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Index for "5th edition, Chapter 4"

Autrefois acquit

Even assuming there has been an acquittal by a criminal court, the double jeopardy rule has no application save to other courts of competent jurisdiction and there is therefore no bar to the bringing ...

Rehabilitation of Offenders

The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act confers certain privileges. It does not attempt to go beyond the grant of those limited privileges to provide a right of confidentiality in respect of spent convict...

Serious professional misconduct

Lord Justrice Clark in the Scottish Court of Session gave the following helpful summary of the meaning of the terms, ‘misconduct’ and ‘serious professional misconduct’ in the case of Mallon v ...