Legally binding: when do criminal statutes bind the Crown?
In a previous blog post, Alex du Sautoy and Vincent Scully considered the Supreme Court’s decision in R (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] UKSC 81 (‘No smoke...
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Weekly Digest: 16 April 2018
This week’s Digest considers three judgments of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). In the first, a conviction for reckless arson was quashed on the grounds that it was rendered...
FCA proposes guidance on systems and controls for insider dealing
Background The FCA publishes a guide on financial crime which, although not part of the FCA Handbook, is intended to enhance understanding of its expectations of systems and controls in...
Weekly Digest: 9 April 2018
This week’s Digest considers a judgment of the Divisional Court on the issue of standing for challenges to destruction orders under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. (more…)
The Brexit Transition Agreement – What it Means for Criminal Justice Cooperation
On 19 March 2018, the EU and the UK agreed the terms of a transition period (referred to by the UK as ‘an implementation period’) that will extend the time...
Weekly Digest: 2 April 2018
This week’s Digest considers a number of cases, all judgments handed down by the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). Items of particular interest include: Hayes, where the court considered whether...
Weekly Digest: 27 March 2018
This week’s digest considers three judgments, two of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and one of the Divisional Court. The first relates to memory refreshing and the whether the...
Seizing Cryptocurrency – R. v Teresko (Sergejs) (2)
In this second of two posts on the seizure and conversion of cryptocurrency as addressed in the case of R v Teresko (Sergejs) (Kingston Crown Court: HHJ Lodder QC, 11...
Weekly Digest: 20 March 2018
This week’s Digest considers four judgments of the Court of Appeal. Two of the cases were referred to the Court of Appeal by the Attorney General on the basis that...
Metropolitan Police Commissioner v DSD: an avalanche of new claims for investigatory failings?
The decision In the less-publicised John Worboys-related case of recent weeks, Metropolitan Police Commissioner v DSD [2018] UKSC 11 (available here), the Supreme Court has made a decision with potentially much...