Weekly Digest: 27 March 2018
This week’s digest considers three judgments, two of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and one of the Divisional Court. The first relates to memory refreshing and the whether the...
Seizing Cryptocurrency – R. v Teresko (Sergejs) (2)
In this second of two posts on the seizure and conversion of cryptocurrency as addressed in the case of R v Teresko (Sergejs) (Kingston Crown Court: HHJ Lodder QC, 11...
Weekly Digest: 20 March 2018
This week’s Digest considers four judgments of the Court of Appeal. Two of the cases were referred to the Court of Appeal by the Attorney General on the basis that...
Metropolitan Police Commissioner v DSD: an avalanche of new claims for investigatory failings?
The decision In the less-publicised John Worboys-related case of recent weeks, Metropolitan Police Commissioner v DSD [2018] UKSC 11 (available here), the Supreme Court has made a decision with potentially much...
UK “Magnitsky provisions” – time for a change?
Since the events that unfolded in Salisbury last week, there have been calls to introduce into UK law a version of the so-called "Magnitsky Act" that was enacted in the...
Weekly Digest: 12 March 2018
This week’s Digest considers two judgments of the Divisional Court. First, a judicial review challenge to a search warrant obtained under s. 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971,...
Weekly Digest: 6 March 2018
This week's Digest examines two cases. The first considers whether a tactical decision not to apply to have the jury discharged meant that the defendant's conviction for robbery was unsafe. The second examines whether...
First unexplained wealth orders made by the High Court
Section 1 of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 added a new investigative tool to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (sections 362A to 362I)(“the Act”). The new measure, known as...