R v Widdows
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | Lord Justice Pill |
| Judgment Date | 21 June 2011 |
| Neutral Citation | [2011] EWCA Crim 1500 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) |
| Date | 21 June 2011 |
| Docket Number | Case No: 201006496 C3 |
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3 cases
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David Neil Gerrard v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd
...it may be necessary to import non-statutory requirements into the definition of the offence, we would, but for Curtis and Widdows [i.e. R v Widdows [2011] EWCA Crim 1500], have taken the view that the section 4(1) offence is a freestanding offence and does not require proof of harassment. ......
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Mohammed Enamul Haque v The Crown
...amounted to harassment within the meaning of section 1 was obiter, we feel unable to do so, particularly in the light of Widdows [2011] EWCA Crim 1500. The judgment in that case was handed down on 21 June 2011, seven days after the hearing of the appeal in this case. We are very grateful to......
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R v Haque
...the care of their sister. The court would, not without some reluctance, follow R v CurtisWLR ([2010] 1 WLR 2770) and R v WiddowsUNK ([2011] EWCA Crim 1500) so that in a prosecution under section 4(1) of the 1997 Act, the prosecution had to prove, in addition to the statutory requirements, t......
3 books & journal articles
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Court of Appeal
...court, with some reluctance,concluded that it was bound to follow Curtis, particularly in light of thesubsequent case of R v Widdows [2011] EWCA Crim 1500, with theresult that a prosecution under s. 4 requires proof of harassment. Inaddition to the statutory requirements, there must also be......
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Two Worlds Apart: A Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness of Domestic Abuse Law and Policy in England and Wales and the Russian Federation
...event of a breach. It could be argued that this relatively small29. R v Ireland [1997] All ER 225 HL.30. R v Widdows (David Roger) [2011] EWCA Crim 1500 at [29].31. E Stark, Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life (New York, OUP 2007).32. H Douglas, ‘Do We Need a Specific Do......
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PROSECUTING NON-PHYSICAL ABUSE BETWEEN CURRENT INTIMATE PARTNERS: ARE STALKING LAWS AN UNDER-UTILISED RESOURCE?
...of criminalising conduct, not charged as violence, during incidents in a long and predominantly affectionate relationship': R v Widdows [2011] 2 FLR 869, 874 [29] (Pill LJ) (emphasis added). Given that limited case law is available, reference can also be made to multiple media reports of ca......