Drug dealer wins car crash compensation battle – Daily Telegraph
‘High Court rules British laws on uninsured drivers are ‘in plain breach’ of European Union directives.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: drug offences
R (on the application of Fitzroy George) (Respondent) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 14th May 2014
What can we learn from drug courts? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘Why were drug courts set up?
The introduction of drug courts in the UK has followed a slightly different trajectory to other jurisdictions, where drug courts filled an important gap in the range of community-based sanctions available to the courts to deal with drug-related crime.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th May 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Drug driving limits announced – Daily Telegraph
‘Legal limits to prevent drug driving have been set out for the first time by ministers in new laws which will come into force this autumn’
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Teen jailed after he got lethal arsenal delivered to family home – Daily Telegraph
‘A teenager who bought a machine gun online and had it delivered to his family home, along with hundreds of rounds of ammunition and nunchucks, has been jailed for six years.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina v Elsayed – WLR Daily
Regina v Elsayed; [2014] EWCA Crim 333; [2014] WLR (D) 125
‘For the purposes of confiscation proceedings the market value of drugs might vary depending for example on the time at which the drugs were obtained or the capacity or role of the person obtaining them and a judge was entitled to make findings of fact as to what a defendant would do with those drugs, ie sell them as a dealer at street level. Such findings of fact necessarily bore on the value of the property obtained by the defendant.’
WLR Daily, 4th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Dang (Manh Toan) and others – WLR Daily
Regina v Dang (Manh Toan) and others; [2014] EWCA Crim 348; [2014] WLR (D) 118
‘For a defendant to be guilty of conspiring, contrary to the section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977, “to be concerned” in the production of a controlled drug, contrary to section 4(1)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, by supplying equipment to assist others to produce the drug, he had to share in the drug producer’s purpose and had to lend his assistance for that purpose. A generalised awareness that the equipment might be used for the unlawful purpose would not suffice.’
WLR Daily, 7th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Jahmel Jones shooting: Lecturer Rachel Kenehan jailed for helping murderers – BBC News
‘A university lecturer who helped her boyfriend and two others escape after they shot dead a rival drug dealer has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prison officer Julie Turton jailed over sex and drugs – BBC News
‘A prison officer who had sex with an inmate and supplied drugs to prisoners at HMP Birmingham has been jailed.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
DPP Alison Saunders announces plan to seize more criminal assets hidden abroad – BBC News
‘The director of public prosecutions for England and Wales has unveiled a new drive to clamp down on criminals hiding their assets abroad.’
BBC News, 24th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Tranquilliser ketamine will be upgraded to Class B – The Independent
‘Ketamine, the horse tranquiliser that has become a popular party drug, is to be upgraded from a class C to a class B banned substance by the Government in an attempt to deter its increasing use.’
The Independent, 12th February 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Disclosure costs force CPS to drop drugs case – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence in a case of alleged conspiracy to supply class A drugs after the judge refused a prosecution application to adduce new evidence on the second day of the trial.’
Law Society’s Gazette. 14th January 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Drug-dealing father of 22 spared jail to care for son – Daily Telegraph
‘Drug-dealing father who has 22 children with 11 women has sentence suspended after judge ruled he needed to help his girlfriend look after their seven-month-old baby.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th January 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Legal highs’ review launched – BBC News
‘A new review of “legal highs” could lead to sweeping changes to UK drug legislation, the Home Office has said.’
BBC News, 12th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Treasury inquiry announced into Co-op Bank turmoil as Paul Flowers bailed – The Independent
‘An independent Treasury inquiry into the turmoil at the Co-operative Bank, including the appointment of Paul Flowers as its chairman, was announced tonight by Chancellor George Osborne.’
The Independent, 22nd November 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court of Appeal refuses anonymity for offender – UK Human Rights Blog
“Only ‘clear and cogent evidence’ that it was strictly necessary to keep an offender’s identity confidential would lead a court to derogate from the principle of open justice. The possibility of a media campaign that might affect the offender’s resettlement could not work as a justification for banning reporting about that offender, even though a prominent and inaccurate report about him had already led to harassment of his family.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Drug baron told to pay £185m – or face a further 10 years in jail – The Guardian
“One of Britain’s most notorious drug smugglers has been told to pay £185m – or face another 10 years in jail. Curtis Warren, the only drug dealer to make it on to the Sunday Times Rich List, faces trial this week in Jersey where he was jailed in 2007 over a £1m cannabis-smuggling plot.”
The Guardian, 20th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pensioner handed jail sentence for selling crack cocaine – The Independent
“A ‘flamboyantly’ dressed pensioner who would leave his sheltered housing to sell crack cocaine in Soho, London has been jailed.”
The Independent, 15th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Analysis: HMP Oakwood report – BBC News
“The official website for HMP Oakwood says that it wants to ‘inspire, motivate and guide prisoners to become the best they can be.'”
BBC News, 8th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
A cautionary tale – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced a ‘radical’ overhaul of simple cautions whereby their use will be banned in dealing with all indictable-only offences – ie serious offences such as robbery and serious assault that can only be tried in a Crown Court before a jury –and possession of any offensive weapon (including a knife), supplying Class A drugs and a range of sexual offences against children, including child prostitution and pornography.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 4th October 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
