The Knowledge Newsletter (October 2020) Contents

• 20 years on Peter Binning
• To speak or not to speak: Adverse inferences and the Court of Appeal’s decision in R v Black Maia Cohen-Lask
• The scope of “reasonable excuse”: when can a person lawfully withhold documents on receipt of a compulsory production notice in a criminal investigation? Andrew Smith and Anna Rothwell
• Pre-recorded cross examination and the expansion of “special measures” Danielle Reece-Greenhalgh
• Bad faith in private prosecutions? David Corker