This week’s edition considers one judgment of the Court of Appeal. In R. v McCarthy (Brendan Patrick) the Court considered an appeal against a sentence imposed following the appellant’s plea of guilty...
This week’s edition considers four judgments; two of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), and two of the Divisional Court. In Reynolds the Court of Appeal considered the proper approach to summing-up and...
A nose can be a curious thing: so too causation. I In his Pensées (1669), published from an array of notes following his death, Blaise Pascal expressed a characteristically interesting view...
This week’s edition considers seven judgments; one of the Supreme Court, three of the Court of Appeal, and two of the Divisional Court. In R (on the application of Hemmati...
Introduction The state now has power to forfeit, in civil recovery proceedings, the proceeds of conduct taking place overseas which “constitutes” or is “connected with” a gross human rights abuse...