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Azizur Rahman
3 May 2012
In this article we give a brief overview on the law relating to Restraint Orders - that is an orders made by in the Crown Court which effectively freezes the assets of someone who is either being pros...
Azizur Rahman
3 May 2012
A local authority admitted in 2012 to spying on a family regarding a fraudulent school application. Many readers will be too well aware of cases brought about by Covert Police Operations usually invol...
Azizur Rahman
3 May 2012
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) was introduced to tackle police abuses; especially the practice of 'verballing' - officers saying that the suspect made some kind of admission to him w...
Azizur Rahman
3 May 2012
What's the law?The starting point in this difficult area is the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985. This sets out the regime whereby there is a maximum amount of time that a Defendant awaiting trial can...
Azizur Rahman
3 May 2012
In this article we attempt to give a short explanation of the recent history of disclosure and developments in Public Interest Immunity (PII) so that those facing the current regime(s) may better unde...
Azizur Rahman
3 May 2012
It was recently reported in the press that the tax inspectors of H.M. Revenue and Customs are to be given new powers allowing them to listen into tax-payers phone calls and plant bugs in their homes a...
Azizur Rahman
3 May 2012
In October 2000, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) came into force. RIPA, and the Codes of Practice that accompany it, provide a statutory backdrop to all covert police operations...
Azizur Rahman
2 May 2012
It is a fact of life that the British way of policing is now heavily dependent on technology and intelligence. The proliferation of CCTV cameras makes UK citizens the most watched in Europe and reader...