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17 July 2008 / Andrew Keogh
Issue: 7330 / Categories: Features , Public
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Crime brief

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NEW GENERAL CRIMINAL CONTRACT
PROSECUTION GUIDANCE

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).

The Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2008 (SI 2008/1586). This order adds the United Arab Emirates as a Part 2 territory under the Extradition Act 2003.

CONTRACTING
A new general criminal contract came in to force on 14 July 2008. There are a large number of changes that suppliers need to take note of:

Financial disclosure: a new power to require production of financial records where the Legal Services Comission believes the business is at risk.

Duty to have an equality and diversity policy.

A tightening up of rules against inducements making clear that only refreshments or cigarettes for immediate consumption may be given to clients.

Rules requiring compliance with audits and the introduction of “mystery shopper” surveys.

A duty to keep complete files for a period

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NLJ this week: What counts as ‘rent’? Court says labour alone won’t do
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified that ‘rent’ must be monetary—excluding tenants paid in labour from statutory protection. In this week's NLJ, James Naylor explains Garraway v Phillips, where a tenant worked two days a week instead of paying rent
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NLJ this week: Freed but failed—justice system leaves the innocent empty-handed
Three men wrongly imprisoned for a combined 77 years have been released—yet received ‘not a penny’ in compensation, exposing deep flaws in the justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Jon Robins reports on Justin Plummer, Oliver Campbell and Peter Sullivan, whose convictions collapsed amid discredited forensics, ‘oppressive’ police interviews and unreliable ‘cell confessions’
NLJ this week: Clarity on whistleblowing, settlements and tribunal limits
A quiet month for employment cases still delivers key legal clarifications. In his latest Employment Law Brief for NLJ, Ian Smith reports that whistleblowing protection remains intact even where disclosures are partly self-serving, provided the worker reasonably believes they serve the ‘public interest’ 
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