(Attorney-General's Reference No. 23 of 2009); R v Merrion (Desmond)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLORD JUSTICE THOMAS
Judgment Date07 July 2009
Neutral Citation[2009] EWCA Crim 1683
Docket NumberNo: 2009/1257/A1
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Date07 July 2009

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  • R v Ricketts
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 7 February 2017
    ...Q.C. and E. Less for the Crown; J. Ryder, Q.C. and P. Bodden for the defendant. Cases cited: (1) Att. Gen.’s Ref. (No. 23 of 2009), [2009] EWCA Crim 1683; [2010] 1 Cr. App. R. (S.) 70, referred to. (2) Att. Gen.’s Ref. (No. 51 of 2013), [2013] EWCA Crim 1927; [2014] 1 Cr. App. R. (S.) 83, a......
  • R v Vaseem Manzoor
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 25 January 2013
    ...(9) The appellant pleaded guilty. 14 The authorities of R v Rehman [2006] 1 Cr App R (S), R v Harrison [2006] 2 Cr App R (S) 56 and R v Merrion [2010] 1 Cr App R (S) 70 have been considered. The authorities emphasise the deterrent nature of section 51A and the need for caution in finding ex......
  • R v Tareek Ricardo Ricketts
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 7 February 2017
    ...supra 20 [2000] 2 Cr. App. Rep. (S.) 217 (CA) 21 [2016] EWCA Crim 765; [2016] 2 Cr. App. Rep. (S.) 23 at para. 18 (CA, Crim Div) 22 [2009] EWCA Crim 1683; [2010] 2 Cr. App. Rep. (S.) 70 at para. 12 (CA, Crim Div) 23 supra 24 Indictment 102/2014 (unreported) May 6, 2016 25 supra 26 supra 2......
  • R v Edmund Welsh
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 4 May 2012
    ...or for criminal purposes, could not, in itself, be an exceptional circumstance; on this see the judgment of this court in Attorney General's Reference No 23 of 2009 [2009] EWCA Crim 1683, and in particular the observations of Thomas LJ at paragraph 12. 21 This was not a case where the appel......
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