R v Green [2008] UKHL 30; [2008] WLR (D) 152
“The Drug Trafficking Act 1994 fell to be construed without regard to legislation in other countries which had chosen to give effect to common international obligations in a different way.”
WLR Daily, 16th May 2008
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.
“Two sisters have been jailed for 39 years between them for attempting to smuggle heroin worth more than £5m into the UK through an Essex port.”
BBC News, 28th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A grandmother from Cornwall who delivered drugs in Plymouth and Truro has been jailed for six months after being caught with 10 kilos of cannabis.”
BBC News, 27th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Suspected drug dealers’ assets could be seized on arrest, rather than charge, under ministers’ new drugs strategy.”
BBC News, 27th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police will be able to seize high-value assets from suspected drug dealers as soon as they are arrested under plans to be unveiled this week by Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The effectiveness of equipment and procedures designed to catch “drug mules” has been called into question following the case of a woman who died when bags of smuggled cocaine burst inside her body hours after hi-tech screening failed to pick up that she was carrying drugs.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two 16-year-old schoolgirls from north London are waiting to hear how long they must spend behind bars after being convicted in Ghana yesterday of attempting to smuggle cocaine worth £300,000 to Britain.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s illegal drugs trade is worth up to £8bn a year, a Home Office report has revealed.”
The Independent, 21st November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The courts are handing out three times as much prison time for drug offences as a decade ago but such ‘get tough’ sentencing has done little to stem the flow of drugs on to the streets, where prices continue to fall, according to a study.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A naturalised Briton who suffered brain damage in the Vietnam War will be shot by firing squad unless Tony Blair intervenes in his appeal, according to lawyers representing him. ”
The Independent, 5th April 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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