‘In the case of Kelly Wallett (on her own behalf and on behalf of the dependants of Ian Hill (Deceased)) v Vickers [2018] EWHC 3088 (QB) the High Court considered (heard on 14.11.2018) issues of joint criminal enterprise in the context of the ex turpi causa defence.’
Zenith Chambers, 26th November 2018
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
‘Sapan Maini-Thompson is an LLM Candidate at University College London. On 14th November 2018 the Divisional Court gave judgment in a claim against the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) in Regina (Anthony Davies) v The Criminal Cases Review Commission . This case was brought on behalf of a prisoner who contended that his conviction had become unsafe following the decision of the Supreme Court in R v Jogee [2016] UKSC 8 which recast the mens rea requirements in joint enterprise cases. The court dismissed the claim in a judgment which involved analysis of how the principles in Jogee are applied, and the circumstances in which the CCRC should re-open an old conviction. Jim Duffy of 1 Crown Office Row was the Junior Counsel for the Claimant.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th November 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘In the case of Kelly Wallett (on her own behalf and on behalf of the dependants of Ian Hill (Deceased)) v Vickers [2018] EWHC 3088 (QB) the High Court considered (heard on 14.11.2018) issues of joint criminal enterprise in the context of the ex turpi causadefence.’
Zenith PI, 26th November 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘A trainee midwife sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, who claimed she was looking for her shoes in a car park when the fatal attack occurred outside a Bradford pub, has failed to overturn her conviction. The court of appeal’s ruling in the test case of Laura Mitchell was greeted with dismay by supporters who have been campaigning for changes to the controversial “joint enterprise” rules.’
The Guardian, 14th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two “cowardly, cruel and callous” men have been jailed for life for torturing and killing an elderly jeweller in a botched £300,000 robbery.’
The Independent, 11th September 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Five men and two teenage boys have been jailed for life with a minimum tariff of 14 to 19 years after a teenager was stabbed to death in Manchester’s Moss Side.’
The Guardian, 4th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been released from prison after becoming the first person since 2016 to have a joint enterprise murder conviction quashed.’
BBC News, 24th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Judges have refused to overturn guilty verdicts in a “joint enterprise” challenge by men convicted of group attack murders.’
BBC News, 31st October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The legal challenges follow a Supreme Court decision in February that the application of the law on joint enterprise, otherwise known as common enterprise, had taken ‘a wrong turn’ and been misinterpreted for 30 years.’
The Independent, 31st October 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘he government has rejected growing calls for a major overhaul of the law on homicide, including the creation of a US-style offence of first-degree murder, saying it would create a “murder-lite” category for most killings.’
The guardian, 14th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man whose murder conviction was quashed by the Supreme Court in a landmark ruling on joint enterprise has been convicted of manslaughter.’
BBC News, 5th September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Anwar (Umar) and others [2016] EWCA Crim 551
‘The victim was telephoned and offered a supply of cannabis, as a result of which he drove to the appointed place where he got into a silver car, joining the three occupants, to complete the purchase. The front passenger pointed a shotgun at his face while the driver brandished a knife. As the victim attempted to escape two men exited a white van nearby and attempted to take his car. The man with the shotgun fired two shots but the victim escaped. Six defendants stood trial on charges of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit robbery and possession of a firearm with intent to commit robbery. The Crown argued that this was a well-planned criminal enterprise as shown on the CCTV footage and by the frequent mobile phone calls between the defendants which showed that all the robbers had the necessary knowledge that a firearm was to be carried with the intention that it should be used during the course of the robbery with the required, if conditional, intention to kill. The trial judge ruled that, although there was a case for all defendants to answer in respect of the count of conspiracy to rob, there was no case in relation to attempted murder and possession of a firearm with intent because there was no evidence to establish a prima facie case as to (a) any particular defendant being in the silver car; (b) any particular defendant holding the shotgun either in the silver car or when the shots were fired; or (c) crucially, any particular defendant being aware, by the time of travelling to the scene, that the shotgun was loaded, or that he was intending that it should be used if necessary specifically to kill. The Crown appealed against the judge’s ruling, pursuant to the provisions of section 58 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.’
WLR Daily, 1st July 2016
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The fate of hundreds of youths imprisoned under controversial “joint enterprise” laws could be decisively rewritten this month when the first test cases come before the criminal court of appeal.’
The Guardian, 21st June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The couple found guilty of killing the Bristol teenager Becky Watts have lost the first stage of their appeals against their convictions and sentences.’
The Guardian, 15th March 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two men acquitted after judge decides pair have no case to answer following ruling that courts have been wrongly interpreting law for 30 years’
Daily Telegraph, 7th March 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Abdul Iqbal QC looks at the judgment delivered today in two important appeals relating to principal and secondary liability joint enterprise criminal law.’
Park Square Barristers, 19th February 2016
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘The mother of one of the teenage boys convicted of murdering Garry Newlove has said she hopes a supreme court ruling against the so-called joint enterprise law will bolster the case for her son’s conviction to be thrown out.’
The Guardian, 20th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Prosecutors are reconsidering murder charges in the trial of eight people following a Supreme Court ruling on the joint enterprise law.’
BBC News, 19th February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK supreme court has made a landmark ruling after 30 years, but what are the implications?’
The Guardian, 18th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
R v Jogee (Appellant) [2016] UKSC 8 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 18th February 2016
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