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...
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...
Weekly Digest: 30 September 2019
This week’s digest considers five judgments; two of the Supreme Court, two of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and one of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division). In R (Miller)...
Weekly Digest: 22nd July 2019
This week’s Digest considers two judgments of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). In Roberts the Court discussed the question of whether an applicant previously found unfit to plead could...
Weekly Digest: 15th July 2019
This week’s Digest considers one judgment of the High Court and two of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). The first, Torpey, assesses the decision of a CPS reviewing lawyer...
Weekly Digest: 8th July 2019
Last week in Johnson v Westminster Magistrates’ Court, the Divisional Court considered whether to uphold the decision to issue a summons for three offences of misconduct in public office during the...
Hong Kong: a lesson in extradition relations
One of the leading global news stories in recent weeks has been the protests in Hong Kong over the proposed extradition bill, which would allow for extradition to mainland China...
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...