Vorwort
A step-by-step guide to bringing, conducting and defending a private prosecution.

Autorentext

Fabian Krougman is a legal executive and advocate at ICL Chambers, Netherlands. His international practice is focused on criminal defence, international law, human rights litigation, and libel, with a specialism in private prosecutions. He is also a certified mediator in England and Wales.

Chloë Ashley is a highly regarded specialist criminal advocate, at No5 Chambers. She is regularly instructed in serious and sensitive cases. Her work sees her act either alone, or as a led junior, on behalf of both the defence and prosecution in a range of complex cases. Chloë's work has a particular focus on allegations of non-accidental injuries in infants and cases of child homicide.

Klappentext

The rise in the use of private prosecution is of increasing importance to criminal practitioners as well as civil litigators and commercial practitioners.

This book sets out the statutory bases, and the practical issues involved, in bringing and conducting a private prosecution. The step-by-step approach begins with the laying of the information and the subsequent issuing of the summons, followed by the investigation process, the gathering of evidence through to the trial process and procedure itself. In addition the work includes the important related aspects of disclosure, costs and confiscation.

Extensive reference to case law, statutes, and the inclusion of precedents, ensures a comprehensive single source.

Inhalt

Introduction
Part 1: Beginnings
Chapter 1: The Law
Chapter 2: Starting a Private Prosecution
Part 2: The Trial
Chapter 3: Procedure During Trial
Chapter 4: Defending in a Private Prosecution
Chapter 5: Costs
Chapter 6: Sentence and Confiscation
Chapter 7: Appeal
Part 3: Miscellaneous
Chapter 10: The End of a Private Prosecution
Chapter 11: International Aspects