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Crime brief: 18 November 2022

18 November 2022 / David Walbank KC
Issue: 8003 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Criminal , Clinical negligence
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A recent case has underlined that equality before the law is one of the bedrocks of our justice system, no matter who is bringing the claim: David Walbank KC reports
  • Equality before the law.
  • Clinical negligence claim by prisoner convicted of attempted murder.
  • Statutory defence of fundamental dishonesty.

In the last ‘Crime brief’, we looked at one of two recent cases illustrating the principle that ‘all are equal before the law’ (‘Crime brief’, NLJ, 4 November 2022, p13).

The former king of Spain, Juan Carlos I, had been sued by his ex-mistress for harassment, the allegation being that he had arranged for agents of the Spanish intelligence service to carry out a campaign of intimidation and harassment by, among other things, placing her under surveillance, intercepting and monitoring her communications, burgling her home and deliberately leaving veiled threats with not-so-subtle references to the death of Princess Diana and the conspiracy theories which abound about the part played by MI6 and the CIA.

Juan

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