R v Cova Products Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLORD JUSTICE KENNEDY,Lord Justice Kennedy
Judgment Date14 January 2005
Neutral Citation[2005] EWCA Crim 19,[2005] EWCA Crim 95
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Docket NumberNo: 200400492/D2,No. 2004/00492/D2
Date14 January 2005

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4 cases
  • Sukhbir Dhillon v The Crown
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 8 July 2010
    ...“if it possible to postulate a legitimate train of reasoning which could sensibly account for the inconsistency.” 36 However, in R v Cova Products Ltd [2005] EWCA Crim 95, Kennedy LJ observed that it is difficult to see how a legitimate train of reasoning could lead to logically inconsisten......
  • R v Mote
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 21 December 2007
    ...us as to the burden of proof in relation to setting aside a verdict for inconsistency. Mr Donne referred us to Cova Products Limited [2005] EWCA Crim 95 where this court reviewed a number of authorities on this topic. At paragraph 28 the court held that there was much to commend the view e......
  • R v Jean Morgans
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 28 June 2006
    ...verdict." 21 Harris , which was presided over by Lord Parker CJ, was referred to with approval more recently by Kennedy LJ in R v Cova Products Limited [2005] EWCA Crim 95 (see paragraph 24). Cova Products involved two counts. A verdict of guilty in relation to one was a prerequisite to a v......
  • R v B&Q Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 20 January 2006
    ...be explained by resort to such a supposition, the resulting conviction could not be regarded as safe." 28 23. We were also referred to R v Cova Products [2005] EWCA Crim. 95 where this court recently discussed the formulation of the second question. The appellants and another company, Carte......
1 books & journal articles
  • Drug Sentencing: What's the Deal? The New Sentencing Regime for Drug Offences
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 76-5, October 2012
    • 1 October 2012
    ...10 September 2012.42 Sentencing Council, Drug Offences: Def‌initive Guideline, above n. 1 at 7.43 For example, Rv Anderson (Norman) [2005] EWCA Crim 95, [2005] 2 Cr App R (S)54 in which the drug mule ran a defence of duress, claiming that he was having totransport the drugs as he owed money......

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