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Showing posts with label Experts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Experts. Show all posts

Thursday, 26 May 2016

The Growing Prevalence of Prevalence - 25/05/16

It's a case law episode for this Bite, which you can listen to right here.

First, R v Bondzie.  Ever wondered why the Crown has taken to serving a statement that just tells you that drug dealing is bad?  Here's why they do it; what effect it could have on sentence; what they need to do to give it an effect and why their efforts to date have been generally pointless and probably damaging to their own aims.

Then two quickies: R v Bala, which upholds marriage in all its forms and R v Hussain, in which the Court of Appeal confirms that you can't second-guess a jury.

The Law Commission has reported on its sentencing code project.  If you want to read more you can do so here.

Let us know whether you prefer the show like this or if you'd prefer to go back to listening to us drinking wine and eating cake.


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Friday, 27 June 2014

S13E01 - Let's Look At That Again

We are back for Series 13 (!) of the podcast and we are raring to go with some law this week.  Many thanks to the good folks at UK Criminal Law Blog Podcast and thanks again to Lyndon Harris for having both Kirstin and Ben on this series.  

As always, you can hear this week's show by clicking here.

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And now, on with the show notes:


When can the Attorney-General have the CA review a sentence?


We often talk of defence appeals but if the AG thinks that a sentence is passed he can refer it to the CA (with leave) but only in some cases.  




Recent addition? - CJA 1988 (Reviews of Sentencing)(Amendments) Order 2014 {IN FORCE 21st July but laid before Parliament today}


Thoughts on why we have that system? Is it only sentences or can the Crown have another pop at conviction when they fail the first time?


Why only certain offences?


Searching questions


Experts and their duties
The BBC’s Panorama recently covered the behaviour of expert witnesses to criminal proceedings.
 

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