Noticeboard
| Published date | 01 July 2012 |
| Date | 01 July 2012 |
| DOI | 10.1350/ijep.2012.16.3.408 |
| Subject Matter | Noticeboard |
NOTICEBOARD
NOTICEBOARD
NOTICEBOARD
Law reform
Criminal trial processes—New Zealand
This project has arisen from the Law Commission’s recommendation in its 2008
report, Disclosure to Court of Defendants’ Previous Convictions, Similar Offending, and Bad
Character, New Zealand Law Com. Report No. 103 (2008). The Commission has been
asked to consider whether the adversary framework of the criminal process
should be modified or fundamentally changed in order to improve the system’s
fairness, effectiveness and efficiency. Amongst other things, the Commission
considers whether it should become more inquisitorial and how best to deal with
sex offence cases and cases involving vulnerable witnesses.
NZLC, Alternative Pre-trial and Trial Processes: Possible Reforms, NZLC Issues Paper 30
(2012), available at <http://www.lawcom.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/
2012/02/alternative_trial_processes_nzlc_ip30_-1.pdf>.
Public interest immunity—United Kingdom
The UK government has published a consultation document on the challenges
national security-related information presents for civil proceedings (including
inquests) in the light of the Supreme Court’s judgments in Al Rawi vThe Security
Service [2011] UKSC 34 and Tariq vHome Office [2011] UKSC 35. Amongst other things,
it deals with closed material procedures and special advocates. It does not deal
with the potential use of intercepted communications as evidence.
Ministry of Justice, Justice and Security, Green Paper, Cm 8194 (October 2011), available
at <http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm81/8194/8194.pdf>.
The Joint Committee on Human Rights has published a report commenting on the
Green Paper:
doi:10.1350/ijep.2012.16.3.408
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE & PROOF (2012) 16 E&P 329–332 329
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