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The Senior Costs Judge dismissed an appeal over whether a hearing qualified as a Newton hearing for graduated fee purposes under the Criminal Legal Aid regulations.
The original suspended sentence was unduly lenient given the seriousness, aggravating factors, and guideline categorisation; an immediate custodial sentence was required, but fairness dictated limiting the term to 2 years due to reliance on the Goodyear indication.
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Pollard, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1738 (26 November 2025)
Attorney General’s Reference on sentence for domestic abuse and GBH. The Court held the original suspended sentence was unduly lenient and imposed 2 years’ immediate custody.
Moore, R. v [2023] EWCA Crim 1685 (01 December 2023)
The Court of Appeal quashed all convictions after holding that an unsolicited sentence indication amounted to improper pressure on guilty pleas. Count 3 was also legally unsustainable.
Rees, R. v [2023] EWCA Crim 487 (19 April 2023)
The Court of Appeal quashed Geordan Anthony Rees’s convictions after finding his guilty pleas were tainted by an unsafe judicial indication of sentence.
Solomon, R. v [2022] EWCA Crim 1333 (23 September 2022)
Attorney General’s reference in a blackmail and domestic assault case. The Court of Appeal held the sentence unduly lenient and increased it to three years.
The Court of Appeal allowed the Attorney General’s reference and increased Ben Sean Solomon’s sentence for blackmail and assault to three years.
The Court of Appeal held that sentences for three offenders convicted of wounding with intent were unduly lenient and increased each to 9 years.
Ryle, R. v [2021] EWCA Crim 270 (04 February 2021)
The Court of Appeal refused leave and refused an extension of time for a conviction appeal after a guilty plea, finding no improper pressure or arguable unsafe conviction.
The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal and refused an extension of time. It held that the applicant’s guilty plea to cheating the public revenue was voluntary and not undermined by disclosure issues.
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