Jayesh Jobanputra Bhanji v R

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeMr. Justice Hedley
Judgment Date13 May 2011
Neutral Citation[2011] EWCA Crim 1198
Docket NumberCase No: 201002223C5
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Date13 May 2011

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4 cases
  • R v Ali
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 31 July 2014
    ...to apply the assumptions, in the light of cases such Gavin and Tasie [2010] EWCA Crim 2727, reported at [2011] Crim LR 239 and Bhanji [2011] EWCA Crim 1198, in the case of absence through sickness or otherwise that discretion is one which should only be exercised highly exceptionally. It sh......
  • ROBB v The National Crime Agency
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 January 2014
    ...MacKay J was referred by counsel for SOCA to the decision of the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal in the case of R v Bhanji [2011] EWCA Crim 1198. On the basis of that authority MacKay J was persuaded that he had the discretion to refuse the adjournment, notwithstanding that the def......
  • R v Jason Nicholas Place
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 19 June 2015
    ...absence in confiscation proceedings, notably the decision of this court in R v Gavin and Tasie [2010] EWCA Crim 2727, and R v Bhanji [2011] EWCA Crim 1198. It is quite clear from these authorities that the judge retains a discretion to proceed in the absence of a defendant, even where the a......
  • R v Salah Mahdi Ali
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 1 May 2014
    ...or (b) in so far as there was a discretion, following cases such as R v Gavin and Tasie [2011] 1 Cr App R(S) 126 and R v Bhanji [2011] EWCA Crim 1198, it would, in a case of absence through sickness, voluntary or otherwise, be a discretion which should only be exercised highly exceptionally......

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