R v Z

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Year2009
Date2009

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12 cases
  • Sodiq Adeojo (1st Appellant) David Nyamupfukudza (2nd Appellant) v R
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 6 February 2013
    ...they accept that evidence." 31 The judge did not refer in his ruling to the observations of the court in Z [2009] EWCA Crim 20, [2009] 1 Cr App R 34 (Stanley Burnton LJ, Gross and Royce JJ). There the prosecution wished to establish relevant bad character by adducing the evidence of a previ......
  • Jake Muldoon v R
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 18 March 2021
    ...cases are infinitely various and will need to be considered on their own merits. As Burnton LJ stated in R v Z [200] EWCA Crim 20; [2009] 1 Cr App R 34 “ section 114(1)(d) should not be so narrowly applied that it has no effect” (see [20]). The present case demonstrates the need not to crea......
  • Romano Mills v The Queen
    • Bermuda
    • Court of Appeal (Bermuda)
    • 27 July 2018
    ...special measures for the protection of the witness, such as screens or video-transmitted evidence.” 13 Horncastle was followed in R v Riat [2013] 1 WLR 2592. Hughes LJ, as he then was, said at para 16 that the court should take all possible steps to enable a fearful witness to give evidenc......
  • R v Twist
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • Invalid date
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4 books & journal articles
  • The Safety-Valve: Discretion to Admit Hearsay Evidence in Criminal Proceedings
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 76-4, August 2012
    • 1 August 2012
    ...3 All ER 1055 at [22].14 R v Taylor [2006] 2 Cr App R 14 at [38]–[40]; R vY[2008] EWCA Crim 10, [2008]1 Cr App R 34 at [56]; R vZ[2009] 1 Cr App R 34 at [21]; and see also R v Lamb[2006] EWCA Crim 3347 at [33].15 R vSadiq [2009] EWCA Crim 712 at [21]–[22].16 See Associated Provincial Pictur......
  • Human Trafficking, Victims’ Rights and Fair Trials
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 82-2, April 2018
    • 1 April 2018
    ...100–1; Wendo vR(1963) 109 CLR 559.133. These are discussed in a forthcoming article by the first author and Natalie Wortley.134. RvZ[2009] 1 Cr App R 34; RvC[2010] EWCA Crim 2401, [2010] Crim LR 858; RvCT[2011] EWCA Crim 2341, [2012]Crim LR 217.135. RvBurton [2011] EWCA Crim 1990, [16].136.......
  • Hearsay, Bad Character and Trust in the Jury: Irish and English Contrasts
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 17-3, July 2013
    • 1 July 2013
    ...For an example of a direction warning jurors about the frailties of hearsay evidence prior to thedecisions in Horncastle, see RvZ[2009] 1 Cr App R 34.100 J. R. Spencer, ‘Hearsay Evidence at Strasbourg: A Further Skirmish or the Final Round? AComment on Al-Khawaja and Tahery v UK in the Gran......
  • Book Review: Character Evidence in the Criminal Trial
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 20-2, April 2016
    • 1 April 2016
    ...as examples of using ‘sure’: RvCrandle [2006] EWCA Crim 2663, RvLafayette [2008] EWCA Crim 3238, RvVickers[2012] EWCA Crim 2689, RvZ[2009] 1 Cr App R 34, RvSwellings [2009] 2 Cr App R (S) 30.174 The International Journal of Evidence & Proof...