Dula v Director of Public Prosecutions of Zwolle Lelystad Holland [2010] EWHC 469 (Admin) (04 February 2010) - [ ]
1) MRS JUSTICE SWIFT: This is an appeal by Tomasz Dula (the appellant, against the decision of District Judge Wickham on 18 November 2009, when she ordered his extradition to the Netherlands.
2) Th...
Case Report Mersey Care NHS Trust v Ackroyd [2007] EWCA Civ 101 (21 February 2007) - [Gavin Millar KC]
This is a most unusual case. Since 1 January 2002 the claimant has been the successor to the Ashworth Hospital Authority. In 1999 Ashworth Hospital was, as it is now, a special hospital provided by th...
Case Report Trinity Mirror & Ors, R (on the application of) v Croydon Crown Court [2008] EWCA Crim 50 (01 February 2008) - [Gavin Millar KC]
This is an appeal by Trinity Mirror and three other media companies pursuant to s. 159 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 against an order made by H.H. Judge Warwick McKinnon at Croydon Crown Court on 1...
Case Report Child X (Residence & Contact- Rights of Media Attendance) (Rev 2) [2009] EWHC 1728 (Fam) (14 July 2009) - [Gavin Millar KC]
This matter comes before me in the course of ongoing proceedings concerning residence and contact in relation to X, the young daughter of the applicant father who is rightly described as a celebrity ...
Case ReportWatkins v Woolas [2010] EWHC 2702 (QB) (05 November 2010) - [Gavin Millar KC]
# In the General Election held on 6 May 2010 Philip Woolas ("the Respondent"), who was the sitting MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth ("OES"), retained his seat, defeating his nearest rival, Robert El...
Case Report Ngyuen, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 585 (18 March 2008) - [Edward Rees KC]
On 2 October 2006 in the Central Criminal Court (Her Honour Judge Goddard QC), the appellant was convicted by majority verdict (10:2) of murder. He appeals against conviction by leave of the Full Cour...
Case ReportUberoi & Anor, R (on the application of) v City of Westminster Magistrates' Court & Ors [2008] EWHC 3191 (Admin) (02 December 2008) - [Patrick O'Connor KC]
The question which these proceedings for judicial review raises is whether, in instituting proceedings for an offence of insider dealing under Part V of the Criminal Justice Act 1993, the Financial Se...
Case Report Al-Sirri v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 222 (18 March 2009) - [Sir Andrew Nicol KC]
Yasser Al-Sirri is an Egyptian national, now in his mid-forties, whose application for asylum has been turned down, first by the Home Secretary and then by the AIT, under art. 1F(c) of the 1951 Refuge...
Case Report Islamic Investment Company of the Gulf (Bahamas) Ltd v Symphony Gems NV & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 389 (11 March 2008) - [Sir Andrew Nicol KC]
The appellant, Mr Rajesh Kishor Mehta, is in considerable trouble. He has in this jurisdiction a summary judgment against him, given as long ago as 13 February 2002, for just over ten millio...
Case Report Trinity Mirror & Ors, R (on the application of) v Croydon Crown Court [2008] EWCA Crim 50 (01 February 2008) - [Sir Andrew Nicol KC]
This is an appeal by Trinity Mirror and three other media companies pursuant to s. 159 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 against an order made by H.H. Judge Warwick McKinnon at Croydon Crown Court on 1...
Case Report Raissi, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 72 (14 February 2008) - [Edward CBE]
This is an appeal in judicial review proceedings. From 28 September 2001 until 12 February 2002, the appellant, Mr Lotfi Raissi, was detained in custody pursuant to extradition proceedings initiated b...
Case Report Kelly & Ors R. (On the Applications of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2008] EWCA Civ 177 (12 March 2008) - [Edward CBE]
These three appellants were all sentenced to five year terms of imprisonment for serious offences. Each was at length released when three-quarters of his sentence had elapsed. They were so released on...
Case Report AS & DD (Libya) v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 289 (09 April 2008) - [Edward CBE]
On 3 October and 14 December 2005 respectively AS and DD were each served with notice of a decision to make a deportation order against him on the grounds that his presence in the United Kingdom was n...
Case Report Othman (Jordan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 290 (09 April 2008) - [Edward CBE]
The Secretary of State wishes to deport Mr Othman to his native Jordan on the ground, not challenged before us, that he is a danger to the national security of the United Kingdom. Before SIAC, Mr Othm...
Case Report Symmons, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 734 (07 April 2009) - [Edward CBE]
On 11 December 2006, the appellant was convicted of the murder of his wife Christine and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 16 years. He appeals against conviction and sentence with...
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