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The Court of Appeal allowed a sentence appeal for cannabis importation, holding the Recorder failed to apply the custodial-sentence guideline and imposing a suspended term instead.
Poor, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 274 (19 February 2026)
Appeal against a 27-month sentence for violent disorder dismissed. The Court of Appeal held that the appellant’s role in widespread unrest justified the sentence.
Caudrey, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 164 (03 February 2026)
The Court of Appeal held that the sentencing judge erred by failing to address the custody/suspension guideline and substituted a suspended term.
Court of Appeal dismissed a deportation appeal, holding that the Upper Tribunal properly set aside inadequate First-tier Tribunal reasons and correctly applied the very compelling circumstances test.
Castle, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 535 (10 April 2025)
The Court of Appeal refused to reduce a 26-month sentence for blackmail against a serving MP, holding that the sentence was not manifestly excessive.
The sentence of 26 months' custody for blackmail targeting a public servant was not manifestly excessive; the judge properly considered aggravating and mitigating factors, and the seriousness of the offence justified an immediate custodial sentence.
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Given the high culpability, extensive planning, scale of disruption, previous convictions, and the need for deterrence, the sentences imposed were not manifestly excessive or disproportionate. The judge made no material error of principle and properly balanced the appellants' rights with the public interest.
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Trowland & Anor, R. v [2023] EWCA Crim 919 (31 July 2023)
The Court of Appeal upheld prison sentences for two Just Stop Oil protesters whose bridge protest caused major disruption, holding the terms were not disproportionate.
The Upper Tribunal dismissed Lineage UK Transport Ltd’s appeal against curtailment of its operator’s licence, holding the Traffic Commissioner’s sanction was proportionate and not punitive.
Falodun v Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Re V1CE Ltd & Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986) [2023] EWHC 182 (Ch) (09 February 2023)
Permission to act as a director was refused because the applicant failed to give full disclosure and did not show the proposed safeguards would adequately protect the public.
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