UK’s first drug and alcohol court – BBC News
“Three London councils have combined to set up the UK’s first Family Drug and Alcohol Court.”
BBC News, 26th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: drug offences
Police chiefs want cannabis re-classified – Daily Telegraph
“Police chiefs have come out in support of reclassifying cannabis as a Class B drug just three years after they supported the controversial Government decision to downgrade it legally to a less serious Class C substance.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Seymour v The Queen – WLR Daily
Seymour v The Queen [2007] UKPC 59
“A person who had possession of controlled drugs in Bermuda with the intention of supplying them to another person outside the territory of Bermuda, and therefore outside the jurisdiction of Bermudan Courts, did not commit an offence under s 6(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 of Bermuda.”
WLR Daily, 5th November 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Drugs strategy debate “is a sham” – The Observer
“The government’s consultation on a new 10-year drugs strategy is a ‘sham’, according to one of Britain’s leading think-tanks on narcotics, which warns that the current policy is fuelling a crime epidemic.”
The Observer, 21st October 2007
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Kennedy (No 2) – Times Law Reports
Preparation of heroin syringe does not constitute manslaughter
House of Lords
“It was never appropriate to find someone guilty of manslaughter where that person had been involved in the supply of a class A controlled drug, which was then freely and voluntarily self-administered by a fully informed and responsible adult to whom it had been supplied, and the administration of the drug then caused his death.”
The Times, 19th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication
R v Kennedy (No 2) – WLR Daily
R v Kennedy (No 2) [2007] UKHL 38
“The answer to the question ‘When is it appropriate to find someone guilty of manslaughter where that person has been involved in the supply of a class A controlled drug, which is then freely and voluntarily self-administered by the person to whom it was supplied, and the administration of the drug then causes his death?’ was: ‘In a case where the deceased was a fully-informed and responsible adult, never’.”
WLR Daily, 18th October 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note: once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Legalise all drugs: chief constable demands end to ‘immoral laws’ – The Independent
“One of Britain’s most senior police officers is to call for all drugs – including heroin and cocaine – to be legalised and urges the Government to declare an end to the ‘failed’ war on illegal narcotics.”
The Independent, 15th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Brunstrom’s campaign over drugs – BBC News
“North Wales Police chief constable Richard Brunstrom has said he will be “campaigning hard” for drugs such as heroin to be legalised.”
BBC News, 11th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mother spared jail after supplying children with cannabis – The Guardian
“A former primary school teaching assistant who admitted supplying cannabis to her son and daughter so they would not approach street dealers was yesterday spared jail but ordered to carry out 200 hours of community service.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cannabis laws set to be reviewed – BBC News
“Laws making possession of cannabis a largely non-arrestable offence could be reversed, Gordon Brown has said.”
BBC News, 18th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
