Kajala v Noble (1982) 75 Cr App Rep 149 Court: CA Judgment Date: circa 1982 Catchwords & Digest EVIDENCE - GENERAL PRINCIPLES - NECESSITY FOR BEST EVIDENCE - AS TO FACTS - BEST EVIDENCE -- VIDEO RECORDING -- COPY OF ORIGINAL -- ADMISSIBILITY The defendant was convicted of an offence contrary to the Public Order Act 1936, s 5, committed during a serious disturbance. He had been identified by a prosecution witness, who had recognized him on a BBC news programme concerning the incident. As it was BBC policy not to allow originals of their firms to leave the premises, the prosecution had relied upon a...
Continue readingNeutral Citation Number: [2010] EWCA Crim 123 Case No: 200804169B1 COURT OF APPEAL (CRIMINAL DIVISION) ON APPEAL FROM LINCOLN CROWN COURT HIS HONOUR JUDGE HEATH Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, WC2A 2LL Date: 09/02/2010 Before : LORD JUSTICE PILL MR JUSTICE BENNETT and MR JUSTICE FIELD - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Between : James Daniel Curtis Defendant - and - Regina Prosecution - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mr...
Continue readingCase No. CO/754/2001 Neutral Citation Number: [2001] EWHC Admin 483 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION (DIVISIONAL COURT) Royal Courts of Justice Strand London WC2 Date: Thursday, 21st June 2001 B e f o r e: LORD JUSTICE LATHAM and MR JUSTICE FORBES KEVIN MALCOLM PRATT Appellant v DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS Respondent (Computer-aided Transcript of the Stenograph Notes of Smith Bernal Reporting Limited 190 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2AG Telephone No: 0207 421 4040/0207 404 1400 Fax No: 0207 831 8838 Official Shorthand Writers to the Court) MR N WOODHOUSE (instructed by Martyn Hewett, The Chestnuts, Shepherdswell, Kent CT15 7NU) appeared on behalf of the Appellant. MR J CAUSER (instructed by CPS Berkshire Branch Office, Eaton Court, 112 Oxford Road, Reading,...
Continue readingNo: 200004512/Z2 Neutral Citation Number: [2001] EWCA Crim 1251 IN THE COURT OF APPEAL CRIMINAL DIVISION Royal Courts of Justice The Strand London WC2A 2LL Thursday 17th May 2001 B E F O R E : LORD JUSTICE KENNEDY (Vice President of the Queen's Bench Division) MR JUSTICE CURTIS and MR JUSTICE HUGHES - - - - - - - - - - - - - R E G I N A v S.P.C. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Computer Aided Transcript of the Stenograph Notes of Smith Bernal Reporting Limited 190 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2AG Tel No: 020 7421 4040 Fax No: 020 7831 8838 (Official Shorthand Writers to the Court) - - -...
Continue readingB2/01/0695 Neutral Citation Number: [2001] EWCA Civ 1233 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) ON APPEAL FROM THE LAMBETH COUNTY COURT (HIS HONOUR JUDGE COX) Royal Courts of Justice Strand London WC2A 2LL Wednesday 18 July 2001 B e f o r e: THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS (LORD PHILLIPS) LORD JUSTICE JONATHAN PARKER LORD MUSTILL - - - - - - ESTHER THOMAS Claimant/Respondent - v - NEWS GROUP NEWSPAPERS LIMITED SIMON HUGHES Defendants/Appellants - - - - - - (Computer Aided Transcript of the Palantype Notes of Smith Bernal Reporting Limited, 190 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2AG Tel: 020 7421 4040 Fax: 020 7831 8838 Official Shorthand Writers to the Court) - - - - - - MR...
Continue readingR v Vye; R v Wise; R v Stephenson [1993] 3 All ER 241, [1993] 1 WLR 471, 97 Cr App Rep 134, 157 JP 953, [1993] 14 LS Gaz R 42, [1993] NLJR 400, (1993) Times, 22 February Court: CA Crim Judgment Date: 18/02/1993 Catchwords & Digest CRIMINAL LAW, EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE - CHARACTER OF ACCUSED – GOOD CHARACTER – CREDIBILITY AND PROPENSITY TO COMMIT OFFENCE – EFFECT OF DEFENDANT’S GOOD CHARACTER ON CREDIBILITY AND PROPENSITY TO COMMIT OFFENCE – DIRECTION TO JURY – DIRECTION TO JURY AS TO RELEVANCE OF GOOD CHARACTER TO CREDIBILITY WHERE DEFENDANT DOES NOT GIVE EVIDENCE BUT...
Continue readingFOURTH SECTION CASES OF AL-KHAWAJA AND TAHERY THE UNITED KINGDOM (Application nos. 26766/05 and 22228/06) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 20 January 2009 Referral to the Grand Chamber 01/03/2010 This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.In the case of Al-Khawaja and Tahery v. the United Kingdom, The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of: Josep Casadevall, President, Nicolas Bratza, Giovanni Bonello, Kristaq Traja, Ljiljana Mijović, Ján Šikuta, Päivi Hirvelä, judges, and Lawrence Early, Section Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 16 December 2008, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date: PROCEDURE The cases...
Continue readingWest Indian Reports/Volume 2 /Spencer v Bramble - (1960) 2 WIR 222 (1960) 2 WIR 222 Spencer v Bramble SUPREME COURT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO -- APPELLATE JURISDICTION BLAGDEN AND HYATALI JJ 6 OCTOBER 1959, 19 MARCH 1960 Practice -- Summary Courts -- Non-appearance of defendant -- Hearing ex parte -- Procedure to set aside conviction obtained ex parte -- Whether by way of appeal, case stated or certiorari -- Summary Courts Ordinance, Cap 3, No 4 [T], ss 41, 57 (1), 63 (1), (4), 127, 155 (1) -- Judicature Ordinance, Cap 3, No 1 [T], s 34. Practice -- Appeals from Summary Court to Supreme Court...
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