Category: appeals

Regina v Hoath; Regina v Standage – WLR Daily

Posted January 28th, 2011 in appeals, criminal procedure, law reports, sentencing, sexual offences prevention orders by sally

Regina v Hoath; Regina v Standage [2011] WLR (D) 22

“Where a defendant had been given a statutory right of appeal against a refusal to vary a sexual offences prevention order the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division was not precluded from exercising its normal powers on an appeal where there was no express statutory power to make an order on the appeal.”

WLR Daily, 27th January 2011

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Regina (Hope and Glory Public House Ltd) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court (Westminster City Council intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted January 28th, 2011 in appeals, human rights, law reports, licensed premises, licensing, magistrates by sally

Regina (Hope and Glory Public House Ltd) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court (Westminster City Council intervening) [2011] EWCA Civ 31; [2011] WLR (D) 20

“Although an appeal to a magistrates’ court from the decision of a local authority’s licensing committee was a full rehearing on all the evidence the committee’s decision was a relevant matter to be taken into consideration and should only be reversed if the judge was satisfied that the original decision was wrong.”

WLR Daily, 27th January 2011

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CPS opens specialist Appeals Unit – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted January 27th, 2011 in appeals, Crown Prosecution Service, news by sally

“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has established a specialist Appeals Unit that will take on new cases in the appeal courts, including all work involving the Criminal Cases Review Commission and Unduly Lenient Sentences.”

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Crown Prosecution Service, 26th January 2011

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Christian hoteliers appeal against ban on gay couple – BBC News

Posted January 25th, 2011 in appeals, Christianity, news, sexual orientation discrimination by sally

“The Christian owners of a Cornwall hotel who unlawfully refused to allow a gay couple a double room have appealed.”

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BBC News, 25th January 2011

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Suffolk murder conviction appeal rejected – BBC News

Posted January 14th, 2011 in appeals, murder, news by sally

“An appeal against the conviction of a man jailed for the murder of an elderly woman in Ipswich has been rejected by High Court judges.”

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BBC News, 14th January 2011

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Footballer Calum Davenport’s attacker has jail term cut – BBC News

Posted December 20th, 2010 in appeals, grievous bodily harm, news, sentencing by sally

“A man who was jailed for six years for a knife attack on a Premier League footballer has had his jail term cut.”

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BBC News, 17th December 2010

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Appeal over hit-and-run asylum seeker – The Independent

Posted December 17th, 2010 in appeals, asylum, dangerous driving, deportation, news by sally

“The UK Border Agency will appeal against a tribunal ruling preventing the deportation of a failed asylum seeker who killed a 12-year-old girl in a hit-and-run driving incident, Immigration Minister Damian Green said today.”

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The Independent, 17th December 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Review of the Legal Year 2009 – 2010 – Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted December 17th, 2010 in appeals, criminal justice, press releases, reports by sally

“Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Review of the Legal Year 2009 – 2010.”

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Judiciary of England and Wales, 16th December 2010

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Pink Floyd Music Ltd and another v EMI Records Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted December 16th, 2010 in anonymity, appeals, law reports, private hearings by sally

Pink Floyd Music Ltd and another v EMI Records Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 1429; [2010] WLR (D) 329

“The Court of Appeal should not depart from the general rule that litigation was to be conducted in public unless a judge of that court was persuaded that there were cogent grounds for doing so.”

WLR Daily, 16th December 2010

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Appeal hearing over baby injury case in Suffolk – BBC News

Posted December 10th, 2010 in appeals, child abuse, grievous bodily harm, news by sally

“A 34-year-old woman from Suffolk found guilty of injuring a baby in her care has won the first stage of an Appeal Court bid to clear her name.”

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BBC News, 9th December 2010

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Barclays Bank plc v Guy – WLR Daily

Posted December 10th, 2010 in appeals, civil procedure rules, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

Barclays Bank plc v Guy [2010] EWCA Civ 1396; [2010] WLR (D) 321

“Where an application was made to reopen a refusal of permission to appeal by the Court of Appeal, the criteria to be applied should be the same as where application was made, pursuant to CPR r 52.17(1), to reopen a final judgment reached after a full trial.”

WLR Daily, 9th December 2010

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Coventry striker Marlon King loses sex assault appeal – BBC News

Posted December 10th, 2010 in appeals, assault, news, sexual offences by sally

“A footballer jailed for sexually assaulting a woman and punching her in the face, breaking her nose, has lost his appeal against the conviction.”

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BBC News, 9th December 2010

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Man jailed on appeal over pregnant ex-girlfriend attack – BBC News

Posted December 10th, 2010 in appeals, domestic violence, grievous bodily harm, news, sentencing by sally

“A man given a suspended sentence for repeatedly kicking his pregnant ex-girlfriend in the head has been jailed for four years after an appeal.”

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BBC News, 9th December 2010

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Judgment reserved in murder appeal as forensic evidence divides experts – The Guardian

Posted December 10th, 2010 in appeals, evidence, forensic science, murder, news by sally

“Scientists split over fibres that prosecution says links jailed office worker to home of widow killed during break-in.”

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The Guardian, 9th December 2010

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Salazar-Duarte v Government of the United States of America – WLR Daily

Posted December 3rd, 2010 in appeals, extradition, jurisdiction, law reports, service, time limits by sally

Salazar-Duarte v Government of the United States of America [2010] EWHC 3150 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 313

“For the purposes of s 103(9) of the Extradition Act 2003, the person whose extradition was sought was deemed to be informed of the extradition order against him when the solicitors acting on his behalf received a letter, whether by post, fax or e-mail, which informed him that the order had been made.”

WLR Daily, 2nd December 2010

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Appeal bid by former police chief adjourned – The Independent

Posted December 2nd, 2010 in appeals, corruption, news, police by sally

“The latest appeal bid by a former Scotland Yard commander jailed for corruption will be heard next year after his case was adjourned today for investigations into new material he hopes will prove his innocence.”

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The Independent, 1st December 2010

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UK ‘complicit in al-Qaeda man’s torture’ – BBC News

Posted December 1st, 2010 in appeals, news, terrorism, torture by sally

“A man convicted of serious terrorism offences in the UK has launched an appeal, telling judges the UK was complicit in his torture abroad.”

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BBC News, 30th November 2010

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Peter Sutcliffe to challenge high court ruling over sentence – The Guardian

Posted November 30th, 2010 in appeals, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, will tomorrow (30 November) challenge a high court ruling that he must spend the rest of his life in jail. His case will be heard at the court of appeal by the lord chief justice, Lord Judge, Mr Justice Calvert-Smith and Mr Justice Griffith Williams. In a decision in July, Mr Justice Mitting said the serial killer must serve a ‘whole life’ tariff. The former lorry driver, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, was convicted at the Old Bailey in 1981. Sutcliffe, 64, received 20 life sentences in 1981 after being convicted of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder another seven.”

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The Guardian, 29th November 2010

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Al-Qaida terrorist’s appeal argues that Britain was complicit in his torture – The Guardian

Posted November 30th, 2010 in appeals, intelligence services, news, terrorism, torture by sally

“A man convicted of serious terrorism offences is to launch an appeal against his conviction today on the grounds that the British government was complicit in the torture he suffered before being put on trial.”

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The Guardian, 30th November 2010

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RSPCA challenges decision to overturn will – The Guardian

Posted November 30th, 2010 in appeals, charities, news, wills by sally

“The RSPCA today launched a high court challenge to a ruling that overturned a will leaving the charity a £2.35m estate after a daughter contested her parents’ legacy.”

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The Guardian, 29th November 2010

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