Miss Lyon isn't the only journalist that's been made less secure legally by this prosecution.
"We're consoled by the fact that we believe we did the right thing by this prosecution, and had I to do it all again, we would".
"The Arab Republic of Egypt has been gratified by this prosecution because they believe that this is very important to their worldwide efforts to deter the theft of Egypt's patrimony," said Lawrence M. Kaye, a lawyer for the Egyptian government.
When the patentee responds to the rejection by narrowing his claims, this prosecution history estops him from later arguing that the subject matter covered by the original, broader claim was nothing more than an equivalent.
Responding to the report, Northern Ireland's Director of Public Prosecutions, Barra McGrory said: "I take very seriously the failings identified particularly in the quality and timeliness of the decision making at key points by senior members of this prosecution team".
Furthermore, the fact that this prosecution was by information, the absence of which has been held not fatal under § 1044 (Gompers v. United States, supra, 233 U.S. at pages 611, 612, 34 S.Ct. at pages 695, 696, 58 L.Ed. 1115) brings the case squarely within the language of the section.
"The attorney general and the CPS stand by the decision to bring this prosecution and believe it was right to do so despite the existence of the letter received by Mr Downey in July 2007, the terms and effect of which have now been tested before the court in public".
Meadows's case was always that he had been struck by a baton, and this was conceded by the prosecution during this trial.
Although Jeffreys' work almost certainly saved Buckland from suffering a serious miscarriage of justice, Pitchfork's guilty pleas meant that DNA evidence was not relied upon by the prosecution, and this new science was not tested by the court.
This change by the prosecution is further confirmation of how hollow the case against my father really is.
This was described by the prosecution as part of an elaborate plan, involving the Brookses and security men working for News International, who had attempted to keep material from falling into the hands of the police who searched the couple's riverside apartment on the day of Mrs Brooks' arrest.
