jamiedoward
parole
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/
be granted parole
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk-news/2013/jul/04/
be released on parole
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jul/08/
be on parole
get life without parole
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jun/24/
probation https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/may/02/crime.penal1
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/mar/21/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation
probationer
probation service
Timeline: A history of probation http://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/may/02/crime.penal
offender
offend
reoffending http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/17/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation1
young offender http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/may/18/ukcrime.law
young offenders' rehabilitation programme
employment tribunal http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/aug/17/workers-cant-fight-employment-tribunals https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/oct/07/localgovernment.uknews
employment appeal tribunal https://www.theguardian.com/society/2001/may/16/raceequality1
medical tribunal
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jun/07/
sex bias claim
sexual discrimination
compensation
terrorism
terror cases
secret courts
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/aug/09/
Jury returns in torture murder trial
2 December 2003 Press Association
A jury in the trial of three teenagers accused of murdering a schoolboy who was savagely beaten before he was strangled and his body chopped into pieces is to continue considering its verdicts. Adam Morrell, 14, was left with more than 280 injuries to his body as a gang of friends tortured him for up to three hours until he was almost unrecognisable. His body was then hacked up with a saw in the bathroom of the house where he was staying in Loughborough, Leicestershire, and dumped in and around a canal in an effort to hide the evidence. Headline and first §§, PA, 2.12.2003.
Magna Carta Sells for $21.3M in New York
December 19, 2007
NEW YORK (AP) -- A 710-year-old copy of the declaration of human rights known
as the Magna Carta -- the version that became part of English law -- was
auctioned for $21.3 million, a Sotheby's spokeswoman said.
Magna Carta Sells for
$21.3M in New York, NYT, 19.12.2007,
'Madame Cyn' strains court-room calm
12 February 1987
From The Guardian archive
The severe calm of an English
court was sorely tried by the "Madame Cyn" case. But the law proved as
unshakable in its stays as the nobly constrained form of Mrs Cynthia Payne
herself.
'Madame Cyn' strains court-room
calm, G, 12 February 1987,
On This Day - May 28, 1980
From The Times Archive
The inquest into the death of Blair Peach was one of the longest in legal history, with 84 witnesses going before the court. During the hearing it emerged that there had been an internal investigation into the death by the Complaints Investigation Bureau. The jury heard how items such as crowbars, sledgehammers and coshes were found in the lockers of members of the Special Patrol Group
BLAIR PEACH, aged 33, the teacher from New
Zealand, who was fatally injured during the demonstration against the National
Front at Southall, London, in April last year, died by misadventure, the jury at
the inquest at Hammersmith into his death decided unanimously yesterday.
From
The Times Archive > On This Day -
August 12, 1889
The idleness of long legal holidays
From the Guardian archive
Monday August 12, 1889
Tomorrow the lawyers enter upon the Long Vacation. From August 13 to October 24 - that is, ten weeks and two days - is in these busy and bustling days a goodly holiday. Since idleness brings its own punishment in
most cases, no one probably would be very much concerned with the liberal views
which the legal profession take of the "refreshers" which in one form or another
their colossal labours deserve. From
the Guardian archive > August 12, 1889 >
February 1, 1873
Law reform and how to get it
From the Guardian archive
On this day in 1873 campaigners Saturday February 1, 1873
An Oxford Fellow used to say that a college would be a paradise if only it contained no undergraduates. The Inns of Court some years ago nearly fulfilled his ideal. The Temple and Lincoln's Inn are law colleges where the Fellows, termed "benchers" for centuries, eat good dinners and possess emoluments, whilst they did nothing for the undergraduates, but compelled them to eat a number of very bad dinners and pay a number of heavy fees. The Inns of Court were, in short, and for most practical purposes still are, places of education which educate nobody. Of course such a splendid abuse as this could
not flourish on absolutely untouched. At last the benchers, terrified by the
thought that Lord Selborne was coming into power, have made up their minds to do
something which shall at any rate look vigorous.
of long Condition of England articles the Guardian carried in the 1870s, often in the guise of letters to the editor
Law
reform and how to get it, original article Saturday February 1, 1873,
May 18, 1857
Why is only the murderer's life held sacred?
From the Guardian archive
On this day in 1857 the Manchester Guardian Monday May 18, 1857 Those who consider themselves to hold the
foremost place among the philanthropists and reformers of the day are agitating,
declaiming, and writing vehemently in favour of the total and immediate
abolition of capital punishment, as unworthy of a civilised age and a Christian
country. But when we come to look below the surface of things,- to turn from our
statute book to the police reports of the newspapers, and from the smooth
humanity-mongers of philanthropic meetings to our streets and our towns, we
shall be inclined to think this boasted advancement,this self-laudatory
humanity, virtues extremely perverted in their application. From
the Guardian archive > May 18, 1857 >
April 12, 1843
Life and death inside: a prison chaplain reports
From the Guardian archive
Wednesday April 12, 1843 It is melancholy to reflect on the alarming
increase in the number of delinquents throughout the country, and their apparent
indifference to the system of good discipline, as exhibited by their repeated
returns to prison. I confess that it does appear to me that much improvement
might be adopted with regard to the punishment of young offenders, and that it
is well worthy of consideration whether it would not be better, in many
instances, to flog them soundly and discharge them at once, or to give them a
few days' solitary confinement, than, as at present, to keep them for months in
one another's infectious society, and giving them as much food as the strongest
adult in the building. From
the Guardian archive >
January 16, 1824
The execution of an officer and gentleman
From the Guardian archive
From the archive:
John Thurtell stepped up with a peculiarly solemn but resolutely firm and manly step. He advanced, with a most deliberate pace, and gave his hand to the undersheriff, who was at the extreme end of the drop. The executioner, now placing him on the spot assigned for him, proceeded to take
off his hat and white neckcloth. At this moment he looked at the crowd, and made
a slight inclination to a bow - a motion that had not been uncommon with him in
court. Instantly every head was uncovered, and many among the crowd muttered:
"What a gentleman!" His appearance at this moment was affecting beyond the power
of description. From
The Guardian archive > Friday January 16, 1824 >
May 7 1822
Master's right to correct his servant
From The Guardian archive
May 7 1822 The Guardian
Mr. John Thackeray, a respectable cotton spinner in this town, was indicted
for having on the 29th March severely flogged with a large birch rod a boy
between 12 and 13 years of age, named Michael Donovan, who was in his employ.
From The Guardian
archive > May 7 1822 >
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