Criminal law update 29 November 2007
Criminal Law Update, series 1: issue 11
Conviction of co-accused The case of R.v. S (26/07/2007) [2007] EWCA Crim 2105 (CLW 07/37/2) is a useful reminder that the power under s.74 PACE 1984 to...
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Criminal law update 29 November 2007
Conviction of co-accused The case of R.v. S (26/07/2007) [2007] EWCA Crim 2105 (CLW 07/37/2) is a useful reminder that the power under s.74 PACE 1984 to...
Criminal law update 8 October 2007
IPP sentences Many practitioners will be experiencing a strong sense of schadenfraude as the government lurches from one embarrassment to another over its ill thought...
Criminal law update 19 February 2007
Special measures for certain defendants Until recently special measures directions under the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 applied only to prosecution witnesses and...
Criminal law update 1 January 2007
Important Changes to the Bail Act: in force 01/01/2007 The Criminal Justice Act (Commencement No 14 and Transitional provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006 No. 3217) brings into...
Criminal law update 4 December 2006
As was pointed out in the July issue of this bulletin the government’s appetite for continuous change in the field of criminal sentence seems to know no...
Criminal law update 25 July 2006
Where do government ministers go when important Bills affecting criminal justice are being debated in Parliament? It’s obvious they can’t be present or listening since...
Criminal law update 8 May 2006
Bad character There has been only one further significant case reported since the last update. Confusingly it is variously reported as R.v. Edwards; R.v. Rowlands but...
Criminal law update 6 December 2005
Hearsay Although we still await the first case from the Court of Appeal on the hearsay provisions of the CJA 2003 the Court has at...
Criminal law update 22 September 2005
Since the decision of the Court of Appeal in R.v. Hanson; R.v. Gilmore [2005] EWCA Crim 824 there have been three further cases on the...
Criminal law update 7 July 2005
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 The title of this Act may make criminal practitioners think it is not really relevant to our practices....
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