Confession Evidence in UK Law
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Through the wire – the SFO’s plan to obtain evidence using informants
An informant is sent into the midst of a criminal gang. He is wearing a concealed device, crudely taped to his chest. Law enforcement agents listen in from the back of an unmarked van parked incons...... ... enforcement agents listen in from the back of an unmarked van parked inconspicuously nearby hoping to obtain crucial evidence by way of a confession, and ready to storm the building at the first sign of danger. Everyone is familiar with the classic movie-style sting, but such scenes may no longer ... ...
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Shagang HNA: A Non-binary Approach To The Weighing Of Evidence In A Civil Trial And Taking Into Account The Risk That Evidence May Have Been Obtained By The Use Of Torture (Video)
... ... answer the correct legal question as to what weight should be ... accorded to the confession evidence and, in those circumstances, ... fell into legal error in failing to take all appropriate matters ... into account and failing to exclude ... ...
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'Proof by Case Management' and Other Myths about the Criminal Procedure Rules
... ... may be deemed to have been proved without the need to call evidence ... The 'Exclusion' of Issues ... Recent decisions of the Divisional ... it may be admissible as part of the prosecution case, either as confession evidence, or as hearsay evidence admitted in the interests of justice ... ...
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Human Intelligence And Police Informers Separating Law From Operational Strategy
... ... £10,000 for information during the investigation, although no evidence from him had been relied upon at trial ... Many commentators, most ... At trial, the defendant failed to have the confession evidence excluded under s78 PACE but succeeded at the European Court of ... ...
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Attorney General's Guidelines On Plea Discussions In Cases Of Serious Or Complex Fraud
... ... pressure, for example by exaggerating the weight of evidence ... The prosecutor must ensure that there is a full and accurate ... plea agreement as a confession, relying upon any evidence obtained ... from enquires made as a result of ... ...
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Midtown Acquisitions LP v Essar Global Fund Ltd [2017] EWHC 519 (Comm)
On 17 March 2017 Mr. Justice Teare delivered an important judgment concerning the enforcement of foreign (specifically New York) judgments in England. The case involved a New York procedure know...... ... The case involved a New York procedure known as “Judgment by Confession”, which allows a judgment to be obtained without an action being ... It was therefore based “upon the best possible evidence that the defendant is liable for a sum in respect of which judgement is ... ...
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Rolls-Royce - Cooperation Not Confession Unlocks DPA
... ... many countries operate public sector procurement rules which would debar participation following conviction." The Judge went on to accept evidence that 15% of the Rolls-Royce's order book would be put at risk of mandatory debarment and a further 15% would be at risk of discretionary debarment if ... ...
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The Duty Of The Prosecution To Adduce The Defendant's Interview
... ... A proper examination of the evidence is achieved by both the prosecution and the defence being represented by ... that "if the prosecution are minded to put in an admission or a confession they must put in the whole, and not merely a part of it." This comment ... ...
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(Re)insurance Weekly Update 11- 2017
... ... The New York courts then entered a Judgment by Confession (similar to an English consent judgment) and the claimant then sought to ... (1) What evidence is needed to satisfy the requirements of section 68(2)(g)? Jefford J held ... ...
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Lie Detectors - A Solution For Doping And Integrity In Sport?
... ... by Lance Armstrong's lawyer and the acceptance of polygraph evidence by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for the first time in the case of ... investigate allegations of corruption following Hansie Cronje's confession. Although Lord MacLaurin, then chairman of the England and Wales Cricket ... ...
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