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...
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...