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‘Doctors Forced to Carry out Practices they Believe to be Unethical’ for Counter-Terrorism
How is the duty on healthcare professionals to refer individuals vulnerable to terrorism under the Prevent strategy injecting racialised interactions between doctor and patient into the NHS?
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‘It’s Not Democracy and It’s Not the Law’ – Legal Action to Stop Boris Johnson Suspending Parliament for No Deal Brexit Given Go Ahead
A cross-party group of 75 MPs argued that proroguing Parliament would be a breach of the British constitution.
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Good Cop, Bad Press: How a Key Witness in the Daniel Morgan Murder has been Silenced for 7 Years
Peter Jukes, host of the hit Untold: the Daniel Morgan Murder podcast, looks at a recent damages claim and a further twist in this decades-long saga.
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Cash-Strapped Victims’ Charities Must Be Given a Boost Alongside Extra Police Officers
Years of neglect for groups supporting victims of crime must be rectified by Boris Johnson, argues North West England’s former Chief Prosecutor.
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THE JUSTICE TRAP: The Carl Beech Case Reveals the Potential for Injustice with Historical Allegations of Abuse
Jon Robins on what the imprisonment of the fantasist known as ‘Nick’ shows about how false allegations can ruin lives.
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Empty Promises: Boris Johnson’s 20,000 New Police Officers won’t Provide a Solution to Britain’s Creaking Justice System
North West England’s former Chief Prosecutor, Nazir Afzal, on why the new Prime Minister does not have a coherent crime and justice strategy – despite his ‘law and order’ rhetoric.
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THE JUSTICE TRAP: How the Cash-Strapped Miscarriages of Justice Watchdog is No Longer Independent or Doing Its Job
Jon Robins explores the state of the Criminal Cases Review Commission and the dwindling number of potential miscarriages of justice being referred to the Court of Appeal.
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The Life of a Court Reporter: Sentenced to a Year of Terrible Legal Arguments
Byline Times’ court reporter James Doleman documents a bizarre run of cases on his return to the press gallery after a hiatus from the courts.
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Three Men to Stand Trial for Murder of Malta’s Most Prominent Journalist
Nicola Driscoll-Davies on new developments in the investigation of the murder of Malta’s most prominent journalist.
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We Should be Grateful but Not Complacent that ‘Tommy Robinson’ is in Prison
Byline Times’ court reporter James Doleman gives his personal take on the jailing of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and his conviction for contempt of court.
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THE JUSTICE TRAP: A Miscarriage of Justice is a Lifelong Sentence
The injustice of how our justice system deals with its own errors was a key theme at the launch of Proof magazine this week.
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Senior Figures Warn of Imminent ‘Penal Populism’ and Attack on Liberalism
Experts across the board fear a Trump-style Boris Johnson Government would be a threat to the criminal justice system.
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The Trials of ‘Tommy Robinson’: How Yaxley-Lennon was Always Going to be Convicted
Byline Times‘ court reporter James Doleman looks at Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’s weak defence and shaky demeanour throughout his long-awaited contempt of court Old Bailey trial. It was an odd couple of days at the Old Bailey. When I arrived on Thursday morning, the first thing I saw was that the normally busy street was closed off…
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‘TOMMY ROBINSON’ GUILTY: A Fair Trial is at the Centre of Our Justice System
Nazir Afzal highlights why Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’s conviction for interfering with a child sexual abuse trial in Leeds in 2018 goes to the heart of justice itself.
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Condemnation of Maltese Government’s Attempts to Deny Daphne Caruana Galizia was Assassinated
Nicola Driscoll-Davies gathers reactions to the attempt by a government spokesman to deny the political motives behind the murder of Malta’s most famous journalist.
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AUSTERITY JUSTICE: On the Edge of Homelessness with No Legal Aid
Jon Robins spends a day at a court in east London where a number of tenants about to be evicted – who should be provided with legal aid – are relying on a duty lawyer.
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THE JUSTICE TRAP: The Non-Disclosure Crisis is Not New and Not About Cash-Strapped Police
Jon Robins on why the failure of key evidence to be disclosed in criminal trials in recent years has long been an issue leading to miscarriages of justice.
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I Knew I was Being Lied to by Newspaper Editors Over Phone Hacking, says Sir Brian Leveson
The judge who led the Public Inquiry into Press ethics has revealed he ‘knew’ some national newspaper editors were lying to him under oath about phone hacking, Byline Times can report today.
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Home Office’s Fast-Track Deportations ‘Tricking’ Vulnerable Migrants into Returning to Danger, Court Hears
A case has been brought to challenge the Home Office’s policy of giving migrants just 72 hours’ notice of potential deportation.
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The Bad Press Hunters – ‘A Major Organised Crime Story’
Stephen Colegrave talks to two journalists relentlessly exposing media criminality. Featured in a recent BBC Radio 4 documentary, Graham Johnson and Dan Evans are reformed journalists who now expose corrupt practices and illegal activities in the British media. Graham was the only reporter to have voluntarily come forward to admit to phone hacking in his…
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AUSTERITY JUSTICE: No Lawyers, No Advice – the ‘Legal Aid Desert’ Created by Cuts
Chris Grayling’s 2013 cuts slashed the legal aid budget by a third – £751 million. Jon Robins examines the toll this is taking on people’s everyday lives.
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Charity Watchdog to Condemn Oxfam Over Haiti Sexual Exploitation – But Ignore Global Sexual Abuse of Refugees and Aid Workers
A report by the Charity Commission will single out Oxfam’s failures on sexual exploitation, while brushing aside the much bigger scale of the problem.
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What was the Point in Jailing Natalie McGarry?
With the former SNP MP sentenced to 18 months in prison for embezzlement, court reporter James Doleman ponders the utility of incarceration for non-violent crimes.
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Extensive Use By Mirror Group News Desks of Private Investigators Exposed in Court
Names of at least seven middle-managers found in a sample of 2% of private investigator invoices but the company’s lawyers say stories also came from public domain sources.
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AUSTERITY JUSTICE: ‘The Death of an Idea’ – How Legal Aid Cuts are Causing Systematic Poverty
Jon Robins sets out how the erosion of ‘access to justice’ for huge swathes of social welfare law is having a very real impact on poverty in the UK
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JUSTICE FOR DAPHNE: “It is an Assassination” – Special Rapporteur Hits Back at Maltese Government’s Claims about Murdered Journalist
A new report by Pieter Omtzigt urges the Maltese Government to set up an independent public inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s death immediately.
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The Extraordinary Cost of Chris Grayling – Part 1: 2010-2015
Part One of David Hencke’s investigation into the human and financial cost of MP Chris Grayling’s long list of now infamous blunders: first his time as Employment Minister and then Justice Secretary.
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Boris Johnson’s Jacuzzi Justice
Why Boris Johnson’s politicised intervention on a prisoner’s temporary release – a case he will know nothing about – is dangerous.
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INSIDE PREVENT: A Racist Policy of Social Control?
Hardeep Matharu explores why those in the Muslim community believe that the Government’s controversial counter-terrorism strategy is doing more harm than good.
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‘Scurrilous’ Evidence from Former News of the World Journalist in Pointless Court Case
High Court Judge describes court action as “futile” and characterises part of former tabloid journalist’s evidence as “irrelevant” and “scurrilous”.
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THE JUSTICE TRAP: ‘Our courts will bend over backwards to uphold a conviction which is obviously unsafe’
Jon Robins explores why Tony Stock has spent more than 40 years fighting to clear his name for an armed robbery a supergrass admits he had nothing to do with.
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JUSTICE FOR DAPHNE: Where the Maltese Authorities Cover-Up, ‘The Sweepers’ Step Up
Nineteen months after the murder of Daphne Caruana Nicola and with no proper official investigation, a group of Maltese journalists are filling the gap
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THE JUSTICE TRAP: No Forensics, No CCTV – 17 Years in Prison on the Evidence of an “Admitted Liar”
Omar Benguit is still trying to prove his innocence for the murder of a student he is adamant he had nothing to do with. Omar Benguit has spent almost 17 years in prison for the senseless killing of a Korean student in Bournemouth as she walked back from a nightclub in the early hours of…
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Sheriff Slams Former MP Natalie McGarry for Trying to Change Plea to Not-Guilty over Embezzlement
McGarry was sobbing throughout today’s hearing, with the court being told that she had suffered from “serious mental health issues”. Court 1 at Glasgow Sheriff Court isn’t the kind of courtroom you see on TV. It’s in a small windowless basement with no jury box – juries don’t sit there – and no witness box,…
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THE JUSTICE TRAP: ‘No Hope’ of Justice for Eddie Gilfoyle after 18 Years in Prison for his Wife’s Hanging
The Criminal Cases Review Commission provides no effective safety net for victims of a miscarriage of justice – Eddie Gilfoyle is a striking example.
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Alleged Russian Mafia Boss found Dead after Football Corruption Arrest
A senior member of a suspected Russian mafia accused of laundering money through Spanish football has been found dead at his home while on bail.
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‘Hostile Environment’: 1 in 8 Prison Officers Referred with Mental Health Issues
The Government is warned that it must do more to prioritise the mental health of prison officers as new figures reveal thousands have been referred for mental health assessments.
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Europe Votes to Protect Whistle-blowers – but will the UK Play Ball Beyond Brexit?
MEPs have backed “Daphne’s Law” amid concerns over the treatment of citizens and journalists who expose corruption and malpractice in the public interest. But key exemptions remain in place.
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THE JUSTICE TRAP: Was a Police Officer Sacked and Jailed for a Violent Assault actually the Victim of a Cover-Up?
PC Danny Major spent four months in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit. Faced with an unhelpful and inactive miscarriages of justice watchdog, he is still fighting to clear his name.
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Assange: Arrest was Inevitable – Extradition is Not a Done Deal
Long time campaigner for whistleblowers and hacktivists, @auerfeld , argues that the fight against extradition of Julian Assange to Trump’s America is the real cause célèbre
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Kick Back: French prosecutors discuss Rui Pinto “Immunity” Deal in return for Whistle-blowing
As Portuguese authorities prepare their case against the alleged Football Leaks “hacker” Rui Pinto, France discusses cutting a deal to help identify financial threats to the sport.
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Spy Kids – Gambling with Children’s Lives
Campaigners warn that any use of targets for more teenage spies would be “gambling with children’s lives” while insiders allege police are being told to “Get more kids, get them younger”.
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UPDATED: Julian Assange appears in Court – what happens next?
Following confirmation that Julian Assange has been arrested – twice – today, Byline Times provides the background to his legal battles and asks which allegations will be prioritised.
