Weekly Digest: 30 April 2018
This week’s Digest considers two judgments of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). The first relates to various challenges to confiscation orders made under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002....
Weekly Digest: 23 April 2018
This week’s Digest considers one judgment of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in which the court dismissed an application for leave to appeal against conviction and sentence; the appeal...
Legally binding: when do criminal statutes bind the Crown?
In a previous blog post, Alex du Sautoy and Vincent Scully considered the Supreme Court’s decision in R (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] UKSC 81 (‘No smoke...
Weekly Digest: 16 April 2018
This week’s Digest considers three judgments of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). In the first, a conviction for reckless arson was quashed on the grounds that it was rendered...
FCA proposes guidance on systems and controls for insider dealing
Background The FCA publishes a guide on financial crime which, although not part of the FCA Handbook, is intended to enhance understanding of its expectations of systems and controls in...
Weekly Digest: 9 April 2018
This week’s Digest considers a judgment of the Divisional Court on the issue of standing for challenges to destruction orders under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. (more…)
The Brexit Transition Agreement – What it Means for Criminal Justice Cooperation
On 19 March 2018, the EU and the UK agreed the terms of a transition period (referred to by the UK as ‘an implementation period’) that will extend the time...
Weekly Digest: 2 April 2018
This week’s Digest considers a number of cases, all judgments handed down by the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). Items of particular interest include: Hayes, where the court considered whether...