Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Anderson, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 2553 (03 November 2010)

Anderson, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 2553 (03 November 2010)

AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE DANGERS OF GETTING IN A MUDDLE

and the need to keep clear notes and records

Monday, 8 November 2010

Phil Woolas loses first part of battle against court ruling - Telegraph

Phil Woolas loses first part of battle against court ruling - Telegraph


matter on paper.

Mr Justice Silber said a decision of the election court dealing with parliamentary election petitions "is not amenable to judicial review because it is a decision of High Court judges sitting in their capacity as High Court judges".

EXACTLY AS I PREDICTED

Friday, 5 November 2010

Racal Communications Ltd, Re [1980] UKHL 5 (03 July 1980)

Racal Communications Ltd, Re [1980] UKHL 5 (03 July 1980)

"f the proper view of the action taken by the Court of Appeal in the instant case is that they purported to exercise on their own behalf that jurisdiction which they concluded Vinelott J. had " renounced ", they were in effect conducting a judicial review of a High Court decision. But it has to be said that they had no power to do that. The Court of Appeal is a member of the Supreme Court of Judicature, but" it is not a member of the High Court " (per Scrutton, L.J. in In re Carroll [1931] 1 K.B. 105, at 107), and all applications, for judicial review must be made to a Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division and in the manner prescribed by R.S.C., Order 53, r. 3.

Monday, 1 November 2010

BAILII: Recent Decisions « Current Awareness

BAILII: Recent Decisions « Current Awareness

F, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 2243 (17 September 2010)

F, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 2243 (17 September 2010)




IMPORTANT CASE*****


In making his ruling that the two-person rule was not satisfied in this case, the learned judge referred to and applied the law on this point as most recently expounded by Thomas LJ in the judgment of this court in R v Hamilton [2007] EWCA Crim 2062.