Reference by Attorney General Under S.36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 v Attorney-General's Reference No 115 of 2015

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLady Justice Hallett DBE,Mr Justice Haddon-Cave,Mr Justice Dingemans
Judgment Date28 January 2016
Neutral Citation[2016] EWCA Crim 765
Docket NumberNo: 201505258 A3
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Date28 January 2016

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  • R v Ricketts
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 7 February 2017
    ...Gen.’s Ref. (No. 51 of 2013), [2013] EWCA Crim 1927; [2014] 1 Cr. App. R. (S.) 83, applied. (3) Att. Gen.’s Ref. (No. 115 of 2015), [2016] EWCA Crim 765; [2016] 2 Cr. App. R. (S.) 23; [2016] Crim. L.R. 859, referred to. (4) Bowen (T.) v. R., 2009 CILR 246, considered. (5) Campbell v. United......
  • R v Tareek Ricardo Ricketts
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 7 February 2017
    ... [2005] EWCA Crim 2056 18 [2013] EWCA Crim 1927; [2014] 1 Cr. App. Rep. (S.) 83 19 supra 20 [2000] 2 Cr. App. Rep. (S.) 217 (CA) 21 [2016] EWCA Crim 765; [2016] 2 Cr. App. Rep. (S.) 23 at para. 18 (CA, Crim Div) 22 [2009] EWCA Crim 1683; [2010] 2 Cr. App. Rep. (S.) 70 at para. 12 (CA, Cr......
  • R v Mia Peers
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 27 October 2021
    ...was a common feature of this type of offending. As Hallett LJ noted in the latter case of Attorney General's Reference No 115 of 2015 [2016] EWCA Crim 765, that was a direction to sentencing judges that citizens, even if subjected to threats, would not store firearms and that to conclude t......
  • R v Mark Anthony Powell
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 18 August 2016
    ...of five years' imprisonment would result in an arbitrary and disproportionate sentence. It is to be noted that in Attorney General's Reference No 115 of 2015 [2016] EWCA Crim 765, this court underlined at paragraph 31 that the word "exceptional" is not to be diluted and that sympathy for th......
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