16/11/2015 - A Civil Justice Council report says settling non-criminal cases of less than £25,000 online would reduce the expenses generated by a court. A Civil Justice Council report says settling non-criminal cases of less than £25,000 online would reduce the expenses generated by a court. Principal author Prof Richard…

15/12/2015 - Success for Coyle White Devine's Private Crime Team as ex-RBS Trader Cleared of Tax Fraud Coyle White Devine ("CWD") have successfully represented Vincent Walsh at his trial in relation to an allegation of 'Conspiracy to Cheat the Revenue'. Following a trial lasting several weeks, Mr Walsh was unanimously…

01/01/2016 - Coyle White Devine's private crime department continues its success Coyle White Devine's private crime department continues its success, with two cases against its clients dropped. In R v P at Bexley Magistrates Court, the defendant was due to face trial in relation to an allegation of driving whilst…

03/02/2016 - Success Continues in 2016 as Five Cleared Over Libor Rate Rigging Following a four month trial, Mr Cryan and his co-accused have been acquitted of offences of conspiracy to defraud. The charges arose from allegations that they had conspired with Tom Hayes to fix Libor rates. Mr Hayes…

29/03/2016 - Judge Directs Jury to Acquit in the Face of A Glaring Lack of Prosecution Evidence R v F – Aylesbury Crown Court – Our client faced trial in relation to a serious allegation, arising from an incident on the sports field. Throughout the various stages of both the…

18/04/2016 - (as at 11th April 2016) Monitoring emails, etc. Despite recent news reports, following the European Court of Human Rights' decision in Barbulescu v. Romania, it is still advisable for employers to have a policy on monitoring, if it plans to monitor its employees. Additionally, if the reason for…

11/05/2016 - Private Crime Team has secured another victory over the Crown Prosecution Service for one of its clients From a potential driving ban and prison sentence, to a small fine and penalty points, the Private Crime Team has secured another victory over the Crown Prosecution Service for one of…

01/06/2016 - CWD sponsors a charity golf day for the Wiseman Trust On 20 May 2016, CWD sponsored a charity golf day for the Wiseman Trust, a charity very close to the heart of our founder, Peter Coyle. The Wiseman Trust funds the research of Professor Mark Kilby at the…