R v Abdurahman (Ismail) [2020] 1 Cr App R 27

“The case concerned the conviction of a man, who had provided assistance to one of those responsible for the London bombings in July 2005 in an attempt to help him evade justice, and the status to be accorded by the Court of Appeal to a finding by the European Court of Human Rights that there had been a violation of the defendant’s right to a fair trial under Article 6 of the Convention...”

R v Allen (Leslie) [2019] EWCA Crim 1256

“The case concerned the provisions in Part 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 which, where jury tampering has taken place, allow a trial on indictment to continue before a judge alone, with the judge deciding the guilt or innocence of the defendant ...”

R (Islam) v Home Secretary [2019] EWHC 2169 (Admin)

“The case concerned the lawfulness of the Home Secretary’s decision to remove the citizenship of a British national who had travelled to Syria to join ISIL and whether she was under an obligation to repatriate to the United Kingdom British citizens who, having joined ISIL, had subsequently surrendered and were held in custody there ...”

R v Montaut [2020] 2 Cr App R (S) 7

“The case concerned the approach that a sentencing judge should take when contemplating passing a sentence of imprisonment just above the two-year threshold, below which such a sentence could, in principle, be suspended ...”

Thakrar v CPS [2020] 1 All ER 704

“The case was concerned with what constitutes a ‘criminal cause or matter’; the route of appeal from a decision of the High Court in relation to such a cause or matter; and the practical arrangements in the Administrative Court for dealing with such cases ...”

Campaign Against Anti-Semitism v DPP [2019] EWHC 9 (Admin)

“The court had to consider the balance between freedom of expression and the need to maintain public order, and to determine whether the DPP had acted irrationally in taking over and discontinuing a private prosecution on the grounds that particular words were not ‘abusive’ for the purposes of section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 ...”

R v PY [2019] 1 Cr App R 22

“The case was concerned with the form in which the prosecution has to inform the Crown Court of the various preliminary matters which are required of it before it can launch an interlocutory appeal against a terminating ruling - specifically whether the prosecution is required to inform the court of those matters in open court ...”