Drug Offences in UK Law
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R (Samaroo) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
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At the second stage, it is assumed that the means employed to achieve the legitimate aim are necessary in the sense that they are the least intrusive of Convention rights that can be devised in order to achieve the aim. The question at this stage of the consideration is: does the measure have an excessive or disproportionate effect on the interests of affected persons?
In my judgment, in a case such as this, the court should undoubtedly give a significant margin of discretion to the decision of the Secretary of State. The right to respect for family life is not regarded as a right which requires a high degree of constitutional protection. But the court does not have expertise in judging how effective a deterrent is a policy of deporting foreign nationals who have been convicted of serious drug trafficking offences once they have served their sentences.
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HM Advocate and Another v Robert McIntosh
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It is of course true that if, following conviction of the accused and application by the prosecutor for a confiscation order, the court chooses to make the assumptions specified in section 3(2) of the 1995 Act or either of them, an assumption is made (unless displaced) that the accused has been engaged in drug trafficking which, as defined in section 49(2), (3) and (4), may (but need not) have been criminal.
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R v Auton (John) and Others
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We are aware that the Sentencing Council has before it the task of framing guidelines for a wide range of drug offences. What we say by way of assistance to judges for the present must necessarily be subject to any more general guidelines thus prepared.
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Serious Organised Crime Agency v Gale and another
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To consider the evidence adduced in the Portuguese proceedings is not to re-litigate because what is in issue in these proceedings is not the commission of the specific offences alleged against DG in Portugal but whether on the evidence before this court of the material considered by the Portuguese Court, together with the evidence available to the Spanish Courts and other material not considered by the courts in either jurisdiction, the claimant has proved on the balance of probabilities that DG's wealth was obtained through unlawful conduct of a particular kind or of one of a number of kinds, each of which would have been unlawful conduct: see Section 242 (2) (b) of POCA – that is to say drug trafficking, money laundering and tax evasion.
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R v Looseley
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Every court has an inherent power and duty to prevent abuse of its process. By recourse to this principle courts ensure that executive agents of the state do not misuse the coercive, law enforcement functions of the courts and thereby oppress citizens of the state. It is simply not acceptable that the state through its agents should lure its citizens into committing acts forbidden by the law and then seek to prosecute them for doing so.
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Re Norris
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Attempts to relitigate issues which have already been the subject of judicial decision may or may not amount to an abuse of process. Ordinarily such situations fall to be governed by the principle of estoppel per rem judicatem or of issue estoppel (admitted not to be applicable in the present case). It will be a rare case where the litigation of an issue which has not previously been decided between the same parties or their privies will amount to an abuse.
- Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986
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Sentencing Act 2020
... ... passing sentence on an offender in respect of one or more offences until the date specified in the order, to enable a court, in dealing with ... order under section 33sentence of imprisonment for certain drug-trafficking offencesAnimal Welfare Act 2006section 33(6) order under ... ...
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The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013
... ... 1.2 (December 2018) of the document called “Banding of Offences in the Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS) ”, published by the ... Crime Act 2002 (confiscation: England and Wales) , section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (confiscation orders) or section 71 of the Criminal ... ...
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Drug Trafficking Act 1994
...Drug Trafficking Act 1994 ... Drug Trafficking Act 1994 ... Drug Trafficking Act 19941994 c. 37An Act to consolidate the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 and certain provisions of the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 relating to drug trafficking.[3rd November 1994] ... ...
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Public attitudes to the sentencing of drug offences
This article presents the findings of focus group research into public attitudes to the sentencing of drug offences. The study was commissioned by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales to in...
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Surviving the Challenge: The Constitutionality of the Drug Offences (Forfeiture of Proceeds) Act
The Drug Offences (Forfeiture of Proceeds) Act (the Act) was passed in 1994 by the Jamaican Parliament in fulfilment of its obligations under the 1988 Convention Against the Illicit Traffic in Drug...
- Drug Sentencing: What's the Deal? The New Sentencing Regime for Drug Offences
- Book Review: Misuse of Drugs and Drug Trafficking Offences
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Illegal Money Lending - A Crack-Down In The South West
... ... All lawyers, not just those who defend frauds/dishonesty offences, can expect to see more prosecutions of this type due to the associated ... to date that 'loan sharks' are involved in other major crimes – drug offences, violence, running brothels amongst others. The new IMLTs' ... ...
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Arrested On Holiday In Europe? Giambrone & Partners Can Help You
... ... without the benefit of any legal advice ... Drunkenness and drug use account for a large number of the ... arrests in European countries, ... serious consequences, the considerable variation in how drug ... offences are regarded across Europe is less well known. Just ... because your ... ...
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Custody Time Limits And Why They Matter
... ... repeated specified offences. Otherwise, in cases involving ... indictable only and imprisonable either ... his arrest last October awaiting trial for drug offences ... Efforts throughout the Coronavirus pandemic have been aimed ... ...
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Saul Better Make His Own Call: New Liability For Enablers Of Organised Crime
... ... who knowingly facilitate money laundering, fraud, corruption, drug-dealing and other organised crime. They provide the financial, legal and ... To rely on either of these two offences, therefore, prosecutors had to prove their mental components: knowledge or ... ...
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Apply to extend a representation order
Crown Court forms including the form to extend a representation order.... ... Abortion (section 58 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861); ... Assisting a suicide; ... Cases ... or extortion, especially when accompanied by allegations of drug trafficking on a commercial scale; ... Complex sexual offence cases ... ...