“Almost a quarter of jurors in England and Wales currently misunderstand the restrictions on internet use during a trial, according to research just published.”
The Guardian, 15th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v D (P) [2012] EWCA Crim 19; [2012] WLR (D) 10
“The fact that the effect of a good character direction might be undermined by the facts of a particular case provided no justification for a judge to decline to give any such direction.”
WLR Daily, 26th January 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Yesterday’s judgment offers a rare insight into jury deliberations, revealing what Dallas told fellow jurors about her online research.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Psychologist calls for screening of jurors after two in three admit to feeling stressed and confused over judge’s directions.”
The Guardian, 7th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A top judge has queried why a man was prosecuted for possessing ‘indecent’ images of children – when the photos were available for sale in a string of respectable mainstream bookshops.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“As the legal establishment gears up for the new legal term starting at the end of next week, two of its leading figures must decide whether to do anything about a case that caused widespread concern during the summer.”
The Guardian, 23rd September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v A and others [2010] EWCA Crim 1622; [2010] WLR (D) 194
“Where a murder was committed by a number of defendants acting together recent authority did not establish that the secondary party’s foresight of the principal’s intention was never relevant.”
WLR Daily, 19th July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
R v Carter (David) [2010] WLR (D) 29
“Where a member of the jury had to be discharged, at whatever stage of the trial, there was no requirement that the remaining members of the jury be directed to ignore the views expressed on any subject by the departed juror.”
WLR Daily, 10th February 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Further guidance should be given to juries in murder trials as to the defence of diminished responsibility where the only basis for the alleged abnormality of mind arose from alcohol dependency syndrome without discernible brain damage.”
The Times, 20th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina v Billingham (Mark) Regina v Billingham (Justin)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“While the present Judicial Studies Board direction in respect of previous inconsistent statements required the jury to be sure that a previous statement exculpatory of a defendant was true, it was sufficient for the jury to conclude that it might be true.”
The Times, 25th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A trial judge’s attitude towards defence counsel, which included sending her a note headed ’6 P’s’ with a list of words in bold underneath saying ‘Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance’ contributed towards preventing a defendant receiving a fair trial.”
The Times, 16th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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R (El-Kurd) v. Sakavickas and another; R v. Rana Singh [2007] EWCA Crim 1888
“Where a judge had misdirected a jury owing to a defect in the indictment and the misdirection went to the heart of the issue between the defendant and the Crown, the conviction would be unsafe even if the indictment could have been amended so that the facts relied on would amount to the offence charged, and even where the case against the defendant was very strong.”
WLR Daily, 26th July 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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