This week’s Digest includes four judgments of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). The first was a renewed application for leave to appeal against conviction and an extension of time;...
This week’s Digest considers two decisions of the Divisional Court. The first of the two High Court decisions relates to the offence of obstructing a search or examination contrary to...
This week's digest considers two judgments of the High Court. In the first, the court considered whether a District Judge was incorrect to find that there was a real risk the...
This week’s Digest considers a judgment of the Supreme Court in which it examined whether a confiscation order can be made in circumstances where some of the offences committed by the...
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....
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...
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...
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…)
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...
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...