Sentences with phrase «intercept evidence»

Liberty was delighted that the government has agreed to review the current bar on the use of intercept evidence.

However, the committee favours some recent policies, including the government's review of the use of intercept evidence.

It suggests instead allowing the use of intercept evidence in the criminal courts and allowing post-charge questioning.

The decision is also backed by Law Society president, Andrew Holroyd, who said in an interview with BBC News 24 that, «in light of the use of intercept evidence in other jurisdictions, the ongoing use of foreign intercept evidence in UK courts and improved EU co-operation, the introduction of intercept evidence is the logical next step».

The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has given its support to the government's proposals for the use of intercept evidence in court.

Following the publication last week of the Chilcott report which advocated the use of intercept evidence in court, the CBA says that although broadly supportive of the scheme, «the practical way in which this may be effected requires extensive further work and until such details are known it is difficult to comment conclusively» but that «there seems to us to be no reason in principle why such material, with the potential to be highly probative, should be the subject of a blanket bar on its use».

He has also long been a vocal advocate of allowing intercept evidence to be admissible in criminal proceedings.

Allowing intercept evidence is not the answer - government reviews have shown time and time again that it would not make a bit of difference to current control order cases - and we have already shown that we are going to remain in thrall to the European Court of Human Rights.

The Lib Dems argue that an alternative package of measures including the withdrawal of travel rights, more surveillance, unannounced home visits, and the use of intercept evidence to enable more prosecutions to go ahead would be more effective and have less impact on civil liberties.

Sir Swinton explained intercept evidence is invaluable in combating terrorism and serious crime.

The report, published yesterday, also warns against the use of intercept evidence in criminal trials.

Ripa governs the use of surveillance and intercept evidence used by a range of bodies like the security services, police and local authorities.

Intercept evidence should be admissible in court for people suspected of terrorism, the attorney general has argued.

Under the proposal, which now only requires royal assent, ministers will be able to order the inquiry to replace an inquest featuring a jury where intercept evidence is deemed to be sensitive in national security terms.

«It's time for a major rethink in government; for additional resources, intercept evidence and a look at the interviewing process.

So we want to consult widely and seek all party consensus on how we treat intercept evidence and new provisions for pre-charge detention and post-charge questioning.

The prime minister announced that «extensive work» was now required to make sure a complex set of conditions around the use of intercept evidence could be met.

Yesterday, the prime minister confirmed a Privy Council review will consider the use of intercept evidence.

We will seek to find a practical way to allow the use of intercept evidence in court.»

He repeated his call for intercept evidence to be allowed in court so more terror suspects could be brought to justice, and stressed that his party still backed a new cabinet position for homeland security and a dedicated border police.

«Instead of trying to hold innocent people for even longer without charge, the government should give top priority to making intercept evidence admissible in court in terrorist cases.»

Not exact matches

Yet by now, officials said, intelligence analysts would also have expected to have culled from electronic intercepts of overseas conversations at least some secondary evidence that the Russians might be involved — suspicious telephone or email conversations, suggestive messages, movements of Russian agents — something.

The «for Neville» email, which was described by committee chairman John Whittingdale as «one of the most critical pieces of evidence in the whole inquiry», reveals that a junior reporter was asked to transcribe intercepted voice communications.

«The use of intercept in evidence characterises a central dilemma we face as a free society - that of preserving our liberties and the rule of law, while at the same time keeping our nation safe and secure,» the prime minister said in a statement to the House of Commons.

The independent and cross party review into the use of intercept as evidence in court will be led by the Right Honourable Sir John Chilcot, with the Right Honourable and Noble Lord Archer of Sandwell, the Rt Hon and Noble Lord Hurd, and the Rt Hon Member for Berwick - Upon - Tweed.

'' [The Chilcot Report] concludes that its should be possible to find a way to use some intercept material as evidence, provided - and only provided - that certain key conditions can be met.

However, he is concerned criminals would stop providing «valuable» intercept information if they knew it would be used in evidence against them.

«There is ongoing work to review these issues and identify, if possible, a legal model which would provide the necessary safeguards to allow intercept material to be used as evidence,» she added.

At the same time, a number of people whose phone messages may have been intercepted by The News of the World during Mr. Coulson's tenure are accusing the Metropolitan Police of failing to fully examine all the evidence in its criminal investigation in 2006 and 2007.

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In an explosive opening scene, Kay intercepts a package from her father's lover — a printed chronicle of his affair, complete with explicit emails and a cruel letter addressed to Kay's mom, Deb, who was meant to receive the R - rated evidence.

There is some evidence he owes a federal student loan because of the tax refund intercept.

The Healing Species proven - effective and evidence - based program intercepts crime and violence through a unique 11 - week compassion and character education curriculum implemented with rescued dogs.

2,090 frozen pangolins headed for trade on the black market were just intercepted by the Chinese authorities, in what may be evidence of a burgeoning effort to scale back such activity.

The majority also concluded at para. 42ff that, while s. 193 (1) of the Criminal Code prohibits disclosure of intercepted private communications, s. 193 (2)(a) creates an exception where communications are disclosed, ``... in the course of or for the purpose of giving evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding.»

LegalXMLA small irony here: on looking up the OASIS site that deals with LegalXML I see that the current headline is: «OASIS Members to Create Framework for Global Sharing of Criminal and Terrorist Evidence / XML Specification Will Deliver Reliable Authentication and Auditing to Safeguard Privacy and Increase Effectiveness of Lawful Intercepts» or the like could do the job.

2 The exclusionary rule was contained in s. 178.16 (1) of the Act that provided for the automatic exclusion of an unlawfully intercepted private communication from evidence at a trial as well as evidence obtained as a result of the intercept.

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This dispute arose as the Crown was attempting to advance opinion evidence to buttress its contention that the accused Sicurella was, in fact, one of the persons whose voice was intercepted.

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