SAS sniper Danny Nightingale retrial to be challenged – BBC News

Posted April 3rd, 2013 in armed forces, firearms, news, public interest, retrials by sally

“Lawyers for an SAS sniper are to challenge whether it is in the public interest to retry him for illegally possessing a pistol and ammunition.”

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BBC News, 2nd April 2013

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Two men found responsible for Omagh bombing after landmark civil action – The Independent

Posted March 21st, 2013 in civil justice, explosives, news, retrials, terrorism by sally

“Two men connected to the republican movement in Northern Ireland have been ruled responsible for the Omagh bombing after a landmark civil action.”

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The Independent, 20th March 2013

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SAS sniper Danny Nightingale has gun possession conviction quashed – The Guardian

Posted March 14th, 2013 in appeals, firearms, guilty pleas, news, retrials by sally

“An SAS sniper has had his convictions for illegally possessing a pistol and ammunition quashed by the court of appeal.”

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The Guardian, 13th March 2013

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Rolling back the tide – Henderson v Henderson re-litigation – Hardwicke Chambers

Posted February 28th, 2013 in abuse of process, news, retrials by sally

“It always seems much easier in theory than in practice to have a claim struck out as an abuse of process under the well known principle against re-litigation known by its leading authority of Henderson v Henderson (1843) 3 Hare 100.”

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Hardwicke Chambers, 20th February 2013

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New Vicky Pryce trial jury told to begin with clean slate – The Guardian

Posted February 26th, 2013 in harassment, married persons, news, perverting the course of justice, retrials by sally

“The retrial of Vicky Pryce, the former wife of the disgraced cabinet minister Chris Huhne, has begun, with the new jury being warned to ignore anything they already knew about the case.”

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The Guardian, 25th February 2013

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Vicky Pryce retrial decision triggers defence of jury system – The Guardian

“Britain’s jury system should not be judged by the outcome of a single, complex and highly unusual case, senior lawyers have warned following the collapse of the Vicky Pryce trial.”

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The Guardian, 21st February 2013

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Vicky Pryce trial: Q: ‘Can a juror come to a verdict based on a reason that was not presented in court and has no facts or evidence to support it?’ – The Independent

Posted February 21st, 2013 in juries, news, retrials by sally

” … and nine other questions posed by the jury before the judge decided to order a retrial.”

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The Independent, 21st February 2013

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Vicky Pryce faces retrial after jury ‘fails to grasp basics’ – The Guardian

“Vicky Pryce, the ex-wife of the disgraced cabinet minister Chris Huhne, faces a retrial next week over taking speeding points for him because a jury failed to reach a verdict, after suffering what the judge described as ‘absolutely fundamental deficits in understanding’.”

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The Guardian, 20th February 2013

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Firkin brothers’ murder convictions questioned after witness jailed – BBC News

Posted February 5th, 2013 in evidence, murder, news, retrials, sentencing, witnesses by tracey

“The conviction of Robert and Lee Firkins for one of Cornwall’s most notorious
murders has been cast into doubt, the BBC has learned.”

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BBC News, 5th February 2013

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Man convicted of supplying gun to Mark Duggan – The Guardian

Posted January 31st, 2013 in firearms, news, retrials, witnesses by sally

“A man has been convicted of supplying a gun to Mark Duggan, whose shooting by police triggered the 2011 riots across England.”

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The Guardian, 31st January 2013

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Jury in FSA’s iSoft trial fail to return a verdict – The Guardian

Posted August 9th, 2012 in company directors, financial regulation, juries, news, retrials by sally

“Three ex-company directors accused of helping the owner of Barnsley football club make millions by concocting ‘fairytale’ financial results for software firm iSoft are facing a retrial after a jury failed to return a verdict on Wednesday.”

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The Guardian, 8th August 2012

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Father jailed for killing eight years after injuring baby – BBC News

Posted July 17th, 2012 in assault, homicide, news, retrials, sentencing by sally

“A father has been jailed for two years for killing his daughter, who died nearly eight years after being injured as a baby.”

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BBC News, 16th July 2012

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Student demonstration jury fails to reach verdict in violent disorder case – The Guardian

Posted April 19th, 2012 in demonstrations, news, retrials, violent disorder by tracey

“Jurors failed to reach a verdict on Wednesday on whether a student who suffered a brain injury at a university fees demonstration was guilty of violent disorder.”

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The Guardian, 18th April 2012

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Interpreting error leads to £25,000 retrial costs – The Lawyer

Posted April 17th, 2012 in costs, interpreters, news, retrials by sally

“A trial at a London court collapsed last Friday after it was revealed that an interpreter employed by Applied Language Solutions had made a grave interpreting error.”

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The Lawyer, 17th April 2012

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Regina v Feeley – WLR Daily

Posted March 19th, 2012 in appeals, child abuse, indictments, law reports, rape, retrials by sally

Regina v Feeley [2012] WLR (D) 83

“Where a defendant was being retried, following a successful appeal against conviction, there was no reason in principle why additional counts should not be added to the indictment.”

WLR Daily, 15th March 2012

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Regina v B – WLR Daily

Posted March 6th, 2012 in appeals, crime, DNA, evidence, law reports, retrials by sally

Regina v B [2012] WLR (D) 56

“For the purposes of quashing an acquittal on the ground that there was new evidence not adduced before the court in the proceedings in which the person was acquitted, evidence which had been available to be used in those proceedings but had not been used might be new evidence for those purposes.”

WLR Daily, 29th February 2012

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Corrupt police chief Ali Dizaei jailed again – The Independent

“The career of Britain’s most controversial police chief was ended today (13 February) after he was jailed for corruption for a second time – but he could be freed in three months.”

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The Independent, 13th February 2012

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AIB fraud trial of Mayfair property tycoon collapses – The Guardian

Posted January 31st, 2012 in conspiracy, fraud, news, retrials, Serious Fraud Office by sally

“The trial of Achilleas Kallakis, the onetime Mayfair property tycoon accused of using forged paperwork to trick banks, including HBOS and Allied Irish Bank, into lending £750m, has collapsed after four months. A retrial has been ordered.”

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The Guardian, 30th January 2012

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Regina v C(S) – WLR Daily

Posted January 25th, 2012 in conspiracy, law reports, locus standi, retrials by sally

Regina v C(S) [2012] EWCA Crim 6; [2012] WLR (D) 5

“At a retrial of a conspirator about whom the jury at the first trial had been unable to reach a verdict, the Crown would be entitled to tell the jury that it was the prosecution’s case that those who had been acquitted at the first trial were probably involved in the conspiracy and that the jury would be entitled to take into account the acquitted conspirators’ probable role in the importation when deciding whether they were sure that the defendant had conspired with a conspirator who had pleaded guilty.”

WLR Daily, 19th January 2012

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Jon-Jaques Clinton’s wife murder conviction quashed – BBC News

Posted January 17th, 2012 in appeals, defences, evidence, murder, news, retrials by sally

“A 45-year-old man jailed for murdering his wife after she left him and found a new man has had his conviction quashed.”

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BBC News, 17th January 2012

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