These applications raise yet again the question of when it is appropriate to make a loss of time order.
Held: ‘the only means the court has of discouraging unmeritorious applications which waste precious time and resources is by using the powers given to us by Parliament in the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 and the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985’.
Hallett VP CACD LJ, Sweeney, Warby JJ
[2014] EWCA Crim 2372
Bailii
Criminal Appeal Act 1968, Prosecution of Offences Act 1985
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – AXN v The Queen CACD 27-May-2016
The defendant argued that greater note should have been taken on his sentencing to allow for the assistance he had given to the police after his arrest.
Held: The current accepted practice is that the text of the letter from the police to the . .
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Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 24 December 2021; Ref: scu.539449
