In the exceptional circumstances of this appeal against a murder conviction where the defence relied on an expert report not available at trial, a retrial was ordered as the jury might have taken a different view of the evidence and the trial judge would not have summed up the evidence of the Crown’s pathologist as he did. The appellant was convicted of murder at the subsequent re-trial.
01.12.2003
Two multi million pound international missing trader carousel frauds (MTIC) causing a loss to the Revenue in excess of £37 million in VAT.
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06.11.2003
This was a refusal of a leave to appeal against a conviction for two counts of soliciting murder following a guilty plea consequent on the refusal of proceedings for abuse...
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29.09.2003
One of a series of six multi-handed "Missing Trader" fraud trials involving mobile phones, which deprived the public purse of nearly £16.5m in unpaid tax.
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R v Taylor
The Times, 8 October 2003 [2003] EWCA Crim 2447
13.09.2003
The appellant's conviction for the murder of her allegedly violent husband was safe. The judge had set out the elements of provocation sufficiently clearly and had identified the relevant evidence.
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31.07.2003
This case involved a firm of solicitors acting for two drug charge defendants offering cut-throat defences. One of the convicted defendants appealed on the ground of conflict of interest...
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27.06.2003
This 5-month long case concerned an international advance fee fraud perpetrated against business loan applicants in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand of down payments made for phantom loans...
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03.05.2003
Concerning the proper detention of a convict suffering from an untreatable psychopathic disorder.
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02.05.2003
This was a successful rebuff of an appeal against a conviction for murder concerning the potential impact of an uncalled for witness.
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16.04.2003
A conviction for murder referred by the Criminal Cases Review Commission. The conviction was held to be safe, as none of the matters raised by the appellant would have affected...
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09.04.2003
Concerning the Real IRA mainland campaign which included bombing the BBC White City, Ealing Broadway and Birmingham Smallbrook. Five men were convicted of conspiracy to cause explosions.
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17.03.2003
This was a referral from the Criminal Cases Review Commission against a conviction for the offence of wounding with intent. The appellant was acquitted of attempted murder and was sentenced...
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10.03.2003
One of the biggest anti-corruption investigations in the UK. The Court of Appeal upheld the convictions of five Flying Squad members for stealing more than £200,000 of the money recovered...
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04.03.2003
This multi-handed appeal against conviction for murder is now a guidance case on severance. The Court of Appeal held that where there was more than one defendant it was in...
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03.03.2003
An appeal (upheld) against a conviction for robbery and possessing a firearm or imitation firearm with intent to rob a bank.
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Re Kanaris
(HL) [2003] UKHL 2; [2003] 1 WLR 443; [2003] 1 All ER 593; [2003] 2 CAR 1; [2004] Crim LR 69
30.01.2003
No rule of statute or practice prevented a judge from ordering a separate preparatory hearing in respect of one defendant jointly charged (with money laundering) if he considered that it...
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15.01.2003
Appeals against convictions for murder were allowed where the court could not be satisfied that the trial judge had given proper directions on identification evidence in summing-up and the remaining...
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