Insights: Serious & General Crime

Daniel Machover and Ellie Cornish comment following IOPC ruling in Kaba misconduct case

1 May 2025

Daniel Machover and Ellie Cornish have been quoted in the media following the IOPC’s decision to press ahead with a gross misconduct hearing of the police firearms officer who shot dead Chris Kaba.

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Travelling into the EU under the ETIAS with a UK criminal record

17 Apr 2025

When it goes live in late 2026, the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) will transform the way UK citizens travel to EU countries.

Under the new arrangements, a UK…

Kate Goold speaks to ITV News about law on assisted suicide

9 Apr 2025

Hickman & Rose partner Kate Goold has been interviewed by ITV News about the criminal law relating to assisting another person’s suicide.

Journalist Paul Brand spoke to Kate about the news…

Kate Goold rejoins Hickman & Rose as partner

1 Apr 2025

Hickman & Rose is delighted to announce that Kate Goold has rejoined the firm as a partner in its market-leading Serious and General Crime team.

Kate originally joined Hickman & Rose in…

Andrew Malkinson awarded statutory compensation in miscarriage of justice claim

12 Feb 2025

Hickman & Rose client Andrew Malkinson has succeeded in his statutory claim to be compensated for more than 17 years spent in prison for a crime he did not commit.

A year and a half after Mr…

Peter Csemiczky in the Times on university sexual misconduct proceedings

9 Jan 2025

Peter Csemiczky has written an article for the Times newspaper in which he criticises the way many UK universities handle allegations of sexual misconduct made against students.

Peter points out…

Jenny Wiltshire in Telegraph on impact of digital evidence rules on rape prosecutions

6 Jan 2025

Hickman & Rose’s Head of Serious and General Crime Jenny Wiltshire has been quoted in the Daily Telegraph commenting on the steep rise in the number of rape prosecutions dropped by the…

Police cautions: how to challenge a caution and other FAQs

9 Dec 2024

Every year UK police forces issue thousands of so-called “simple cautions”: a formal process in which a person admits their guilt to a minor offence, whereupon the police take no further action.
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Stefano Ruis in The Guardian on Andy Malkinson’s battle for compensation

15 Nov 2024

Civil litigation partner Stefano Ruis has been quoted in The Guardian newspaper in relation to Andy Malkinson’s battle for compensation after spending 17 years in prison for crime he did not…

Peter Csemiczky writes for HEPI think tank on Office for Students’ sexual misconduct policy

12 Nov 2024

Serious and General Crime partner Peter Csemiczky has written for the Higher Education Policy Institute think tank about the Office for Students’ proposals on university sexual misconduct.

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