R v Ward ; R v Parson ; R v Sparks

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Neutral Citation[2003] EWCA Crim 814
Year2003
Date2003
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
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5 cases
  • R v Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • November 27, 2003
    ...management of the trial. 11 A number of recent decisions of this court (R v M & others (2001) EWCA Crim. 2024, R v Ward & others( 2003 EWCA Crim. 814 and R v SH( 2003 EWCA Crim. 128) have made it clear that preparatory hearings cannot be ordered simply to enable points of law to be decided ......
  • R v R, M & L
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • May 10, 2013
    ...stands as a pre-trial ruling made by the judge pursuant to Section 40 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 — see R v Ward [2003] 2 Cr App R 20 at paragraph 26. 46 Section 40(4), however, provides that a judge may vary a ruling if it appears to him to be in the interests of ......
  • R v H
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • June 12, 2014
    ...is that the judge's ruling will stand as a pre-trial ruling made by the judge, pursuant to section 40 of the 1996 Act (see R v Ward [2003] 2 Cr App R 20 at paragraph 26). Such a ruling stands subject to the judge's power subsequently to vary it, pursuant to section 40(4), if it appears to h......
  • R v KW
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • July 21, 2011
    ...merits within the preparatory hearing. 18 It would be open to this court to decline to proceed further, as it did in the case of Ward [2003] 2 Cr App R 20. However, now that the case has been argued before us, we consider that it is in the public interest for us to decide the application fo......
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