Weekly Digest: 28 May 2019
After a busy week in the courts this week’s Digest considers four judgments from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and one from the Court of Appeal (Civil Division). The...
Abuse of process in the Magistrates’ Court: When to make your move
What is the jurisdiction of a magistrates’ court to consider applications for a stay of a prosecution on the grounds of abuse of process? The simple and widely accepted answer...
Weekly Digest: 22 May 2019
This week’s Digest considers three judgments. In R (Privacy International) the Supreme Court assessed whether an ouster clause shielding the Investigatory Powers Tribunal from judicial review was effective. In Kuddus the...
Age and responsibility: an unresolved question
In its May 2019 report, ‘Torture in the UK: update report’ the Equality and Human Rights Commission (‘EHRC’) has raised again whether the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales...
Weekly Digest: 13 May 2019
This week’s Digest considers three judgments from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). In R v Braithwaite the Court considered whether a trial judge should have left a different version...