R (on the application of da Silva)
v Director of Public Prosecutions and another [2006] EWHC 3204 (Admin), [2006] All ER (D) 215 (Dec)
(iv) Prosecutors when tendering such statements should be armed with the case of Thom
v Director of Public Prosecutions [1994] RTR 11.
In Krohn
v Director of Public Prosecutions [1997] EWHC 286 (Admin), where the lawfulness of a s 18 search was in issue after a senior officer had failed to make a record in writing of the grounds of the search and the nature of the evidence sought as required by s 18 (7), Brooke LJ stated:
In fact the sole reason for
having a director of public prosecutions is to give guidance as to when certain prosecutions may or may not be in the public interest.
Not exact matches
An inquest into the death
of a baby boy at a vicarage in Lancashire
has been halted and referred to the
director of public prosecutions, after new evidence emerged.
It is the Commonwealth
Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) which
has the power to bring criminal indictments under the Act.
Keir Starmer, the
director of public prosecutions, acknowledged a series
of failings which
had led to the failure to pursue Savile while he was still alive.
The
director of public prosecutions should never
have been put in this position.
[210] Later on the same day, giving evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee, former
director of public prosecutions Lord MacDonald stated that it took him «three to five minutes» to decide that the same emails contained in the file passed to Harbottle & Lewis contained «blindingly obvious» evidence
of corrupt payments to police officers, which
had to be immediately passed to the Metropolitan Police.
The attention
of the Kwara State Ministry
of Justice
has been drawn to a story published by an online medium that the suspected cultists arrested and interrogated by the Police in Ilorin and recommended for trial by the
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) but suddenly transferred to Police Headquarters, Abuja,
had in their statement indicted -LSB-...]
Former
director of public prosecutions Ken Macdonald asked: «What exactly does Bernard Hogan - Howe consider is the purpose
of having an inquiry into the men he
has already exonerated on television?
A letter
has been published showing Nick Clegg was warned not to jettison the snoopers» charter by the
director of public prosecutions.
The committee's inquiry
has seen a
public dispute develop between Scotland Yard's John Yates and the Crown
Prosecution Service's
director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer.
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.
In November 2007, the
director of public prosecutions, Sir Ken Macdonald, said prosecutors
have «managed comfortably» with the existing 28 - day limit.
The former
director of public prosecutions has only just become an MP after being elected in Frank Dobson's old seat
of Holborn and St Pancras, in North London at the general election.
The attention
of the Kwara State Ministry
of Justice
has been drawn to a story published by an online medium that the suspected cultists arrested and interrogated by the Police in Ilorin and recommended for trial by the
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) but suddenly transferred to Police Headquarters,...
Clegg
has won the influential support
of Lord Macdonald, the former
director of public prosecutions and a Liberal Democrat.
Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk says Cyril Smith's victims
have been let down by the Crown
Prosecution Service and the
Director of Public Prosecutions.
This means that any extension
would not only be: - subject to a specific case being made by the
Director of Public Prosecutions; - subject every seven days up to the agreed limit to the approval
of a High Court Judge; - subject to the regular report
of the independent reviewer with an annual debate in parliament; - but also be subject in each and every instance to a specific parliamentary notification procedure, to a further statement to parliament on the individual case, a review on the specific case by the independent reviewer and with the provision for this House to scrutinise and debate the report and all the circumstances.
With the
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)
having been aware
of the allegations, questions
have been posed over why nothing was done.
But its calls
have been rejected by former attorney general Lord Goldsmith,
director of public prosecutions Ken MacDonald and, yesterday, former lord chancellor Lord Falconer.
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.
«For five years as
director of public prosecutions people put problems on my desk that I
had to solve.
Objecting to the application, Mr. Muhammed Diri, Federal
Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) argued that seizing Dasuki's passport was the only condition upon which he was granted bail and that it
has been discovered that the ailment
of the accused could be treated at the National Hospital, Abuja.
The former
director of public prosecutions has spent the past three months travelling to every corner
of the country on an immigration «listening tour», hearing the views
of businesses, locals, unions and migrants themselves.
Keir Starmer QC,
director of public prosecutions, said: «
Having thoroughly reviewed the evidence gathered by the police, we
have decided there is sufficient evidence and it is in the
public interest to bring criminal charges against Margaret Moran.
The «motivation
of the suspect»
has been made the main focus for prosecutors when they assess assisted dying cases, but the
director of public prosecutions has denied relaxing rules on euthanasia.
What we
have been given today is clarity from the
director of public prosecutions (DPP) that certain considerations may mean
prosecution «is not in the
public interest».
Labour's Pola Uddin will not face criminal charges following allegations
of expenses abuses, the
director of public prosecutions has confirmed.
The
Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer will take the final decision on the case, after it
has been considered by lawyers.
Last night, my State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatai Ahmed revealed to me an information at his disposal that a group
of suspects who
had been in police cells for several weeks for cultism and whose investigation
had been concluded with
prosecution about to commence under the State law based on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and the Ministry of Justice were ordered to be transferred to Abuja th
prosecution about to commence under the State law based on the advice
of the
Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and the Ministry of Justice were ordered to be transferred to Abuja th
Prosecution (DPP) and the Ministry
of Justice were ordered to be transferred to Abuja this morning.
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.
In a separate development, the
Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC,
has taken the unusual step
of publicly challenging a senior serving police officer, who
has been closely involved in the hacking affair.
The
prosecution led by Director of Public Prosecution, Yvonne Atakora Oboubisa informed the court that their efforts to reach the husband of Ai
prosecution led by
Director of Public Prosecution, Yvonne Atakora Oboubisa informed the court that their efforts to reach the husband of Ai
Prosecution, Yvonne Atakora Oboubisa informed the court that their efforts to reach the husband
of Aisha
have...
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.
Liberal Democrat Lord Macdonald, a former
director of public prosecutions,
has told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was «perfectly reasonable» to ask Lord Rennard to apologise.
One
of the latest twist
of the story told on Wednesday was by Senate President Saraki who announced that his State governor and ally, Abdulfatai Ahmed
had told him that a group
of suspects who
had been in police cells for several weeks for cultism and whose investigation
had been concluded with
prosecution about to commence under the State law based on the advice
of the
director of public prosecution (DPP) and the Ministry
of Justice, were ordered to be transferred to Abuja on the directive
of IGP) Idris Ibrahim.
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.
Currently, assisting someone's death is a criminal offence, although there
have been no
prosecutions since the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) published their policy on the issue in Fe
prosecutions since the
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) published their policy on the issue in Fe
Prosecutions (DPP) published their policy on the issue in February 2010.
Part 3
of Bill C - 2
would establish a
Director of Public Prosecutions, who, the government feels,
would be and be seen to be independent
of political pressure in the matter
of prosecution of offences.
An example (perhaps premature given that the new rules do approach can be found in
Director of Public Prosecutions v Bury Magistrates» Court [2007] EWHC 3256 (Admin).
The House
of Lords» ruling means that Keir Starmer, Britain's
director of public prosecutions, will be required to promulgate a policy defining the circumstances in which he
would prosecute someone for assisted suicide.
The DPA Code
of Practice16 sets out
public interest factors for and against
prosecution, which, the
Director of the SFO
has stated, were designed to incentivise self - reporting and effective compliance controls and encourage corporates to demonstrate that they are «serious about behaving ethically».
Linklaters
has hired the outgoing
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Alison Saunders, for its dispute resolution practice.
Former
director of public prosecutions Lord McDonald, who
has been asked to review the Harbottle file
of emails, told the Commons committee
of culture, media and sport that the file did suggest wider criminality.
Dennis
has expertise in advising and representing commercial institutions and individuals being investigated by the Australian Federal Police, the Austral - ian Securities Investment Commission, the Australian Trans - actions Reports and Analysis Centre Financial Reporting Centre, the Australian Tax Office, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, the Commonwealth and State
Director of Public Prosecutions, as well some
of the larg - est law enforcement and financial regulators world - wide, including the US Department
of Justice, the Securities Ex - change Commission, the Federal Bureau
of Investigation and the UK Serious Economic Fraud Unit.
Clause 2
of the Bill
would prevent the attorney general from giving directions to the
director of public prosecutions (DPP), the
director of the serious fraud office and the
director of revenue and customs
prosecutions, in relation to an individual case.
I
have concluded that the exercise
of the discretion to stay proceedings by front line prosecutors as agents for the Attorney General
of Alberta and the federal
Director of Public Prosecutions under s. 579
of the Criminal Code
has become systemically unethical.
But in a written response to the lawyers» association, the
director of public prosecutions in Nova Scotia announced that he
had initiated an internal review.