Articles by Andrew Keogh

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Litigator graduated fees (LGF) apply to all cases where the representation order is dated on or after 14 January 2008, and which do not fall within the very high cost case (VHCC) funding regime.

The Legal Services Commission, under instruction from the Office for Criminal Justice Reform, has consulted on amendments to the unifi ed criminal contract that would provide the framework for the introduction of “virtual courts” in early 2009. What is proposed is that once a person is charged with an off ence at a police station they would appear, via video-link, “before” a magistrates’ court within two hours. Th e defendant would not leave the police station, or if he were to be bailed, he would have to return a short time later for the video-link appearance. The scheme would run into the early evening, and would later be extended to late evening.

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A v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire, [2008] EWHC 1658 (Comm)

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R (on the application of the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police) v City of Salford Magistrates’ Court R (on the application of Sarwar and Sons (Knitwear) Ltd) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police [2008] All ER (D) 272 (Jul), [2008] EWHC 1651 (Admin)

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Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office v Allad [2008] EWCA Crim 1741, [2008] All ER (D) 407 (Jul)

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The Road Safety Act 2006 (Commencement No 4) Order 2008 (SI 2008/1918)

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The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2008 (SI 2008/1586). This SI brings in to force on 14 July 2008 large parts of the 2008 Act (see NLJ, 13 June 2008).

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The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 received Royal Assent on 8 May 2008. A number of provisions will come into force over the next two months, with many more changes anticipated during the next 12 months. This month’s Crime Brief details the main changes expected to take place in June and July 2008.