Sentences with phrase «of public prosecutions sir»

But former director of public prosecutions Sir Ken MacDonald has spoken out against the government's plans, despite supporting the use of communications data evidence.

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Rosemary Bechler (RB): Few of us understood the full import of what Ken Macdonald QC, former Director of Public Prosecutions, was saying at the Convention of Modern Liberty in 2009 when he referred to the then just published paper by Sir David Omand on the effect of modern data mining and processing techniques on intelligence work.

In November 2007, the director of public prosecutions, Sir Ken Macdonald, said prosecutors have «managed comfortably» with the existing 28 - day limit.

Sir Ken Macdonald, director of public prosecutions, said: «They have said that they are prepared to put Mr Lugovoi on trial in Russia if the evidence is forwarded to them.

3) The Home Secretary at the time Sir Leon Brittan liaised with the Director of Public Prosecutions over the issue.

Outside parliament the government's proposals have been attacked as unnecessary by Sir Ken Macdonald QC, director of public prosecutions, and as unworkable by Andy Hayman, former head of special operations at Scotland Yard.

Prosecutors were right to charge Rebekah Brooks and other News of the World executives over conspiracy to hack phones as the trials have helped determine who knew about widespread malpractice at the newspaper, Sir Keir Starmer, the former director of public prosecutions, has said.

She insisted that action had been taken to address false claims and IHAT's work would be completed by the end of 2019, after a review of the system by former Director of Public Prosecutions, Sir David Calvert - Smith.

The former director of public prosecutions (DPP) for England and Wales, Sir Keir Starmer QC is to join Mishcon de Reya as a part - time dispute resolution consultant.

An accompanying article dealt with the «justice gap» between reported rapes and convictions and there followed the next day in the same newspaper a further account of the reasons for the very low prosecution rate, featuring comments by the director of public prosecutions (DPP), Sir Ken Macdonald, and the solicitor general, Vera Baird, among others, in which they attributed it in part to police and prosecutorial under - performance.