by Bajan Reporter / February 19th, 2021
Linda M. Deane took the $10,000 top prize at the 23rd Frank Collymore Literary Endowment Competition. Her collection of poems, “
An Ocean Away; My Mother Smiling: Tales of Migration and Memory” beat out more than 60 other entries to take the top spot in the long-running Central Bank of Barbados-sponsored writing contest.
Deane’s win was announced during a virtual awards ceremony that featured readings from the top four finalists. Poets swept the top spots, with second prize being awarded jointly to Carlyon Blackman for her anthology, “All Oppression is Connected” and
Jacinth Howard for her collection “The Mother Island”. Blackman and Howard each received
Forensic Focus Legal Update December 2020: Refining Search & Seizure; New Laws & Guidance
11th December 2020
The fourth quarter of 2020 has seen some significant legal developments when it comes to digital evidence. In this issue (which also happens to be the anniversary of the inaugural Forensic Focus Legal Update), we highlight:
Search warrant reform in the United Kingdom
Court decisions at various levels of the United States federal court system, including the U.S. Supreme Court
New federal and state laws
A roundup of forthcoming and recently published articles
U.K. search warrants are being reformed
In response to a variety of problems defective warrants, inefficiency, insufficient powers to access evidence on remote servers, and inadequate safeguards the United Kingdom’s Home Office in 2016 commissioned a review of current search warrant law and practices.