R v Meachen

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date05 August 2009
Neutral Citation[2009] EWCA Crim 1701
Docket NumberCase No: 2008/04940 C2
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Date05 August 2009

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  • R v Henderson and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 29 July 2010
    ...it was not necessary to hear the expert evidence in Butler. As is apparent in a trilogy of cases ( R v Stephen Jones [1997] 1 Cr App R 86, R v Meechan [2009] EWCA Crim 1701 and Kai-Whitewind) it is difficult to apply the provisions of that section to expert evidence. Where medical evidence ......
  • Burridge v R
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 2 December 2010
    ...reflect on the acceptability of that opinion.” 97 This latter difficulty was also discussed in R v. Kai-Whitewind [2005] 2 Cr App R 31, R v. Meechan [2009] EWCA Crim 1701 and R v. Henderson [2010] EWCA Crim 1269 the latter of which underlined that a conviction can only be regarded as saf......
  • Ben Butler v The Crown
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 17 June 2010
    ...it was not necessary to hear the expert evidence in Butler. As is apparent in a trilogy of cases ( R v Stephen Jones [1997] 1 Cr App R 86, R v Meechan [2009] EWCA Crim 1701 and Kai-Whitewind) it is difficult to apply the provisions of that section to expert evidence. Where medical evidence ......
  • Oladapo Oyediran v The Crown
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 17 June 2010
    ...it was not necessary to hear the expert evidence in Butler. As is apparent in a trilogy of cases ( R v Stephen Jones [1997] 1 Cr App R 86, R v Meechan [2009] EWCA Crim 1701 and Kai-Whitewind) it is difficult to apply the provisions of that section to expert evidence. Where medical evidence ......
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