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The Court of Appeal held that a postal requisition for a conspiracy to import cannabis was valid and that the Crown Court had jurisdiction to try the case.
Ali, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 634 (21 April 2026)
The Court of Appeal dismissed a jurisdiction challenge to a Crown Court drug-conspiracy conviction, holding the postal requisition and sending procedure were valid.
The Court of Appeal held it was not an abuse of process to add dangerous driving after a guilty plea to careless driving, because the first proceedings had not concluded.
The Court of Appeal allowed the prosecution’s appeal against a refusal to adjourn a Crown Court trial, holding the judge gave insufficient weight to the public interest and case history.
AB v Chief Constable of North Wales Police [2026] EWCC 11 (27 March 2026)
The court dismissed a false imprisonment and assault claim arising from an arrest for alleged malicious communications, finding the arrest lawful and the force reasonable.
The court dismissed a claim for false imprisonment and assault/battery, finding the arrest lawful, necessary, properly explained, and carried out with reasonable force.
Modi v Government of India [2026] EWHC 716 (Admin) (25 March 2026)
The High Court refused to reopen Nirav Modi’s extradition appeal, holding that updated Indian government assurances sufficiently reduced any Article 3 risk.
The judge erred in law by treating the refusal to adjourn as a terminating ruling; the proper course was for the trial to proceed. The absence of the two independent witnesses did not render the trial unfair as their statements could be read, and the defence was not prejudiced to the extent requiring a stay. The prosecution's failures did not amount to an abuse of process.
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Regional Court in Gdansk (Poland) v Grzymala [2026] EWHC 607 (Admin) (17 March 2026)
The High Court dismissed Poland’s extradition appeal, holding that ambiguity in the arrest warrant and later information meant section 20 of the Extradition Act 2003 was not satisfied.
Phan, R. v (Re Application to treat Notice of Abandonment as a nullity) [2026] EWCA Crim 199 (10 February 2026)
The Court of Appeal refused to treat the applicant’s notice of abandonment as a nullity, holding that her mind went with the decision and she understood its effect.
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