R v Asfaw (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees intervening)
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE |
| Judgment Date | 16 August 2006 |
| Neutral Citation | [2006] EWCA Crim 707,[2006] EWCA Crim 2197 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) |
| Date | 16 August 2006 |
| Docket Number | No. 2005/03836/C2,No:2005/03836/C2 |
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Mehmet Ordu v The Crown
...allowed an appeal against sentence, substituting an absolute discharge for the prison sentence imposed below. iii) The House of Lords in R v. Asfaw [2008] UKHL 31; [2008] 1 AC 1061 handed down its decision on appeal from the Court of Appeal on 21 st May 2008. The Crown had changed its case ......
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R v Asfaw (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees intervening)
...of Cornhill Lord Hope of Craighead Lord Rodger of Earlsferry Lord Carswell Lord Mance HOUSE OF LORDS SESSION 2007-08 on appeal from: [2006] EWCA Crim 707 OPINIONS OF THE LORDS OF APPEAL FOR JUDGMENT IN THE CAUSE Edward Fitzgerald QC Raza Husain Richard Thomas (Instructed by Moss & Co) Respo......
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R v Jennifer Muwanguzi
...that the point should be taken in the trial court, presumably by seeking a stay on the ground of abuse of process. (ii) In R v. Asfaw [2006] EWCA Crim 707 decided on 21 st March 2006 the Court of Appeal considered a case where a defendant had been acquitted by the jury of an offence contra......
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R. v. Asfaw, [2008] N.R. Uned. 228 (HL)
...of Cornhill : My Lords, the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal (Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, C.J., McCombe and Gross, J.J.: [2006] EWCA Crim 707) certified the following point of law of general public importance as involved in its decision now under appeal: "If a defendant i......