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R v R

R v R     [2010] EWCA Crim 2741, [2010] All ER (D) 300 (Nov)   Court: CA   Judgment Date: 29/11/2010   Catchwords & Digest   CRIMINAL LAW, EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE - SENTENCE - IMPRISONMENT - LENGTH OF SENTENCE - OFFENCES COMMITTED BEFORE 16 SEPTEMBER 1985 AND COMPLAINANT UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE - SENTENCES OF THREE YEARS' IMPRISONMENT IMPOSED ON SPECIFIC COUNTS WHERE MAXIMUM SENTENCE BEING TWO YEARS' IMPRISONMENT  -  WHETHER SENTENCE UNLAWFUL CRIMINAL LAW, EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE - TRIAL - SUBMISSION OF NO CASE TO ANSWER - INDECENT ASSAULT - INCEST - DEFENDANT ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING DAUGHTERS - DEFENDANT ALLEGING COLLUSION BETWEEN COMPLAINANTS - INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS - JUDGE...

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R v Mawhinney

R v Mawhinney     [2004] EWCA Crim 2234, [2004] All ER (D) 560 (Jul)   Court: CA   Judgment Date: 30/07/2004   Catchwords & Digest   CRIMINAL LAW, EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE - TRIAL - DIRECTION TO JURY - STATUS OF EVIDENCE - ADEQUACY OF DIRECTIONS The defendants and co-defendant were charged with and denied alternative offences of murder and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.  The prosecution's case was that the defendants had carried out a punishment killing of the victim having suspected him of theft of a sentimental ring from a family member and that the co-defendant had made sure that the victim was alone by taking the victim's wife...

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560 Hostile witnesses

  Download Request: Current Document: 7 Time Of Request: Monday, February 02, 2015  15:27:13   Send To: Summer Eudoxie JUDICIARY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO HALL OF JUSTICE KNOX STREET PORT OF SPAIN, TTO   Terms: (stephen's digest)   Source: All Subscribed Sources Project ID: None   Halsbury's Laws of England/CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (VOLUME 27 (2010), PARAS 1-451; VOLUME 28 (2010), PARAS 452-962)/10.  EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES/ (9)  EXAMINATION IN CHIEF/560.  Hostile witnesses.   Hostile witnesses.   A hostile witness (sometimes referred to as a witness who proves 'adverse'1) is one who is not merely disappointing or unfavourable to the party calling him, but is also, in the opinion of the court, unwilling to tell the truth at the instance...

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Tobago autonomy ‘gimmickry’

Chairman of the Tobago Business Chamber Martin George is calling on Tobago to put aside its obsession with self-governance and focus first on its economic independence. In a video sent via WhatsApp on Monday, George said if Tobago gets financial independence, all others would fall into place. George said it is “unfortunate and regrettable” that there seems to be an imbroglio over the question of the Tobago autonomy bill. “The fact of the matter is that when one considers the scenario in Tobago, the more important aspects that persons should be focussing on is to try to ensure that there is economic and...

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Tobago Chamber pays tribute to deceased hardware owner

The Tobago Business Chamber on Monday expressed condolences to the family of Curtis Phillips who died in a vehicular accident on Sunday. Phillips, the owner of TK hardware, died after his Ford Ranger crashed head-on with a Nissan Frontier along Plymouth Road, Scarborough. According to police, Phillips got out his vehicle and collapsed. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the DMO. The three occupants of the other vehicle were taken to the Scarborough General Hospital. Tobago Business Chamber chairman Martin George, in a WhatsApp video sent to the media, hailed the business acumen of Phillips whom he described as...

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Tobago gets to do what it wants

Has Tobago been allowed to spend billions of taxpayers dollars with little or no oversight and even less accountability to the people of T&T whose money it is entrusted every year? The Tobago House of Assembly by Act 37 of 1980 has been ascribed significantly more power than any other local government body in the country. In its revised legislation, a formula was set for its funding that ensures the Minister of Finance provides a minimum percentage of the national budget to the island. Part of the rationale for the governance arrangements for Tobago are that the island is under-developed re: Trinidad...

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George supports Govt’s reopening plan

“Lives before livelihoods.” That is Tobago Business Chamber’s take on Government’s phased reopening plan after most of the country was shut down to reduce the spread of COVID-19 weeks ago. Speaking with Tobago Today on the issue, the chamber’s chairman Martin George said the organisation fully supports Government’s plan as it’s “a measured and balanced attempt at reopening.” “The Tobago Business Chamber wishes to lend its support to the Government’s efforts to stage a phased reopening of the country...

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