R v Jogee (Appellant) – Supreme Court
R v Jogee (Appellant) [2016] UKSC 8 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 18th February 2016
Category: joint enterprise
Supreme Court abolishes “wrong turn” Joint Enterprise law – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Today the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the conjoined appeals of R v Jogee and Ruddock v R [2016] UKSC 8, having heard the latter sitting as the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Both cases were appeals against murder convictions founded on a discrete principle of secondary liability, sometimes referred to as ‘joint enterprise’, sometimes as ‘parasitic accessorial liability’ (‘PAL’).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th February 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Joint Enterprise press release from the Appellant’s solicitors – UK Human Rights Blog
‘It is important to note that the draft judgment of the Supreme Court was embargoed from all apart from solicitors and counsel until today so our client, Ameen Jogee, and his family only found out about our success this morning.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th February 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Joint enterprise law wrongly interpreted for 30 years, court rules – The Guardian
‘A key test imposed by judges in assessing guilt in so-called joint enterprise killings has been wrongly interpreted for the past 30 years, the supreme court has ruled.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Joint enterprise review ‘long overdue’, lawyers argue – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Murder appeals being heard at the Supreme Court over the next three days will have ‘important consequences’ for the controversial principle of joint enterprise, some lawyers believe.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th OCtober 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Man challenges ‘joint enterprise’ murder conviction in supreme court – The Guardian
‘A man convicted of murder under the doctrine of “joint enterprise” because he encouraged a friend to stab a former police officer is mounting a supreme court challenge.’
The Guardian, 27th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lawyers criticise decision to prosecute housing protester over sticker – The Guardian
‘Legal experts have criticised the prosecution of a protester who was arrested when a fellow activist placed a sticker on a window of a block of luxury flats.’
The Guardian, 22nd October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lawyer’s crowdsourcing site aims to help people have their day in court – The Guardian
‘With warnings coming thick and fast about the stark ramifications of the government’s sweeping cuts to legal aid, it was probably inevitable that someone would come up with a new way to plug some gaps in access to justice. Enter the legal crowdfunder, CrowdJustice, an online platform where people who might not otherwise get their case heard can raise cash to pay for legal representation and court costs.’
The Guardian, 21st October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Joint enterprise law criminalises young, black men. It urgently needs reform – The Guardian
‘The supreme court is next month to consider radically reforming the law of joint enterprise, after claims that it drags innocent people into the criminal justice system and excessively punishes those on the periphery of violent crime.’
The Guardian, 22nd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
If you encourage someone to kill, are you guilty of murder? – The Guardian
‘Does the law of joint enterprise cause injustice? That’s the question the supreme court will confront in October. If its answer is yes, the UK’s most senior judges will have the chance to put things right.’
The Guardian, 14th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Participation in an illegal joint enterprise is not a bar to recovery in a claim for personal injury – Zenith PI Blog
‘Personal injury arises out of criminal acts as well as legal ones. The good news is this is not a bar to recovery.’
Zenith PI Blog, 8th May 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
MPs call for review of law used in gang murder cases – Daily Telegraph
‘Laws which allow defendants to be convicted of murder in a ‘joint enterprise’ should be urgently reviewed, says select committee.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Hollie Robinson loses father murder appeal bid – BBC News
‘A Colwyn Bay woman who teamed up with others to kill her own father in a knife attack must accept her murder conviction, top judges have ruled.’
BBC News, 22nd October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judicial Speeches, Gaza Boycotts and Social Media Crimes – the Human Rights Roundup – UK Human Rights Blog
‘This week, former leaders of the Khmer Rouge face life imprisonment for crimes against humanity committed in Cambodia. In other news, the on-going conflict in Gaza sparks controversy at home, while the Lords inquiry into social media offences reaches an unexpected conclusion.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th August 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Regina v Ahmad and another; Regina v Fields and others – WLR Daily
Regina v Ahmad and another: Regina v Fields and others: [2014] UKSC 36; [2014] WLR (D) 264
‘Where the court, in confiscation proceedings, found that the benefit of the relevant criminal conduct had been jointly obtained, each defendant was liable for the whole of the amount of the benefit and no apportionment was to be made between the co-defendants. However, to avoid double recovery by the state, where there was finding of joint obtaining, so that the confiscation order in respect of each defendant was made for the value of the whole benefit, the order would contain the condition that it would not to be enforced to the extent that a sum had been recovered by way of satisfaction of another confiscation order made in relation to the same joint benefit.’
WLR Daily, 18th June 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
R (Appellant) v Ahmad and another (Respndents); R (Respondent) v Fields and others (Appellants) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 18th June 2014
Delaney v Secretary of State for Transport – WLR Daily
Delaney v Secretary of State for Transport [2014] EWHC 1785 (QB); [2014] WLR (D) 253
‘Clause 6(1)(e)(iii) of the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (Compensation of Victims of Uninsured Drivers) Agreement 1999, made between the Motor Insurers’ Bureau and the Secretary of State for Transport and which provided an exclusion from liability for compensation for the Motor Insurers’ Bureau, was incompatible with Council Directive 72/166/EEC, Second Council Directive 84/5/EEC and Third Council Directive 90/232/EEC.’
WLR Daily, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Drug-dealer passenger gets Euro-damages for car crash – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Many readers may be wondering how it comes about that a drug-dealer is entitled to compensation against Her Majesty’s Government in circumstances where he was injured during the course of a criminal joint enterprise. The understandable reaction might be: there must be some rule of public policy, reflecting public revulsion, which bars such a claim. The short answer is that there is not.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th June 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Drug dealer wins car crash compensation battle – Daily Telegraph
‘High Court rules British laws on uninsured drivers are ‘in plain breach’ of European Union directives.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ajmol Alom murder: Knife warnings as trio jailed – BBC News
‘Three men have been jailed for life for the murder of a “star pupil”. Aspiring doctor Ajmol Alom, 16, was stabbed in the thigh by a masked gang in an unprovoked attack near his home in Poplar, east London, on 12 August. Aminur Nadir Khan, 19, Mashudur Rahman, 22, and Ali Akbar Choudhury, 20, were jailed for a minimum of 23 years.’
BBC News, 7th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
