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14 Jul 2009, 2:05 am
Regina v Athwal and Another Court of Appeal “Chapter 2 of Part 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 provided a comprehensive code on the admissibility of hearsay in criminal proceedings. [read post]
1 Jun 2009, 1:17 am
Regina v Hughes (James) Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “The statutory right of a single appeal to the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division was not removed when the Attorney-General referred the case to that court, since the defendant had not exercised his right to appeal. [read post]
6 Jul 2009, 2:41 am
Regina v Morley (Anthony) Court of Appeal “However comprehensive legislation relating to sentences might seek to be, it could not cover all the many different facets of human criminal behaviour which sentencing judges had to take into account. [read post]
22 Feb 2010, 4:35 am
Regina v Ramchurn Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “Judicial Studies Board specimen directions provided guidance for trial judges but were not authority binding them unless approved or adopted by the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division. [read post]
4 Dec 2009, 2:36 am
Regina v Clements Court of Appeal “In a prosecution for a sexual offence, a previous conviction, even if for a sexual offence, was admissible as evidence of propensity only if the circumstances were such that it had some probative force by reason of similarity to the offence charged. [read post]
16 Dec 2008, 10:51 am
Regina v Chargot and Others House of Lords “In criminal proceedings against an employer after an accident ot work, it was sufficient for the prosecution to prove merely a risk of injury arising from a state of affairs at work, without identifying and proving specific breaches of duty by the employer. [read post]
1 Jul 2009, 3:37 am
Regina v James (Daniel) Court of Appeal “A member of the Armed Forces, however junior, serving abroad in a theatre of military operations, who chose to disclose information which might be of use to an enemy of the United Kingdom, or prejudicial to the interest and safety of his colleagues serving in a war zone, must expect [...] [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 1:42 am
Regina v Richards Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “In respect of a charge of breach of a non-molestation order, the burden of proof was on the prosecution to show that the defendant, in acting as he did, acted without reasonable excuse. [read post]
17 Mar 2010, 3:42 am
Regina v Jamalov Court of Appeal “The fact that a defendant’s name was correctly recorded in an identity document was not a defence to a prosecution if the document was false and was used to establish the defendant’s name. [read post]
5 Aug 2009, 2:12 am
Regina v Tilley Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “If a third party knew of a change that affected the benefit of a person claiming income support, he would be guilty of an offence only if he dishonestly allowed the beneficiary to fail to report the change provided that he had been active in some way in the [...] [read post]
14 Mar 2008, 2:36 am
Regina v Cockburn Court of Appeal, Criminal Division “An anti-intruder device driven by gravity and triggered by pressure on a wire was capable of amounting to an engine calculated to inflict grievous bodily harm, under the Offences against the Person Act 1861. [read post]
13 Jul 2009, 2:37 am
Regina v Lucien Court of Appeal “Where a judge did not accept the basis of a defendant's plea of guilty, he was obliged to inform the defendant of that fact before proceeding to sentence. [read post]
8 Apr 2009, 1:21 am
Regina v Wood (No 2) Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “A defendant could be sentenced to life imprisonment for manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility and, when fixing the minimum term, guidance in murder cases was relevant. [read post]
6 Sep 2007, 12:23 am
Court has common-law power to let accused appear by video link Regina v Ukpabio Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “The court had no power outside the statutory provisions of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 to direct that an accused could give evidence at his trial by live video link; however, in exceptional circumstances where it was appropriate for the defendant not to be present in court, it did have power to direct that he could participate in his trial by… [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 2:30 am
Regina v Gnango [2011] UKSC; [2011] WLR (D) 365 “When two gunmen chose to indulge in a gunfight in a public place, each intending to kill or cause serious injury to the other, in circumstances where there was a foreseeable risk that an innocent bystander might be injured or killed, and one of the gunmen accidenatally shot and killed a passerby, both gunmen were guilty of murder.” WLR Daily, 14th December 2011 Source: www.iclr.co.uk [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 2:52 am
Regina v Armstrong [2012] EWCA Crim 83; [2012] WLR (D) 22 “If in the military courts a judge did not approve of a course that a military prosecutor intended to take the proper course for the judge was to ask for the matter to be referred either to the Director of Service Prosecutions or to the Attorney General, as might be appropriate.” WLR Daily, 1st February 2012 Source: www.iclr.co.uk [read post]
3 May 2012, 2:11 am
Regina v Mian [2012] EWCA Crim 792; [2012] WLR (D) 129 “In the context of a prosecutor’s appeal against a ‘terminating ruling’, the statutory requirement that either an adjournment had to be sought immediately, or the decision to appeal and the acquittal agreement had to be notified to the court immediately, meant that it should be done then and there. [read post]
31 Jul 2012, 1:24 am
Regina v M (A) [2012] WLR (D) 228 “Where there had been a breach of the balloting requirements in the selection of members of a jury, unless the defendant made clear his objection to the breach, at or as soon as practicable after, the time it occurred the irregularity could not be corrected on appeal.” WLR Daily, 24th July 2012 Source: www.iclr.co.uk [read post]
16 Mar 2012, 4:48 am
Regina v A (RJ): [2012] EWCA Crim 434; [2012] WLR (D) 76 “A prosecution which did not constitute an abuse of process at the date of conviction could not acquire that characteristic on the basis of new or amended prosecutorial guidance or policy subsequently issued.” WLR Daily, 13th March 2012 Source: www.iclr.co.uk [read post]
18 Jul 2011, 2:30 am
Regina v K [2011] EWCA Crim 1691; [2011] WLR (D) 231 “Slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour were core elements of the criminal offence of trafficking into the United Kingdom for exploitation and failing to remunerate at the national minimum wage was not determinative of guilt.” WLR Daily, 8th July 2011 Source: www.iclr.co.uk [read post]
