Criminal Appeals Bulletin from Doughty Street Chambers

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Issue 28 | March 2019

Criminal Appeals Bulletin

Paul Taylor QC

Welcome

Welcome to the March edition of our monthly Criminal Appeals Bulletin.

The Bulletin aims to highlight recent changes in case law and procedure in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, the Caribbean and Hong Kong and to provide practical guidance to those advising on appellate matters. Our monthly case summaries illustrate when an appellate court is likely to interfere with conviction or sentence, as well as looking at the courts’ approach to procedural matters.

The featured article focuses on a current appeal topic - in this edition Joel Bennathan QC looks at the CACD’s latest POCA case.

In this issue we also look at:

- The latest CACD decisions on the Jogee joint enterprise, the house holder defence, sentencing historic sex offences and contradicting an agreed basis of plea;

- The NICA’s consideration of hearsay evidence and res gestae;

- Hong Kong appeals dealing with ignorance of the law and criminal damage caused by cyber attacks.

Doughty Street has some of the most experienced appellate practitioners at the Bar, including the contributors to the leading works on appellate procedure - The Criminal Appeals Handbook, Taylor on Criminal Appeals, Blackstones Criminal Practice (appeals section), Halsbury’s Laws (Appeals).

Please feel free to e-mail us or to call our crime team on 020 7400 9088. We also offer our instructing solicitors a free Advice Line, where they can discuss initial ideas about possible appeals, at no cost to them or their client. More information on our services can be found on our website.

We hope that the bulletin is of interest to you.

With best wishes for 2019.

Paul Taylor QC

Head of the DSC Criminal Appeals Unit

In this issue

Welcome

Disproportionate POCA: Where’s Waya?

Appeals Against Sentence; England and Wales

Hong Kong Case Summaries

Nothern Ireland Case Summary

Appeals Against Conviction; England and Wales

If you would like to know more, or discuss how our barristers may be able to help you and your clients, please contact Maurice MacSweeney, our Business Development Director, on 020 7404 1313 or Peter Finkill-Coombs, our Regional Business Development Manager, on 0161 618 1660.