Criminal Law in UK Law

Leading Cases
  • Woolmington v DPP
    • House of Lords
    • 05 Abril 1935

    Throughout the web of the English Criminal Law one golden thread is always to be seen that it is the duty of the prosecution to prove the prisoner's guilt subject to what I have already said as to the defence of insanity and subject also to any statutory exception.

  • R (McCann) v Manchester Crown Court
    • House of Lords
    • 17 Outubro 2002

    However, I agree that, given the seriousness of matters involved, at least some reference to the heightened civil standard would usually be necessary: In re H (Minors)(Sexual Abuse: Standard of Proof) [1996] AC 563, 586D-H, per Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead. But in my view pragmatism dictates that the task of magistrates should be made more straightforward by ruling that they must in all cases under section 1 apply the criminal standard.

  • Gray v Thames Trains Ltd and another
    • House of Lords
    • 17 Junho 2009

    It might be better to avoid metaphors like "inextricably linked" or "integral part" and to treat the question as simply one of causation. Can one say that, although the damage would not have happened but for the tortious conduct of the defendant, it was caused by the criminal act of the claimant? Or is the position that although the damage would not have happened without the criminal act of the claimant, it was caused by the tortious act of the defendant?

  • Rookes v Barnard
    • House of Lords
    • 21 Janeiro 1964

    It extends to cases in which the Defendant is seeking to gain at the expense of the Plaintiff some object,—perhaps some property which he covets,—which either he could not obtain at all or not obtain except at a price greater than he wants to put down. Exemplary damages can properly be awarded whenever it is necessary to teach a wrongdoer that tort does not pay.

  • R v Horseferry Road Magistrates Court ex parte Bennett (A.P.)
    • House of Lords
    • 24 Junho 1993

    If the court is to have the power to interfere with the prosecution in the present circumstances it must be because the judiciary accept a responsibility for the maintenance of the rule of law that embraces a willingness to oversee executive action and to refuse to countenance behaviour that threatens either basic human rights or the rule of law. If the court is to have the power to interfere with the prosecution in the present circumstances it must be because the judiciary accept a responsibility for the maintenance of the rule of law that embraces a willingness to oversee executive action and to refuse to countenance behaviour that threatens either basic human rights or the rule of law.

  • R v Powell (Anthony Glassford); R v English (Philip); R v Daniels (Antonio Eval)
    • House of Lords
    • 30 Outubro 1997

  • R v Rimmington; R v Goldstein (Harry Chaim)
    • House of Lords
    • 27 Outubro 2005

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Forms
  • Application for Certificate to Levy Distress
    • HM Courts & Tribunals Service court and tribunal forms
    Enforcement forms including forms used by judges.
    ... ... Place of conviction ...  as appropriate ... In support of your answer (Yes OR No), you must exhibit a certified copy of a criminal conviction certificate, ... a criminal record certificate or an enhanced criminal record certificate relating to you that has been issued ... ...
  • Form EAC1
    • HM Courts & Tribunals Service court and tribunal forms
    Enforcement forms including forms used by judges.
    ... ... Date of conviction ... Place of conviction ... In support of your answer (Yes or No), you must exhibit a certified copy of a criminal conviction ... certificate, a criminal record certificate or an enhanced criminal record certificate relating to you ... that has been issued ... ...
  • Apply to extend a representation order
    • HM Courts & Tribunals Service court and tribunal forms
    Crown Court forms including the form to extend a representation order.
    ... ... one advocate, or to a QC alone ... Regulation 18 of the Criminal Legal Aid (Determinations by a Court and Choice of Representative) Regulations 2013, as amended ...    Please refer to the Guidance for ... ...
  • Form A
    • HM Courts & Tribunals Service court and tribunal forms
    Forms to apply for a divorce, dissolve a civil partnership or legally separate, including the D8 application and financial order forms.
    ... ... violence offence; ... evidence of a relevant police caution for a domestic violence offence; ... evidence of relevant criminal proceedings for a domestic violence offence ... which have not concluded; ... evidence of a relevant conviction for a domestic violence offence; ... ...
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