ARTICLES AND NEWS

Algorithm used to assess weight of drugs sold in county line cases

Stacey-lee Holland successfully opposed the defence application for leave to appeal in a case where the police had used an algorithm to...

No returns

2 Dr J fully supports the 'no returns' policy proposed by the Criminal Bar Association in relation to legally aided criminal defence work.

No case to answer in victimless prosecution

Stacey-lee Holland, instructed by Bassets solicitors, successfully argued that there was no case to answer in respect of a man charged...

Successful prosecution of multi-handed drug debt kidnapping

Significant custodial sentences were imposed following convictions of 4 defendants for an offence of kidnapping. Stacey-lee Holland was...

Crown offer no evidence after evidence of intoxicated witness is excluded

In a domestic related incident, a young female was accused of causing a significant injury to her partner during an argument at their...

No evidence offered in Bigamy case defended by Charles Hannaford

This week the Crown offered no evidence in relation to a single count of Bigamy. The defendant had first appeared at Court in 2020,...

Serious Crime Prevention Orders (SCPO)

Stacey-Lee Holland explores the basics of sexual crime prevention orders (SCPOs)

Court of Appeal gives guidance on late arraignments prior to retrial

Tim Sleigh-Johnson secured an acquittal of the defendant at the Court of Appeal in R v A [2020] EWCA Crim 1801 following a failure by the CP

“Who are they going to believe, me or you?” Avenues for addressing police misconduct

A consideration of the avenues for addressing police misconduct in light of the recorded incident on 17 April 2020

What do we tell historic sexual offence complainants now?

Rebecca Cohen Today, the full court of the High Court of Australia – the nation’s seven most senior judges – unanimously allowed Cardinal...

At what price justice? When less is not more.

Stacey-Lee Holland On the 23rd March 2020, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Lord Chief Justice announced that all new jury...

The risk of that cheaper holiday

Sophia Stapleton It is undeniable that the cost of going on a family vacation significantly increases during the school holidays. As the...

Criminal Courts, Civil Injunctions, or DVPO?

Sufferers of domestic violence are able to seek help through the civil courts by seeking a non-molestation order, providing they are...