Misuse of Drugs in UK Law

  • Warner v Metropolitan Police Commissioner; R v Warner
    • House of Lords
    • 02 Mayo 1968
    ... ... had in his possession a substance specified in the Schedule to the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act 1964 namely 20,000 tablets containing ... ...
  • R v Lambert
    • House of Lords
    • 05 Julio 2001
    ... ... drug, cocaine, with intent to supply, contrary to section 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and was sentenced to seven years imprisonment. He relied ... ...
  • R v Latif ; R v Shahzad (Conjoined Appeals)
    • House of Lords
    • 1996
    ... ... Lahore, Pakistan, was a paid informer employed by the United States Drugs Enforcement Agency. He knew local suppliers of heroin. On 6 February 1990 ... Honi, I think it would be a misuse of language to say there was an incitement by Mr. Honi of the defendant or ... ...
  • Ong Ah Chuan v Public Prosecutor; Koh Chai Cheng v Public Prosecutor
    • Privy Council
    • 15 Octubre 1980
    Fundamental rules of natural justice in the field of criminal law. Controlled drug. Offence of trafficking. Mandatory sentence of death
    ... ... for offences of trafficking in heroin contrary to s 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973. As the amount of heroin involved exceeded 15g in each ... ...
  • R v Looseley
    • House of Lords
    • 25 Octubre 2001
    ... ... principle courts ensure that executive agents of the state do not misuse the coercive, law enforcement functions of the courts and thereby oppress ... Trafficking in drugs is one instance. With such crimes there is usually no victim to report the ... ...
  • R v Raymond George May
    • House of Lords
    • 14 Mayo 2008
    ... ... and destruction conferred on the court by section 27 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 did not provide a means of stripping professional ... ...
  • R v Americo Practico Afonso and Others
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 09 Septiembre 2004
    ... ... of offenders within the category of retail suppliers of Class A drugs identified in Dhajit [1999] 2 Cr App R (S) 142 and Twisse [2001] 2 Cr ... for forfeiture and disposal of the drugs under section 27 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. He appeals against sentence by leave of the single ... ...
  • R v Hunt (Richard)
    • House of Lords
    • 04 Diciembre 1986
    ... ... Lord Templeman My Lords, ... 2 By the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, morphine was classified as a controlled drug. By ... ...
  • HM Advocate and Another v Robert McIntosh
    • Privy Council
    • 05 Febrero 2001
    ... ... in the supply of heroin in contravention of section 4(3)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Ms Black pleaded not guilty to that charge on 30th June ... ...
  • Secretary of State for the Home Department v Jacek Straszewski and Another
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 03 Diciembre 2015
    ... ... in England, was convicted for a second time of possessing dangerous drugs (small quantities of amphetamine, cannabis and LSD). The magistrate was ... as a loss of accommodation or a lapse back into drug or alcohol misuse). Her assessment of the risk of causing serious harm also remained medium, ... ...
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