R v Davies

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLord Justice Moses
Judgment Date26 September 2006
Neutral Citation[2006] EWCA Crim 2643
Date26 September 2006
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Docket NumberNo: 20061889/D1

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  • R v Shelton Harvey, Emmanuel Laurencin, Yasemin Tutar and Levi Defreitas
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 24 Enero 2014
    ...to assist the witness. That procedure may be possible but, in certain cases, may not be appropriate. (We interpolate to note that in R v Davies [2007] 2 All E.R. 1070 it was suggested that the courts are ill-advised to seek to test the basis of fear by calling witnesses before them, since t......
  • R v Mhs
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 29 Noviembre 2012
    ...evidence on the issue. 30 See Riat at [54(ii)]. 31 Cf. R v H, W and M [2001] Crim LR 815, a decision under the 1988 Act. In Davies [2006] EWCA Crim 2643 it was said that this decision had been superseded by s.116 of the CJA, but Davies itself must be read in the light of the SC's decision i......
  • Romano Mills v The Queen
    • Bermuda
    • Court of Appeal (Bermuda)
    • 27 Julio 2018
    ...34 R v Fagan [2012] EWCA Crim 2248 R v Shabir [2012] EWCA Crim 2564 R v H [2001] Crim LR 815 R v Fairfax [1995] Crim LR 949 R v Davies [2007] 2 All ER 1070 R v R [2017] EWCA Crim 1487 R v Oliva (1965) 49 Cr App R 298 R v Russell-Jones [1995] 1 Cr App R 538 Ziems v Prothonotary of the Suprem......
  • Romano Mills v The Queen
    • Bermuda
    • Court of Appeal (Bermuda)
    • 27 Julio 2018
    ...by hearsay evidence. Thus the statements of witnesses could be sufficient for this purpose. Further, as was apparent from R v Davies [2007] 2 All ER 1070, there was a danger in bringing a witness to court to test his claim of fear as that could create the very situation that the Act was de......
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