Prosecution
Recommendations related to prosecution
Tag overview
recommendation across 5 inquiries
Across 5 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
Reverse burden for organisational failure to prevent harm
Consideration should be given to a different approach to the prosecution of organisations for failing to prevent deliberate harm being caused by their employees, such as by applying a reverse …
Review of prosecution system timeliness
The Department of Justice should review the timeliness of the handling of each aspect of the prosecution system that has led to the delay in bringing those accused of causing …
CPS guidance on disclosure for profit
It is recommended that the Crown Prosecution Service's additional guidance should be amended to include a requirement that the Prosecutor should consider whether the information was disclosed with a view …
RQIA Compliance Review Powers
Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority ('RQIA') should review overall compliance and consideration should be given to granting it the power to prosecute in cases of serial non-compliance or serious and …
Ensuring the utility of a health and safety function in a clinical setting
The Health and Safety Executive is clearly not the right organisation to be focusing on healthcare. Either the Care Quality Commission should be given power to prosecute 1974 Act offences …
Assistance in deciding on prosecutions
In order to determine whether a case is so serious, either in terms of the breach of safety requirements or the consequences for any victims, that the public interest requires …
ICO Prosecution Powers Extension
The prosecution powers of the Information Commissioner should be extended to include any offence which also constitutes a breach of the data protection principles.
ICO Consult with CPS
A new duty should be introduced (whether formal or informal) for the Information Commissioner's Office to consult with the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to the exercise of its powers …
ICO Adopt DPP Guidelines
The Information Commissioner's Office should immediately adopt the Guidelines for Prosecutors on assessing the public interest in cases affecting the media, issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions in September …