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Crime
07/10/2020

Overarching principles: Sentencing offenders with mental disorders, developmental disorders, or neurological impairments

The Sentencing Council’s guideline for sentencing offenders with mental disorders, developmental disorders, or neurological impairments came into force on 1 October 2020. The guideline applies only to offenders aged 18 and older, who are sentenced...
Lisa Hancox
Crime
30/09/2020

Causation in Gross Negligence Manslaughter – Keeping the Criminal Standard Alive

R -v- Broughton [2020] EWCA Crim 1093 The expert evidence of a 90% chance of survival did not exclude the realistic possibility that, even with treatment, the deceased would have died in any event. “Put another way, if an operation carried a...
Zaheer Afzal
Crime
05/08/2020

Court of Appeal Considers the Principle of Disclosure Relating to Electronic Records Held by Prosecution Witnesses

Court of Appeal Considers the Principle of Disclosure Relating to Electronic Records Held by Prosecution Witnesses – CB and Sultan Mohammed v The Queen [2020] EWCA Crim 790 Review by Zaheer Afzal, Barrister at Law The Crime Group at St Philips...
Matt Cullen
Crime
28/07/2020

Two New Important Judgments

Despite the Covid19 pandemic causing criminal courts in England and Wales to grind to a near halt, decisions have continued to flow from our higher courts. Two recent Judgments are of particular interest and potential importance. Sutherland v Her...
St Philips Chambers reception
Crime
23/07/2020

St Philips barristers warn convicted landlords over possible confiscation

Delighted to see St Philips Barristers, Kevin Hegarty and Ben Close featured in LocalGov talking about how the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) can be used by local authorities in the current climate. Learn more: https://bit.ly/2D0NKfI
Kevin Hegarty QC & Simon Philips
Crime
01/07/2020

St Philips Barristers, Kevin Hegarty QC and Simon Phillips have been briefed to prosecute a woman accused of killing her mother

St Philips Barristers, Kevin Hegarty QC and Simon Phillips have been briefed to prosecute a woman accused of killing her mother, in a case where, so far, the body has not been found. Lucy Fox has been charged with murdering her mother Judith Fox,...
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Crime
04/06/2020

10th Amendment to CPD – Key Developments To Bench Warrants and s86A Courts Act 2003

Practice Directions (“the Directions”) entered into force on 13th May 2020. Its entrance may have been easily missed having come about while the country observes a new-normal of remote hearings and the beginnings of socially-distanced trials....
St Philips Chambers reception
Crime
03/06/2020

Debut Social Distancing Trial hailed a success by St Philips member

Conducting trials in the new climate posed by Covid 19 is nothing to worry about, but needs meticulous preparation, says a member of St Philips, who has defended in one of the first Social Distancing Measures trial in the country. He said the trial,...
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