Weekly Digest: 12 February 2018
In this week’s Digest, we examine two recent Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) judgments. In the first, the Court of Appeal confirmed the scope of the availability of a writ...
Weekly Digest: 4 December 2017
In this week’s Digest, there were two interesting decisions handed down by the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). In the first, a conviction for conspiracy to import cannabis was quashed...
Weekly Digest: 23 October 2017
In this week's Digest, the Supreme Court gave judgment in three cases on whether diplomats are immune from claims for their employees, the radical cleric Anjem Choudary was refused application...
Weekly Digest: 16 October 2017
In this week's Digest, the Court of Appeal quashed a conviction on the grounds that the jury had access to transcripts of oral evidence which they should not have, and...
Weekly Digest: 9 October 2017
In this week's Digest the Court of Appeal quashed a conviction for kidnapping on the basis that hearsay evidence should not have been admitted under section 116 of the Criminal...
Weekly Digest: 2 October 2017
In this week's Digest, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal concerning the correct interpretation of section 76(5A) of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, which contains the defence...
Weekly Digest: 4 September 2017
Welcome to the 6KBW College Hill Weekly Digest for 4 September 2017. This week’s highlights include Court of Appeal cases on the admission of fresh evidence, the conduct of disciplinary...