This was a sad case involving the death of a victim in a road traffic incident in which the the Crown Prosecution Service having carefully considered the circumstances concluded that none of…
Tag: Criminal Appeals
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. v CCR. v Di Stefano (Giovanni) [2019] EWCA Crim 2101 – Registrar had no power to determine an application for leave to appeal
The Registrar of Criminal Appeals had no power to determine the substantive merits of an application for leave to appeal, but had to refer such applications to the full court pursuant to…
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…
Cross Examining a Vulnerable Witness – R v YGM [2018] EWCA Crim 2458
This Decision of the CACD gave the Court the opportunity to give further guidance on the approach to cross examination of a child witness . Defence Counsel had properly questioned the child…
– Making sure the offence is not repealed MACIEJCZYK [ 2018 ] EWCA Crim 2665
With the weight of changes in the Criminal Law and a vast amount of older statues replaced or repealed it can sometimes be hard to keep pace with all the changes ….
What is a Nullity for the CACD – R v Furniss [ 2018 ]EWCA Crim 2574
A defendant had applied to appeal the grounds were considered by the single judge who refused permission. He was wrongly advised by his solicitors that if he wished to proceed with an…