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The Law of the UK - Miscarriages of Justice

Bibi Sangha

This article has been prepared by: Dr Robert N Moles and Bibi Sangha
Underlining where it occurs is for editorial emphasis]

Part One - Article

Article on Australian miscarriage of justice cases

References

[1] The issues here are set out and explained in R v Pendleton [2001] UKHL 66 [8ff].

[2] R v Pinfold and Mackenney [2003] EWCA Crim 3643 [10].

[3] R v Michael Gilfillan 7 December 1998 No. 98/1047/S4; Lord Bingham LCJ.

[4] R v Patrick Nicholls [1998] EWCA Crim 727; (bail application).

[5] Pendleton [8] “Although the 1907 Act has been repeatedly amended, the scheme of the Act has not been fundamentally altered. The most notable change has been the granting by the Criminal Appeal Act 1964 and the extension by the Criminal Justice Act 1988 of a power, on the allowing of an appeal against conviction, to order a retrial.”

[6] In R v Ward [1993] 2 All ER 577 it was said that the courts must be vigilant to ensure that it can identify confessions which may be untrue.

[7] In R v Kelly and Connolly [2002] EWCA Crim 2957 it was said that if it wasn’t for Graham’s [untrue] evidence, Kelly would not have been convicted [and hanged]. The Under Secretary had confirmed the Secretary of State’s decision to recommend the remission of the remainder of Graham’s sentence and his immediate release from custody following upon his “assistance” in this matter.

[8] In Kelly and Connolly, Graham had said that he had also heard a confession from Johnson to having committed the crime.

[9] The points in this and the following paragraphs are from R v Pendleton [2001] UKHL 66 [11] citing R v D and J [1996] 1 Cr App R 455.

[10] R v Pendleton [11]; citing R v Parks 1961.

[11] R v Pendleton [17]

[12] R v Derek Bentley (Deceased) [1998] EWCA Crim 2516

[13] R v Mahmoud Mattan (Deceased) 24th February 1998 No: 9706415/S2.

[14] R v Davis, Johnson and Rowe [2001] 1 Cr.App.R. 115; emphasis added

[15] R v Trevor Campbell 14 October 1999 No 99/0642/W5; emphasis added.

[16] R v Campbell; Lord Bingham LCJ.

[17] R v Campbell

[18] R v Campbell

[19] R v Campbell; emphasis added.

[20] R v Dudley and Maynard [50] [2002] EWCA Crim  1942

[21] R v Brannan and Murphy [2002] EWCA Crim 120[93].

[22] R v Cooper and McMahon [2].

[23] R v Cooper and McMahon [46]; emphasis added.

[24] R v Brannan and Murphy [89]

[25] R v Mills and Poole [2003] EWCA Crim 1753 [56]; emphasis added.

[26] R v O’Brien Hall and Sherwood 25 January 2000 98/6926/27/28/S1

[27] R v Derek Bentley (Deceased) [1998] EWCA Crim 2516.

[28] R v Wickens [2003] EWCA Crim 2196 [15].

[29] R v Davis, Johnson and Rowe; Mantell LJ in reference to R v Weir,  The Times, June 16th 2000.

[30] R v Bentley; Bingham LCJ

[31] R v Bentley; Bingham LCJ.

[32] Television interview Channel 7 Today Tonight (Adelaide ) 9 June 2003

[33] R v David James; Evans LJ; 31st July 1998 No 97/7944/S1.

[34] R v Shirley [2003] EWCA Crim; 1976 Laws LJ;  [12]

[35] R v Patrick Nicholls [1998] EWCA Crim 1918; Roch LJ.

[36] R v Terrence Pinfold and Henry MacKenney [2003] EWCA Crim 3643 LCJ [64]

[37] R v Brannan and Murphy [2002] EWCA Crim 120; Keene LJ [38].

[38] R v Brannan and Murphy [28].

[39] R v David James; Evans LJ.

[40] R v Charlie Smith [2002] EWCA Crim 840.

[41] R v John Kamara 9 May 2000 No: 9902769X4.

[42] R v Kamara 9 May 2000 No: 9902769X4; Otton LJ.

[43] R v Mills and Poole; Auld LJ[81]

[44] R v Mills and Poole [81-2]

[45] R v Campbell 1999 No. 99/0642/W5; Bingham LCJ.

[46] R v Campbell

[47] R v Dudley, Maynard, Bailey and Clarke [2002] EWCA Crim 1942; Mantell LJ [43].

[48] R v Derek Bentley (Deceased) [1998] EWCA Crim 2516; Bingham LCJ.

[49] R v Russell Causley [1996]

[50] R v Causley

[51] R v  Causley

[52] R v Kelly and Connolly [2002] EWCA Crim 2957; Rix LJ [16]

[53] R v Mattan 1998 No: 9706415/S2; Rose LJ.

[54] R v Russell Causley [1996]

[55] R v Causley [4].

[56] R v Albert James [2004] EWCA Crim 1433; Waller LJ [25].

[57] R v Gilfillan 1998 No. 98/1047/S4; Bingham LCJ.

[58] R v Haddon [2003] EWCA Crim 284; Rose LJ [9].

[59] R v Samra para [2004] EWCA Crim 1797; Kennedy LJ [18].

[60] R v Steel [2003] EWCA Crim 1640; Rix LJ [5].

[61] R v Green 8 March 2002 Carswell LCJ Northern Ireland.

[62] R v David James No: 97/7944/S1.

[63] R v MF 26 March 2003 [24-6].

[64] R v Charlie Smith [2002] EWCA Crim 840 [29].

[65] R v O’Brien Hall and Sherwood No: 98/6926/27/28/S1; Roch LJ

[66] R v Kelly and Connolly [2002] EWCA Crim 2957; Rix LJ [4].

[67] Kelly and Connolly

[68] Kelly and Connolly

[69] R v Downing [2002] EWCA Crim 263 [13].

[70] R v Samra [2004] EWCA Crim 1797; Kennedy LJ [21].

[71] R v Josephine Smith [2002] EWCA Crim 2671; Rose LJ.

[72] R v Josephine Smith [29].

[73] R v Mahmood Mattan No: 9706415/S2; Rose LJ

[74] R v Dudley, Maynard, Bailey and Clarke [2002] EWCA Crim 1942 [47] Mantell LJ [47].

[75] R v Poole and Mills [2003] EWCA Crim 1753; Auld LJ [65].

[76] R v Dudley, Maynard [54].

[77] Dudley and Maynard [57]; emphasis added.

[78] R v Causley; emphasis added

[79] R v Cooper and McMahon [2003] EWCA Crim 2257; Kennedy LJ [2]

[80] R v Bentley [1998] EWCA Crim 2516; Bingham LCJ.

[81] R v Brannan and Murphy [2002] EWCA Crim 120; Keene LJ [83].

[82] Brannan and Murphy [84].

[83] R v Cooper and MacMahon [2003] EWCA Crim 2257; Kennedy LJ [36].

[84] Cooper and MacMahon [38].

[85] R v Kamara No: 9902769X4; Otton LJ.

[86] R v Poole and Mills [2003] EWCA Crim 1753; Auld LJ[79, 84].

[87] R v Cooper and McMahon [25, 28]

[88] R v Dudley, Maynard [2002] EWCA Crim  1942; Mantell LJ [53].

[89] R v Nichols [1998] EWCA Crim 1918; Roch LJ.

[90] Nichols

[91] R v Nichols [1998] EWCA Crim 727; bail application.

[92] R v Wickens [2003] EWCA Crim 2196; Kay LJ [20].

[93] Wickens [21[.

[94] Wickens [54-5].

[95] R Brannan and Murphy [2002] EWCA Crim 120; Keene LJ [94-5].

[96] R v MF [23].

[97] R v O’Brien, Hall and Sherwood 2000 No: 98/6926/27/28/S1; Roch LJ .

[98] R v Pinfold and Mackenney [2003] EWCA Crim 3643; LCJ [10].

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