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Photographs, Video Recordings and Films

in Criminal Law - Admissibility of photographs

Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2017/Part F Evidence/Section F8 Documentary Evidence and Real Evidence/Real Evidence/Photographs, Video Recordings and Films Photographs, Video Recordings and Films F8.58 A photograph may be admitted in evidence to enable a witness to identify a person or thing. In Tolson (1864) 4 F & F 103, a case of bigamy, a photograph was produced, which was admitted to be a photograph of the first husband, and a witness was allowed to testify that he had seen the man in the photograph alive after the date of the allegedly bigamous marriage. A photograph (or film) the relevance of which can be established by...

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Photograph and Video Evidence in Court

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Criminal Law and Justice Weekly (formerly Justice of the Peace)/2002/Issue 25, June/Articles/Photograph and Video Evidence in Court - (2002) 166 JPN 488 Justice of the Peace Since 1837 The Journal Dedicated to Magisterial and Local Government Law (2002) 166 JPN 488 22 June 2002 Photograph and Video Evidence in Court This Week Article Alec Samuels © Reed Elsevier (UK) Ltd 2002 The photograph and the video represent powerful visual evidence. Visual evidence is generally more compelling than any other form of evidence. The photograph and the video is frequently proffered or given in evidence. However, there can be technical and legal problems. Proof of Accuracy The normal way to prove the authenticity...

04 August

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R v Cole

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All England Official Transcripts (1997-2008) R v Cole Criminal law - Trial - Dangerous driving - Judge intervening and making adverse comments about defence case - Judge openly hostile to defence counsel - Judge failing adequately to sum up case - Whether trial unfair - Whether conviction unsafe [2008] EWCA Crim 3234 (Transcript: Wordwave International Ltd (A Merrill Communications Company)) COURT OF APPEAL (CRIMINAL DIVISION) LATHAM LJ, ANDREW SMITH J, JUDGE SCOTT-GALL QC (sitting as a judge of the CACD) 17 DECEMBER 2008 17 DECEMBER 2008 K Howarth for the Appellant/Defendant M Maynard for the Crown Registrar of Criminal Appeals; Crown Prosecution Service LATHAM LJ (V-P): (reading the judgment of the court) [1] On...

04 August

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R v Chaaban

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All England Official Transcripts (1997-2008) R v Chaaban Criminal evidence and procedure - Case management - Refusal of application for adjournment - Judicial control of timetable - Fairness of trial. [2003] EWCA Crim 1012 (Transcript: Smith Bernal) COURT OF APPEAL (CRIMINAL DIVISION) JUDGE LJ, GRIGSON J, JUDGE STEPHENS QC (Sitting as a Judge of the CACD) 20 MARCH 2003 20 MARCH 2003 P Rose for the Appellant A Haycroft for the Crown JUDGE LJ (reading the judgment of the court): [1] The appellant is a family man of previous good character, in his early forties. On 25 May 2001 in the Crown Court at Middlesex Guildhall before His Honour Judge Blacksell QC and...

04 August

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R v Butt

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All England Official Transcripts (1997-2008) R v Butt Criminal evidence and procedure - Case management - Limitation on questioning of witness - Fairness. [2005] EWCA Crim 805 (Transcript: Smith Bernal) COURT OF APPEAL (CRIMINAL DIVISION) DYSON LJ, DOBBS J, JUDGE FINDLAY BAKER QC 17 MARCH 2005 17 MARCH 2005 J Mcintosh for the Appellant G Etherton for the Crown DYSON LJ (reading the judgment of the court): [1] On 23 January 2004 in the Crown Court at Croydon before His Honour Judge Pratt and a jury, the appellant was convicted of rape and sentenced to six years' imprisonment. He appeals against conviction by leave of the single judge. The ground on which he...

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Malcolm v DPP

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All England Official Transcripts (1997-2008) Malcolm v Director of Public Prosecutions Magistrates - Procedure - Evidence - Magistrates' discretion to permit calling of evidence - Prosecution witness called after defence case closed [2007] EWHC 363 (Admin) CO/10295/2005, (Transcript: Wordwave International Ltd (A Merrill Communications Company)) QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION (DIVISIONAL COURT) MAURICE KAY LJ, STANLEY BURNTON J 30 JANUARY, 27 FEBRUARY 2007 27 FEBRUARY 2007 R Calder for the Appellant/Defendant B Aina for the Respondent Vickers & Co; CPS STANLEY BURNTON J: Introduction [1] This is an appeal by way of case stated from the decision of Barnet Magistrates' Court of 18 August 2005 convicting the Appellant of the offence of driving a motor vehicle...

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DPP v RADZIWILOWICZ

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Neutral Citation Number: [2014] EWHC 2283 (Admin) Case No. CO/17614/2013 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION DIVISIONAL COURT Royal Courts of Justice Strand London WC2A 2LL Date: Wednesday, 25 June 2014 B e f o r e: SIR BRIAN LEVESON (THE PRESIDENT OF THE QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION) MR JUSTICE CRANSTON - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Between: THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS Claimant v RADZIWILOWICZ Defendant - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Computer‑Aided Transcript of the Stenograph Notes of WordWave International Limited A Merrill Communications Company 165 Fleet Street London EC4A 2DY Tel No: 020 7404 1400 Fax No: 020...

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J and Another v C and Others (1969)

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All England Law Reports/1969/Volume 1 /J and Another v C and Others - [1969] 1 All ER 788 [1969] 1 All ER 788 J and Another v C and Others HOUSE OF LORDS LORD GUEST, LORD MACDERMOTT, LORD UPJOHN, LORD DONOVAN AND LORD PEARSON 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18 DECEMBER 1968, 19 FEBRUARY 1969 Infant - Guardianship of Infants Acts - Custody - Welfare of infant as first and paramount consideration - Parents - Right of parents to custody subordinate to welfare of infant - Order for custody and adoption order contrasted - No consideration of comity arising out of nationality of parents -...

22 July

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FULLER v. O’BRIEN TT 2015 HC 7

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Citation: TT 2015 HC 7 Title: FULLER v. O’BRIEN Country: Trinidad and Tobago Court: High Court Suit No.: FH 01677/2011; FH 02354/2011 Judge(s): Ramkerrysingh, J. Date: 2015 (undated) Subject: Family Law Subsubject: Children – Maintenance and custody – Whether the respondent should be mandated to enter into a bond where the lack of bond would mean that the Order could not be implemented for some indefinite time – Consideration of the circumstances under which a bond would be required – Performance bond – Mirror Order – Convention of the Civil Aspects of International Abduction – Finding that custody, care and control of the child granted to the respondent...

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FULLER v. O’BRIEN TT 2013 HC 206

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Citation: TT 2013 HC 206 Title: FULLER v. O’BRIEN Country: Trinidad and Tobago Court: High Court Suit No.: FH 1677 of 2011; FH 2354 of 2011 Judge(s): Ramkerrysingh, J. Date: July 8, 2013 Subject: Family Law Subsubject: Children – Custody – Removal of child from jurisdiction – Welfare of child – Best interests of child – Respondent retained care and custody of child – Respondent permitted to remove the child from jurisdiction – Applicant allowed to have access to the child – Family law (Guardianship of Minors, Domicile and Maintenance Act, Section 3 and 4. Appearances: Ms. Cherisse Huggins for the applicant Mr. Kirk Hogan Instructed by Mrs. Kathy Ann Hogan...

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