AG Ref No. 1 of 2022

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeThe Lord Burnett of Maldon CJ
Judgment Date28 September 2022
Neutral Citation[2022] EWCA Crim 1259
Docket NumberCase No: 202201151 B3
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)

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  • Director of Public Prosecutions v Cathy Eastburn
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 5 Mayo 2023
    ...Appeal (Criminal Division) given on 28 September 2022 in Attorney General's Reference No.1 of 2022, better known as the Colston case [2022] EWCA Crim 1259, [2023] 2 WLR 651. The third was the decision of the Supreme Court given on 7 December 2022 on a reference by the Attorney General of ......
  • R v Bailey an Ors
    • United Kingdom
    • King's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 21 Diciembre 2022
    ...62 Finally we note that the reasoning in Cuciurean was approved by the Court of Appeal in Attorney General's Reference (No 1 of 2022) [2022] EWCA Crim 1259, where the court took a similar approach to the issue of proportionality for the offence of criminal damage as had been taken in Cuciu......
  • Annington Property Ltd v The Secretary of State for Defence
    • United Kingdom
    • King's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 15 Mayo 2023
    ...of State for Work and Pensions [2022] AC 223 at [163] to [185] and Attorney General's Reference on a Point of Law (No.1 of 2022) [2023] 2 WLR 651 at [59] to [62]). The Supreme Court has recently re-emphasised these principles in In Re Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Northern Ireland......
  • Shell UK v Persons Unknown
    • United Kingdom
    • King's Bench Division
    • 23 Mayo 2023
    ...to fall outside the protection of Article 10; and that this was recently confirmed in AG Reference on a Point of Law (No 1 of 2022) [2022] EWCA Crim 1259 (at [96]), citing the Strasbourg principle that “an assessment of whether an impugned conduct falls within the scope of Article 10 of th......
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  • Crime Briefing ' February 2023
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 8 Febrero 2023
    ...Kolar and Madeleine Miller. Tom Little KC appeared as leading counsel for the Attorney General in AG's Reference No.1 of 2022 [2022] EWCA Crim 1259 ('the Colston statute case') and Jennie Oborne is instructed to prosecute several 'Just Stop Oil' protesters including those accused of damagin......

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