Monthly Archives January 2013

TV cameras to be allowed in Court

TV cameras will be allowed into the Court of Appeal from October. The Government has already announced plans to allow filming in the Crown Court, but no date has yet been fixed. The Lord Chief Justice has warned that cameras in Court may deter witnesses and provoke disruptions. Crown Court filming will only apply to the Judge’s sentencing remarks […]

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Court rules that requirement to disclose all convictions and cautions is disproportionate

The government has said it will appeal against a court ruling that the law which requires people to disclose all previous convictions to certain employers, regardless of their relevance to the job in question, is a breach of human rights and disproportionate. The case involves a job applicant, who had to disclose police warnings he […]

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DVLA makes driving licence exchange more difficult

From 11th January 2013 the DVLA has made it more difficult for non EU drivers to exchange their foreign licence for a British one. The change in law means requests to exchange driving licences from outside the EU will only be accepted if the licence holder can prove they passed a driving test in a country […]

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Two million drivers face DVLA time bomb

According to a recent announcement by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), as many as two million drivers face a fine for failing to update their photocard driving licences. More than 30 million drivers in the UK now have these licences. Many do not realize that unlike the old paper versions they expire after only […]

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M42 Variable Speed Limit acquittals

Richard Silver has recently secured the acquittal of three drivers accused of exceeding variable speed limits on the M42 motorway in Warwickshire.  Following our involvement, the Prosecution dropped all three cases and their legal costs will be paid by the Court. In one of the cases, our client was certain that the variable speed limit sign had […]

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