by s1gn4tur3 | Jun 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Author: Adrian Ramdat BA Ed, PGCE – Specialist Trainer Jun 2023 In this article, I wanted to look at a more recent case that relates to RIPA and mobile phones. The case was heard by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) and therefore the judgement should be...
by s1gn4tur3 | Jun 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Author: Thomas Nevin, Director, Loquitur Witness Training, Australia June 2023 The development of third-party witness training and preparation programs in Australia has typically been limited when compared to similar common law jurisdictions such as the UK. ...
by s1gn4tur3 | May 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Author: Adrian Ramdat BA Ed, PGCE – Specialist Trainer May 2023 I was recently speaking at a conference about updates to RIPA (& RIPSA for Scotland) and part of the session looked at some of the case law that has been decided which practitioners need to be...
by s1gn4tur3 | Jul 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Author: Adrian Ramdat BA Ed, PGCE – Specialist Trainer Jul 2022 Surveillance of employees is a contentious area of business in any organisation. Often employees feel that they can be the subject of surveillance by an employer that is acting as ‘Big Brother’,...
by s1gn4tur3 | Jun 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Author: Adrian Ramdat BA Ed, PGCE – Specialist Trainer Jun 2022 In the past, investigators could focus on the various aspects of an investigation and to a great extent deal with them in a vacuum. However, around 2016 this started to change as the covert aspect...
by s1gn4tur3 | Mar 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Author: Adrian Ramdat BA Ed, PGCE – Specialist Trainer Mar 2022 The report by Sue Gray into the allegations of gatherings on government premises in contravention of the Coronavirus restrictions recently published. The report identified a number of issues...
by s1gn4tur3 | Dec 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Author: Adrian Ramdat BA Ed, PGCE – Specialist Trainer Dec 2021 If you work in an organisation that uses the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) to undertake surveillance activity or to deploy Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS), or the...
by s1gn4tur3 | Oct 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Author: Adrian Ramdat BA Ed, PGCE – Specialist Trainer Oct 2021 The Covert Human Intelligence Source Code of Practice has been updated to reflect the new Criminal Conduct Authorisations rules. (This used to be referred to as CHIS participation). The draft Code...
by s1gn4tur3 | Sep 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Author: Adrian Ramdat BA Ed, PGCE – Specialist Trainer Sept 2021 We are always being asked by people for ‘top tips’ in relation to applications and authorisations for covert activity under RIPA (and RIPSA) and in particular directed surveillance so we’ve come up...
