Private Prosecution in UK Law
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USA: Private Prosecution of Criminal Conduct
In the USA, unlike Germany, Japan, and many other nations, victims ordinarily play a very limited role in the prosecution of crimes. Indeed, victims have so little prosecutorial authority that a gr...
- Strengthening the Right to Institute a Private Prosecution in Uganda by Amending Article 120(3) of the Constitution: A Comment on Uganda v. Inspector General of Police, General Kale Kayihura and 7 Others (17 August 2016)
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Confronting the “fraud bottleneck”: private sanctions for fraud and their implications for justice
Purpose: – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the ways in which contemporary organisations are imposing their own private sanctions on fraudsters. Design/methodology/approach: – The resear...... ... justice policy-makers, academics and counterfraud practitioners in the public and private sectors.Keywords Private sector, Punishment, Prosecution, Fraud, Victims, SentencingPaper type Research paperIntroductionThe emergence of “private policing”has becomea subject of great interestamongst ... ...
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There’s Regulatory Crime, and then there’s Landlord Crime: from ‘Rachmanites’ to ‘Partners’
This article considers local authority strategies towards the regulation and prosecution of private landlords who commit the criminal offences of unlawful eviction and harassment. Generally, local ...... ... local authority strategies towards the regulation and prosecution of private landlords who commit the criminal offences of unlawful eviction ... ...
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Investigators and Prosecutors or, Desperately Seeking Scotland: Re‐formulation of the ‘Philips Principle’
Prosecution in England and Wales, traditionally private, was captured by the ‘new police’, creating an ‘English tradition’ unlike those of the rest of the United Kingdom. To overcome consequent pro...... ... W h it e n Prosecution in England and W ales, traditionally priv ate, was captured b y the ... Hogg and F ... Sutcli¡e, Prosec utions by Private Individuals and Non-Pol ice Agencies (Lidstone et al ), M ... W eatheritt ... ...
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Adequacy of law enforcement and prosecution of economic crimes in South Africa
Purpose: Economic crime is a serious challenge to business leaders, government officials and private individuals in South Africa. Given the important role of law enforcement, prosecution and senten...... ... Economiccrime is a serious challengeto business leaders, government officialsand private individualsin South Africa. According to the PWC biennial Global Crime Survey, South Africanorganisations reported a considerably higher frequency in ... ...
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In the shadows of the EFCC: is the ICPC still relevant?
Purpose: To demonstrate how the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) can sustain relevance in the bid to check corruption despite the encroaching regulatory intervention of the Economics...... ... implications of aperception of corruption by international private investors in the countr y’s drive forincreased investment flows[3].In ... this analysis areexamined as follows:2.2.1 Investigation and prosecution. An officer of the ICPC is vested with the powersand immunities of a ... ...
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Arresting Developments? Restricting the Enforcement of the UK's Universal Jurisdiction Provisions
Recently introduced legislative amendments limit the issue of arrest warrants on the application of a private prosecutor where jurisdiction is based on universal jurisdiction. The amendments addres...... ... limit the issue of arrest warrants on the application of a private prosecutor where jurisdiction is based on universal jurisdiction. The ... the consent of theAttor ney General wouldbe required for the prosecution to continue.This article argues that these amendments addressed legitimate ... ...
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In the Scottish Courts
... ... it would not be justifiable to keep the possibility of prosecution hanging over the accused for an indefinite period. Letters were ... further, another remedy was open to the complainer by way of private prosecution in the High Court. It should be said at this point that ... ...
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House of Lords
... ... to mean a service to which the public has access, in contrast to private or internal communications systems, rather than a traditionally publicly ... that the fi nding of hostility, essential to a successful prosecution, was an issue for the decision-makers in the case. C OMMENTARY This would ... ...
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