Tag Archives: Crime
Wai Yu-tsang -v-The Queen; PC 14-Oct-1991
(Hong Kong) The defendant was chief accountant in a bank. He caused to be made false entries to fail to reflect the dishonouring of substantial cheques. He was charged alone on an allegation of conspiracy. His defence was that he … Continue reading
Filed under Commonwealth, Crime
Regina -v- Blight; 1903
(New Zealand) The Criminal Code in force at the time, reflecting the English, included an offence of sexual intercourse with a girl under 16, to which a one month time limit applied, and also an offence of indecent assault to … Continue reading
Filed under Commonwealth, Crime
Holloway -v- Director of Public Prosecutions; Admn 21-Oct-2004
The defendant had been naked, filming children playing. He had not been seen doing so. The court considered whether a conviction for disorderly conduct under section 5 required the presence of a third party. It was an express finding by … Continue reading
Filed under Crime
Regina -v- Emmett; CACD 18-Jun-1999
The defendant appealed against conviction after being involved in sexual activity which he said was not intended to cause harm but clearly did risk harm. On the first occasion he tied a plastic bag over the head of his partner. … Continue reading
Filed under Crime
Regina -v- Condron, Condron; CACD 17-Oct-1996
The defendants were charged with the supply of heroin. They had declined to answer police questions and it was on the record that their solicitor had advised them not to do so, on the grounds that he considered them unfit … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, Criminal Practice
Clingham (formerly C (a minor)) -v- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea; Regina -v- Crown Court at Manchester Ex parte McCann and Others; HL 17-Oct-2002
The applicants had been made subject of anti-social behaviour orders. They challenged the basis upon which the orders had been made.Held: The orders had no identifiable consequences which would make the process a criminal one. Civil standards of evidence therefore … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, Evidence, Human Rights
Attorney-General of Hong Kong -v- Cheung (Wai-Bun); PC 1994
(Hong Kong) The defendant was indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting, the allegation being that the false accounting offences had been committed in order to conceal the conspiracy. The Crown sought to rely on the cover-up … Continue reading
Filed under Commonwealth, Crime
Rees -v- Munday; QBD 1974
The defendant advertised in a motor trade journal, to sell a vehicle, which was ‘in first class condition throughout.’ In the same advertisement was the reference to it being of ’12 yard’ capacity.’ The Act applied differently according to whether … Continue reading
Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs -v- Atkinson, Hughes; QBD 9-Oct-2002
The defendants were prosecuted for various offences relating to the selling and marketing of veterinary products without being licensed. Their cases were dismissed, when the prosecution put forward evidence as to the nature of what was being sold, but only … Continue reading
Regina -v- Howell (Errol); CACD 1981
The court considered the meaning of the legal concept of a breach of the peace.Held: The essence is to be found in violence or threatened violence. ‘We entertain no doubt that a constable has a power of arrest where there … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, Magistrates, Police
