Regina (RK) (Nepal) and Another v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“A non-British student with conditional leave to enter and stay in the United Kingdom and who was ordered to leave on breaching those conditions, could not appeal against that decision while still in the country.”
The Times, 11th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Red River UK Ltd and Another v Sheikh and Another
Court of Appeal
“Where an appeal was compromised, the parties were under a duty to inform the court before the hearing so that unnecessary costs were not incurred and court time wasted.”
The Times, 6th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man jailed for murdering five family members has lost his challenge against an order that he must die behind bars.”
BBC News, 28th April 2009
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“Karen Matthews, who kidnapped her own daughter in a bungled effort to gain reward money for the missing child, has abandoned her appeal, her lawyer said.”
BBC News, 7th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Darwin (Anne) Regina v Darwin (John)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“In sentencing for fraud, a judge was right to take into account the harm done to individuals who might not have lost financially but on whom the crime had had a devastating impact.”
The Times, 1st April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
MS (Palestinian Territories) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“A challenge to the lawfulness of future removal directions did not come within the appeal regime under the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.”
The Times, 31st March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin and his wife Anne have both lost appeals against their prison sentences.”
BBC News, 27th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“John Darwin, the ‘back-from-the-dead canoeist’ who was jailed for carrying out a ‘sophisticated’ £250,000 fraud, is challenging his six-year prison sentence in the Court of Appeal on Thursday.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Businessman Nat Fraser who murdered his estranged wife Arlene nearly 11 years ago has lost his latest bid to overturn his conviction.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina (BA)(Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“The right of appeal against the refusal by the Home Office to revoke a deportation order was exercisable from within the United Kingdom.”
The Times, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“A man who spent almost three decades behind bars had his conviction for rape and murder quashed by the court of appeal today.”
The Guardian, 18th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Findings from blood expert and undisclosed police negatives are reviewed as murderer makes his third appeal against conviction.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A peer who was jailed for 12 weeks for sending and receiving text messages while driving on the M1 has been released by the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 12th March 2009
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“A former police chief who was jailed for 10 years after being found guilty of raping his daughter has lost an appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 5th March 2009
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“A right of appeal against the Home Office’s refusal to revoke a deportation order was exercisable from within the United Kingdom.”
WLR Daily, 3rd March 2009
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Court of Appeal
“Where an application for leave to appeal against conviction or sentence was wholly without merit, the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, would exercise its power to order that part of the time spent in custody pending appeal should not count towards sentence so that applications by those who had some proper basis for making them were dealt with fully and promptly.”
The Times, 4th March 2009
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Zipher Ltd v Markem Systems Ltd and Another
Court of Appeal
“An offer of an undertaking by one party lapsed automatically when the court found in favour of the other side and the offer was not resurrected after a successful appeal.”
The Times, 27th February 2009
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“I have spent most of the past ten years representing parents, mostly women, trying to recover ever-increasing arrears of maintenance from the Child Support Agency.”
The Times, 26th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Serial killer Steve Wright has lost his bid at the Court of Appeal to challenge his convictions for the murders of five women in Suffolk.”
BBC News, 24th February 2009
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Floe Telecom Ltd v Office of Communications and Another
Court of Appeal
“Where a tribunal had made unnecessary findings which were damaging to the public interest, it was appropriate for the Court of Appeal to entertain the regulator’s appeal against those findings although he had won.”
The Times,23rd February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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