Author: 6KBW

This week’s Digest considers two judgments of the Divisional Court. First, a judicial review challenge to a search warrant obtained under s. 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971,...

This week's Digest examines two cases. The first considers whether a tactical decision not to apply to have the jury discharged meant that the defendant's conviction for robbery was unsafe.  The second examines whether...

This week’s digest considers two Court of Appeal judgments and a judgment of the Divisional Court. The Court of Appeal held that the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014...

This week’s digest considers two Supreme Court cases and a decision of the Divisional Court. The Supreme Court, in the first case, considered the extent to which a court can...

This week’s Digest discusses two recent Court of Appeal judgments. The first relates to the admissibility of evidence of a defendant’s bad character under the provisions of s. 101 of...

In this week’s Digest, we consider three Court of Appeal judgments handed down in recent months on topics including whether a sentence that did not take into account the time...

In this, the first Weekly Digest of 2018, the Court of Appeal considered the relevance of mental disorders to the defence of loss of control; and allowed an appeal against...