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Regina v Dobson – WLR Daily

Posted May 20th, 2011 in evidence, law reports, murder, retrials by sally

Regina v Dobson [2011] EWCA Crim 1256; [2011] WLR (D) 167

“Where the Court of Appeal was considering, for the purposes of quashing an acquittal, whether there was new and compelling evidence, provided the new evidence was reliable, substantial and appeared to be highly probative it would be compelling for the purposes of section 78 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003: otherwise it would not.”

WLR Daily, 18th May 2011

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Regina v D (N); Regina v P (A); Regina v U (S) – WLR Daily

Posted May 20th, 2011 in bad character, child abuse, evidence, indecent photographs of children, law reports, news, sexual offences by sally

Regina v D (N); Regina v P (A); Regina v U (S) [2011] WLR (D) 166

“Evidence that a defendant had viewed child pornography was capable of being adduced in evidence at trial under section 101(1)(d) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to demonstrate a propensity for offences involving the sexual abuse of children.”

WLR Daily, 17th May 2011

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Aitken v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis – WLR Daily

Posted May 20th, 2011 in disability discrimination, EC law, employment tribunals, law reports, mental health by sally

Aitken v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2011] EWCA Civ 582; [2011] WLR (D) 165

“Parties and their lawyers using the tribunal system should not draw the appellate courts into unnecessary speculation as to what the law would be if an employment tribunal had found the facts differently. Users of the tribunal system needed to be reminded that they needed evidence to prove facts; they needed facts on which to base legal submissions; and they needed real, not imaginary, questions of law for any appeal.”

WLR Daily, 18th May 2011

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Serious Organised Crime Agency v Perry and others (No 2) – WLR Daily

Posted May 20th, 2011 in assets recovery, extraterritoriality, jurisdiction, law reports, proceeds of crime by sally

Serious Organised Crime Agency v Perry and others (No 2) [2011] EWCA Civ 578; [2011] WLR (D) 164

“A court in England and Wales had the power under Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to make a recovery order in favour of the trustee for civil recovery in respect of recoverable property outside the jurisdiction, whether moveable or immoveable.”

WLR Daily, 18th May 2011

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Twitter does not render injunctions pointless, judge warns – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 20th, 2011 in injunctions, internet, news, privacy by sally

“Mr Justice Tugendhat insisted anyone who uses the internet to breach a court order still leaves themselves open to a claim for damages.”