“The case was concerned both with the approach the Criminal Cases Review Commission should take when deciding whether to refer a case to the Court of Appeal and also the approach the Administrative Court should take when considering a challenge to a refusal by the CCRC to refer a case ...”

ADDED Thursday 24^th December 2020

“The case concerned the admissibility in evidence of a suicide note and an Achieving Best Evidence (ABE) interview under the hearsay provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and, separately, the refusal to discharge a jury following the inadvertent admission of inadmissible and potentially prejudicial material ...”

ADDED Wednesday 23^rd December

“This was a prosecution brought by the Serious Fraud Office against a number of senior executives of Tesco Stores Ltd, alleging fraud by abuse of position and false accounting. The parent company, Tesco Plc, had in earlier proceedings, which concluded in April 2017, entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement, requiring it to pay a financial penalty of just under £129 million ...”

ADDED Tuesday 22^nd December 2020

“The case was concerned with the jurisdictional consequences of a failure by magistrates to follow the plea and mode of trial procedure and also with the circumstances in which the Administrative Court may make an award under the civil costs regime in a criminal cause or matter ...”

ADDED Monday 21^st December 2020

“The case was concerned with the situation where there have been lengthy separations of the jury after they have retired to consider their verdicts ...”

ADDED Friday 18^th December 2020

“The case was concerned with whether deception as to a person’s status as a doctor is capable of vitiating consent to a medical procedure, so as to make it an assault ...”

ADDED Thursday 17^th December 2020

“The appeal concerned the stage of a criminal investigation at which the obligation arises to caution a person being spoken to by the police and to advise that person of their right to legal advice etc ...”

ADDED Wednesday 16^th December 2020

“The case was concerned with identification through social media ...”

ADDED Tuesday 15^th December 2020

“The case was concerned with whether the Crown Prosecution Service had a claim under a criminal confiscation order which it could enforce against the identified proceeds of a fraud in priority to the proprietary claim of the company whose directors were the chief engineers of that fraud ...”

ADDED Monday 14^th December 2020

“The case was concerned with the law of gross negligence manslaughter and, specifically, the requirement that an alleged breach of duty must have given rise to a serious and obvious risk of death ...”

ADDED Friday 11^th December 2020