What are the limits of mutual trust in extradition relations?
The following essay was the winning entry to the John RWD Jones QC Essay Competition 2019, run by the Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum. A degree of trust is built into...
Weekly Digest: 28 October 2019
This week's Digest considers three judgments: one of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and two of the Divisional Court In Pringle the Court of Appeal considered the safety of the appellant's...
The Central Criminal Court
At the opening ceremony for the Central Criminal Court in 1907, the Recorder of London, Sir Forrest Fulton, addressed King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra: “We trust that this building,...
Weekly Digest: 21 October 2019
This week’s edition considers seven judgments; two of the Supreme Court, one of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and four of the High Court. In Routier and another v Commissioners...
Weekly Digest: 14 October 2019
This week’s Digest considers four judgments of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). In R v Wood the court considers the proper approach to sentencing an offence of encouraging or assisting the...