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R v Alan Clarke

The Court of Appeal held that section 58 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 did not prevent a trial judge from reversing a mid-trial ruling of no case to answer.

  • Sexual-offences
  • Procedure-for-no-case-to-answer
  • Judicial-discretion
  • Legitimate-expectation
  • Criminal-appeals
  • No-case-to-answer
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Criminal-law [2026] EWCA Crim 559

Ali, R. v

Ali, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 559 (22 April 2026)

The Court of Appeal upheld Junaid Ali’s burglary and theft convictions, rejecting his argument that the trial should have been stopped when he was arrested during deliberations.

  • Trial-in-absence-of-defendant
  • Judicial-discretion
  • Fair-trial
  • Burglary
  • Theft
  • Appeal-against-conviction
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Criminal-law

R v Junaid Ali

Court of Appeal upheld burglary and theft convictions, rejecting the claim that the trial judge should have stopped proceedings after the appellant was arrested during jury deliberations.

  • Trial-in-absence
  • Fairness-of-proceedings
  • Judicial-discretion
  • Burglary
  • Theft
  • Failure-to-surrender
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Criminal-law [2026] EWCA Crim 491

Hughes, R. v

Hughes, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 491 (25 March 2026)

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against refusal to vacate a guilty plea for breaching a restraining order, finding no merit in the proposed defence.

  • Breach-of-restraining-order
  • Vacation-of-guilty-plea
  • Reasonable-excuse-defence
  • Judicial-discretion
  • Criminal-appeal
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Criminal-law [2026] EWCA Crim 184

Clarke, R. v

Clarke, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 184 (06 February 2026)

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal after a trial judge reversed a no case to answer ruling on attempted rape during an adjournment for the prosecution to consider appeal.

  • Sexual-offences
  • Attempted-rape
  • Judicial-discretion
  • No-case-to-answer
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Criminal-appeals
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Criminal-law [2026] EWCA Crim 42

Delecia v R.

Delecia v R. [2026] EWCA Crim 42 (03 February 2026)

The Court of Appeal dismissed a challenge to a rape conviction, holding the trial judge was not required to question the jury after a note about “preconceptions.”

  • Jury-irregularity
  • Judicial-discretion
  • Rape
  • Consent
  • Jury-directions
  • Appeals-against-conviction
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Criminal-law [2025] EWHC 3474 (Admin)

Chief Constable of Lincolnshire Police, R (On the Application Of) v Lincoln Magistrates' Court

Chief Constable of Lincolnshire Police, R (On the Application Of) v Lincoln Magistrates' Court [2025] EWHC 3474 (Admin) (19 December 2025)

The High Court dismissed a judicial review over a magistrates’ order returning seized cash, holding that an informal section 297 POCA application was valid.

  • Proceeds-of-crime-act-2002
  • Detention-and-forfeiture-of-cash
  • Procedural-compliance
  • Judicial-discretion
  • Burden-of-proof
  • Cash-detention-and-forfeiture
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Criminal-law

R v Faheem Younis

The Court of Appeal refused renewed leave to appeal against a murder conviction, holding that rulings on hostile witnesses and hearsay were within the trial judge’s discretion.

  • Murder
  • Hostile-witnesses
  • Hearsay-evidence
  • Judicial-discretion
  • Fairness-of-trial
  • Criminal-appeal
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Administrative-law [2025] EWCA Civ 1631

The Nursing And Midwifery Council v Ibrahim

The Nursing And Midwifery Council v Ibrahim [2025] EWCA Civ 1631 (15 December 2025)

The Court of Appeal dismissed the NMC’s appeal, upholding the High Court’s refusal to remit a nursing fitness-to-practise case after quashing the findings.

  • Fitness-to-practise
  • Misconduct
  • Sanctions
  • Remittal
  • Judicial-discretion
  • Deprivation-of-liberty
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Criminal-law [2025] EWCA Crim 1632

Younis, R. v

Younis, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1632 (15 December 2025)

The Court of Appeal refused Faheem Younis’s renewed application for leave to appeal against his murder conviction, finding no error in rulings on hostile witnesses and hearsay.

  • Murder
  • Hostile-witnesses
  • Hearsay-evidence
  • Admission-of-previous-inconsistent-statements
  • Judicial-discretion
  • Fair-trial
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