This was a case where an applicant chose to pursue his application for permission to appeal 34 years after the event. The Single Judge had found no adequate explanation for the decision…
Category: Criminal Appeals
Jeremy Bamber – The story yet to be told ?
In the history of criminal convictions in the modern era, there remains one mystifying tragedy and story which still seems to catch the public imagination namely the case almost universally colloquially referred…
R v Westbrook;R v Richardson [2020] EWCA Crim 1243 – Procedural Errors do not render a Judges Decision pronounced in open court invalid
Various procedural erros and delays had occured in the production of court orders in confiscation proceedings , this included an error with regard ot what was pronounced in open Court but the…
R v Tierney-Campbell [2020] EWCA Crim 1194 – Setting Aside A Guilty Plea
This applicaiton to appeal presented the opportunity for the Court of Appeal to set out succictly the Courts approach to when it could act over an applicaiton to set aside a guilty…
R. (on the application of Bamber) v Crown Prosecution Service [2020 ] [2020] EWHC 1391 (Admin)
Judicial review was not the most suitable approach to challenging a refusal by the CPS of a request for disclosure of evidence which a man convicted of five murders said would undermine…
Appealing to the CACD – Solicitors Perspective
During Justice week last year the Law Society hosted a training session on Criminal Appeal Work with the Court of Appeal , The CCRC and a presentation on the Solicitors Perspective on…
The Curious Case of Victor Nealon
When Victor Nealon was sat in his prison cell after yet another rejection by the Criminal Cases Review Commission in 2002, he may have wondered whether he would ever get his liberty…
Justice Committee – Is it time to ask searching questions of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division
[ This Article first appeared on Inside Justice and then The Justice Gap ] When the House of Commons’ justice committee finally decided to undertake a longer inquiry into the Criminal Cases…
Quashing Victor Nealon’s Conviction
On Friday 13th December the Conviction of Victor Nealon was finally quashed by the Court of Appeal with the reasons to be supplied early in the New Year . It had been…
Gogna Affidavit – Fresh Evidence
As a Result of our Paper on Fresh Evidence questions have been asked as to the nature and form af a “gogna” affidavit . The Affidavit or statement is a record of…