The Clock is ticking from the moment you are charged with historical allegations , in fact this is the cruelest contradiction in that your accusers may have waited many decades to bring…
Category: Historical Abuse
The last 10 years of historical abuse allegations a wasted decade in restoring balance in our justice system
In 2009 Mark Barlow and Mark Newby hosted a conference which brought all participants in the Criminal Justice System together to talk about the challenges of historical allegations . A paper was…
R v PR [ 2019 ] – Abuse of Process Lost Evidence
R v PR [ 2019] [1] In 2002, following a police investigation into allegations made by his six-year-old niece, a decision was made not to prosecute the defendant for offences of indecency…
Historical Care Homes – The challenges of defending yourself a short history
If you are facing allegations about an institution you used to work at whether this is a care home , school or any other institution then it is vital that you should…
Historic Allegations – charged with an offence next steps
I am to be charged what happens next? If you originally attended your police interview as a volunteer, then you may simply receive a summons to Court (this is called a requisition)…
Historic Abuse Police Interviews
HISTORIC ALLEGATIONS – FACING INTERVIEW AT THE POLICE STATION These days the first you may know about facing a serious allegation will be a call or message from the police asking you…
Its not for the police to decide a case , they are supposed to collect the evidence
Mark Newby writes for The Justice Gap on the recent announcement of the Bernard Hogan Howe Metropolitan Commissioner that the approach to investigating Historical Allegations currently being taken may need to be…
There are no winners
As published on The Justice Gap – http://thejusticegap.com/2014/02/winners/ When the former director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer introduced new guidelines to the prosecution of sexual offences, he made much of an assertion that…
Celebrity Cases and the Path to Moral Panic
Risk of moral panic over celebrity sex abuse cases The current unfolding drama surrounding the explosion of sexual allegations in a post-Savile world is providing more twists than a modern day drama…
Savile and the Future of Sexual Abuse Investigations
Mark Barlow Barrister at Garden Court North Chambers Manchester and Mark Newby Solicitor Advocate at Quality Solicitors Jordans Doncaster discuss the impact of the Savile Case and the recent decision to review…