Victim Impact Statement in UK Law

  • R v Goodyear (Karl)
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 20 Abril 2005
    ... ... A statement that on a plea of guilty he would impose one ... not be sufficiently informed of the likely impact of the trial on him (or the trial judge) in the ... any personal impact statement from the victim of the crime, as well as any information of ... ...
  • Page v Smith
    • House of Lords
    • 11 Mayo 1995
    ... ... a reaction to an immediate and horrifying impact, resulting in some recognisable psychiatric ... is what may be described as a secondary victim proximity may be very difficult to establish. It ... 7 That statement was endorsed by Viscount Simonds in The Wagon ... ...
  • R v Millberry (William Christopher)
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 09 Diciembre 2002
    ... ... Crime - Sexual offences - Rape - Victim acquainted with or previously involved in ... the Court of Appeal should make a clear statement to the effect that the starting point for ... in a minority of cases where the impact upon the victim has not been great ... ...
  • Alcock and Others v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police
    • House of Lords
    • 28 Noviembre 1991
    ... ... injuries were the result of the impact upon her of the facts of the accident itself and ... that their love and affection for the victim is comparable to that of the normal parent, ... based upon Lord Atkin's classical statement of principle, or was doing more than meeting the ... ...
  • R v Ireland; R v Burstow
    • House of Lords
    • 24 Julio 1997
    ... ... It would be natural for the victim to regard the calls as menacing. What may ... of physical injury resulting from actual impact has been discarded, and it is now well recognised ... It is true that the statement from the psychiatrist is vague. But I would not ... ...
  • R v Brown Lucas Jaggard Laskey Carter (Conjoined Appeals)
    • House of Lords
    • 11 Marzo 1993
    ... ... the trial judge ruled that consent of the victim was no defence ... 8 By ... recklessly applies force to or causes an impact on the body of another, ... Archbold adopted that statement, for which there is no other judicial authority, ... ...
  • R v Jogee
    • Supreme Court
    • 18 Febrero 2016
    ... ... He who intended only that the victim should be unlawfully hit and hurt will be guilty ... not therefore resiling from the general statement that where a person takes part in an unlawful ... , especially in a way which has particular impact on a subject as difficult and serious as ... ...
  • R (Walumba Lumba and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • Supreme Court
    • 23 Marzo 2011
    ... ... It is common ground that my statement in R (I) v Secretary of State for the Home ... per se regardless of whether the victim suffers any harm. An action lies even if the ... The impact of a finding that the State has been guilty of ... ...
  • AXA General Insurance Company Ltd v Lord Advocate
    • Supreme Court (Scotland)
    • 12 Octubre 2011
    ... ... they should not be found to have victim status for the purposes of article 34 of the ... Cabinet Secretary for Justice made a statement to the Parliament reporting on the decision to ... set out in para 10 of a Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment on the proposed bill which was ... ...
  • R v Powell (Anthony Glassford); R v English (Philip); R v Daniels (Antonio Eval)
    • House of Lords
    • 30 Octubre 1997
    ... ... a detailed historical analysis and a statement of the reasons which led me to prefer the second ... But it underlines the sweeping impact of the changes to the existing law and practice ... the primary party (Anderson) killed the victim with a knife. The defence of the secondary party ... ...
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