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• Journalists should not face trial over payment of officials, says ex-DPP

  18-04-2015 23:02
  
  Former director of public prosecutions backs scrapping of cases against reporters, saying not enough weight given to the public-interest defenceJournalists should not be taken to court for paying officials for information if it is in the public interest, a former director of public prosecutions, Lord Macdonald, has said.The head of the Crown Prosecution Service from 2003 to 2008 told Radio 4’s Today programme that “not enough weight” was attached to the public-interest defence in recent at
  
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• Cyprus bailout on track after foreclosure law passed - Yahoo Finance UK

  18-04-2015 17:57
  
  Cyprus bailout on track after foreclosure law passed
  Yahoo Finance UK
  Cyprus's bailout agenda was back on track Saturday (Shenzhen: 002291.SZ - news) after parliament adopted a controversial and long-delayed foreclosure and insolvency package as demanded by the country?s international lenders. A delay in passing the ...en meer »
  
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• Lord Janner trial was a decision for court not prosecutors, says former DPP

  18-04-2015 12:06
  
  Lord Macondald QC, the former director of public prosecutions, says a judge should have ruled on the prosecution so there was ‘no doubt’ over the decisionThe decision as to whether Labour peer Lord Janner should have stood trial over allegations of child sex abuse should have been taken by a court rather than by prosecutors, a former director of public prosecutions (DPP) has said.Lord Macdonald QC piled pressure on the current DPP, Alison Saunders, on Saturday by saying that if a judge had d
  
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• Lord Janner child abuse trial was a decision for court, says former DPP

  18-04-2015 12:06
  
  Lord Macdonald QC, the former director of public prosecutions, says a judge should have ruled on the prosecution so there was ‘no doubt’ over the decisionThe decision as to whether the Labour peer Lord Janner should have stood trial over allegations of child sex abuse should have been taken by a court rather than prosecutors, a former director of public prosecutions has said.Ken Macdonald QC piled pressure on the current DPP, Alison Saunders, on Saturday by saying that if a judge had decided
  
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• Don't prosecute journalists who pay for public-interest leaks, says ex-DPP

  18-04-2015 11:28
  
  After Elveden cases are dropped, Ken Macdonald says there can be circumstances where it is appropriate for public officials to be paid for information
  Journalists should not be taken to court for paying public officials for information if the leaks are in the public interest, a former director of public prosecutions has said. Ken Macdonald QC said “not enough weight” had been attached to the public-interest defence in the recent attempts to convict journalists as part of Operation Elveden, t
  
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• DPP Alison Saunders faces Operation Elveden and Janner criticism

  18-04-2015 10:00
  
  Director of public prosecutions says she is convinced right decisions were made in cases against journalists and Labour peer
  The director of public prosecutions (DPP), Alison Saunders, has been forced to defend her position amid mounting criticism over controversial prosecution failures. Saunders was accused on Friday night of “persecuting innocent journalists” after the Crown Prosecution Service announced it was abandoning its cases against nine journalists, including the former News of the
  
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• Almost 200 UK law firms scrutinised for data protection failures - Kroll Ontrack UK (press release)

  18-04-2015 09:38
  Kroll Ontrack UK (press release)
  Almost 200 UK law firms scrutinised for data protection failures
  Kroll Ontrack UK (press release)
  The UK's data protection watchdog investigated almost 200 law firms last year over the alleged mishandling of personal information. This is according to a Freedom of Information request filed by encryption specialist Egress Software, the findings of ...
  
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• See you in court: CPS hauled before magistrates

  18-04-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Crown Prosecution Service was ordered to pay £3,600 costs in September 2014.
  
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