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Abuse of process in the Magistrates’ Court: When to make your move

Gareth Patterson QC27th May 2019

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...

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Age and responsibility: an unresolved question

Duncan Atkinson QC14th May 2019

In its May 2019 report, ‘Torture in the UK: update report’ the Equality and Human Rights Commission (‘EHRC’) has raised again whether the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales...

Crime General Weekly Digest

Weekly Digest: 8 April

6KBW7th April 2019

This week’s Digest considers five cases, four of which were handed down by the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and one by the Divisional Court. The issue in the first...

Crime General

Death, driving and drugs: anomalies in sentencing

Paul Jarvis2nd April 20192nd April 2019

A handful of recent cases have thrown into sharp relief the shortcomings of the Definitive Guideline Causing Death by Driving, that was issued by the Sentencing Guidelines Council, as it...

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The House of Lords’ Report on the Bribery Act 2010: A Glimpse Into the Future of Economic Crime?

Karl Laird28th March 2019

On 14 March 2019, the Select Committee on the Bribery Act 2010 published its Report in which it makes a number of conclusions and recommendations.1 The Committee was given the task...

Court of Appeal Decisions Crime Weekly Digest

Weekly Digest: 18 March 2019

6KBW17th March 2019

This week’s Digest considers three judgments from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). First, in R v Coker the court considered whether the leading criminal law textbooks were correct that the...

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Court of Appeal considers approach to entrapment defence

Karl Laird13th March 20194th April 2019

In Syed [2018] EWCA Crim 2809 the Court of Appeal restated the approach that ought to be taken when a defendant applies to stay proceedings as an abuse of process on...

Court of Appeal Decisions Crime Extradition General Supreme Court Decisions Weekly Digest

Weekly Digest: 11 March 2019

6KBW11th March 2019

This week’s Digest considers six judgments, one from the Supreme Court and five from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). In Konecny, the Supreme Court considered whether an individual who had...

Crime General Public and civil law

Beware, lest your cause be criminal

Miranda Hill1st March 20194th March 2019

Recent decisions of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal have clarified the definition of a ‘criminal cause or matter’ for the purpose of section 18(1) of the Senior Courts...

Crime General Proceeds of crime Weekly Digest

Weekly Digest: 25 February 2019

6KBW24th February 2019

This week’s Digest considers four judgments from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). In R v Cheeseman the court considered whether the householder defence was available to a soldier who...

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Abuse of process in the Magistrates’ Court: When to make your move

Age and responsibility: an unresolved question

Weekly Digest: 8 April

Death, driving and drugs: anomalies in sentencing

The House of Lords’ Report on the Bribery Act 2010: A Glimpse Into the Future of Economic Crime?

Weekly Digest: 18 March 2019

Court of Appeal considers approach to entrapment defence

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Beware, lest your cause be criminal

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