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The Privy Council restored dismissal of a medical negligence claim, holding the Court of Appeal should not have overturned the trial judge’s finding on timing or entered judgment on causation.
The Privy Council held that the Court of Appeal was entitled to strike out a long-delayed appeal for want of prosecution and abuse of process.
The Privy Council quashed Roger Watson’s 50-year manslaughter sentence, holding he should have been heard on sentence and given reasons, and remitted the case.
The Privy Council held that the Court of Appeal of Jamaica wrongly refused to hear Ray Morgan’s sentence appeal after administrative errors delayed filing.
The Privy Council held that the Bahamian Court of Appeal used an overly rigid extension-of-time approach, but the proposed criminal appeal lacked merit.
The Privy Council held it had no jurisdiction to grant special leave to appeal from the Solomon Islands after independence, and dismissed the application.
Gainford Care Homes Ltd v Tipple (Practice and Procedure : Appellate jurisdiction/Reasons/Burns-Barke) [2013] UKEAT 0171_13_2111 (21 November 2013)
The Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld a strike-out for intimidatory conduct, holding that the tribunal gave adequate reasons and complied with Meek and rule 30(6).
The Privy Council held that Moss was entitled to be heard on sentence after his conviction was reduced to manslaughter, quashing the 25-year sentence and remitting the case.
The Privy Council refused Andrew Laing permission to appeal, holding that the trial judge’s accomplice-warning directions were adequate and any lack of reasons from Bermuda’s Court of Appeal was cured by its own reasons.
The Privy Council upheld Bonnett Taylor’s murder conviction, finding no unsafe verdict from Mrs Hartley’s unused statement or the juror issue, but adjusted sentence credit.
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