“Two men have made UK legal history after being convicted of a drugs-related offence even though the substances involved are not illegal, police said.”
The Independent,
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who had a ‘bomb workshop’ at his Hull home has been given a 10-year anti-social behaviour order banning him from owning certain fireworks.”
BBC News, 3rd September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Gul (Hamesh): [2012] EWCA Crim 1761; [2012] WLR (D) 245
“Where a defendant was sent for trial to the Crown Court on an indictable only offence but no such offence was included in the indictment when it was signed and the procedure to determine mode of trial was not followed such non-compliance with those procedural requirements would not result in the proceedings being a nullity where the defendant was able to cure any defect in the process by making an appropriate application to the judge at the time.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A grandmother has been jailed for four years for kidnapping and drugging her own daughter after she refused to marry the man her family wanted her to.”
The Independent, 27th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A racist Chelsea FC fan who was caught after he filmed himself yelling abuse has been handed a five year match ban.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who contaminated painkillers with powerful anti-psychotic drugs has been jailed for 18 months.”
BBC News, 28th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A drug addict who stole the wedding ring from the finger of an 87-year-old woman with cancer has been jailed for 14 years.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Drivers found to have taken drugs face a prison sentence of up to six months and a fine of up to £5,000 under new legislation, ministers reveal on Monday.”
The Guardian, 7th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A lap dancer has won the right to be considered an employee in a decision that could affect thousands of performers in the industry.”
The Independent, 27th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“It has been a week of victories for the UK government in deportation cases in the European Court of Human Rights. On the same day as the ECtHR found that Abu Hamza and four others could be extradited to the US on terrorism charges, it also rejected a case of a man facing deportation despite having lived in the UK since the age of three.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A cocaine dealer caught with £1.3 million of the class A drug and amphetamines valued at up to £450,000 was jailed for 10 years today.”
The Independent, 10th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A so-called legal high used as an alternative to ketamine will be the first drug to be banned under new government powers, the Home Office has said.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The British Olympic Association will appear before the court of arbitration for sport on Monday in an attempt to uphold its lifetime doping ban, insisting it has a ‘strong case’ despite most sports lawyers expecting it to lose.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The new definitive guideline on drug offences will be used in all courts in England and Wales from 27 February 2012.”
Definitive guideline on drug offences (PDF)
Sentecning Council, 27th February 2012
“This was the first occasion when the Court of Appeal has considered the problem of child trafficking for labour exploitation. It has not previously been subject to any close analysis following the coming into force in 2005 of the European Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd February 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Regina v N(A); Regina v Le [2012] EWCA Crim 189; [2012] WLR (D) 38
“The implementation of the United Kingdom’s obligation to comply with article 26 of the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings 2005 would normally be achieved by the proper exercise of the long established prosecutorial discretion which enabled the Crown Prosecution Service, however strong the evidence might be, to decide that it would be inappropriate to proceed with the prosecution of a defendant suspected of being involved in unlawful activities if he/she might have been the victim of trafficking for labour exploitation and might be unable to advance duress as a defence but who fell within the protective ambit of article 26.”
WLR Daily, 20th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A former cage fighter has been jailed for life for killing two gangland enforcers linked to an IRA drugs ring.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Scientists studying Britain’s rapidly increasing number of synthetic recreational drugs are struggling to assess the risks they pose because money for testing is being cut. Legal highs are flourishing as their manufacturers seek to stay ahead of drug classification laws by tweaking the chemical composition of their legal products to replicate the effects of illegal ones.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Last week, the Sentencing Council issued new definitive guidelines on drug offences that signify a more pragmatic and reasonable approach towards drug sentencing.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 30th January 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Recreational drug users who naively buy small quantities to share with their friends could avoid jail under sentencing guidelines for drug offences published on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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