Abuse of Process

Colin Wells (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

360 Seiten

2017 | 3rd Revised edition
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-878604-7 (ISBN)

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A practical guide to advising upon and litigating abuse of process applications within criminal proceedings. Witten by practitioners for practitioners, this book provides tools for understanding and developing abuse of process arguments at all stages of criminal litigation from pre-charge to appellate level, both domestically and internationally.

The 3rd edition of this leading text examines, from a practitioner's point of view, the concept of abuse of process and how it operates within criminal and extradition proceedings. This title deals with the different procedural and factual situations that give rise to an abuse of process, covering the whole of criminal litigation, from pre-charge advisory stage to appellant level. A number of different topics are examined from a case law perspective; covering
disclosure, entrapment, delay, loss of evidence, abuse of executive power, adverse publicity, ability to participate. Skeleton arguments are included for practical assistance.
The third edition covers all recent important case law decisions, updating specific topic areas:
· Case management (R v Boardman [2015] EWCA Crim 175)
· Post-trial abuse (Tague [2015] EWHC 3576(Admin))
· Illegally obtained evidence (Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland v Elliott [2013] UKSC 32)
· Linked civil proceedings (Clayton [2014] 2 Cr App R 20)
· Disclosure Herbert Austin [2013] EWCA Crim 1028,(S)D and S(T) [2015] 2 Cr.App.R.27)
· Entrapment (Wilson v The Queen [2015] NZSC 189) and Palmer [2015] Crim L R 153)
· Delay and serious specific prejudice to a fair trial (R [2015] EWCA Crim 1941)
· Destruction and retention of evidence (DPP v Petrie [2015] EWCA 48 (Admin); Spalluto [2015] EWHC 2211 (Admin)
· Local authority prosecutions (Clayton [2014] EWCA Crim 1030)
· Special measures (OP [2014] EWHC 1944 (Admin)
· Legal representation (Crawley [2014] EWCA Crim 1028)

Colin Wells is a criminal defence barrister of 28 years experience at 25 Bedford Row. His practice ranges from pre-charge criminal advisory, criminal defence work (specialising in Fraud, Money Laundering, Confiscation and related Regulatory Proceedings), Criminal Cost Appeals to Claimant civil actions against the Police and Prison Service - advisory, pleadings and trial representation. Chambers and Partners UK legal directory describes him as "the go-to person on abuse of process matters".

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Erscheinungsdatum	10.02.2017
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	169 x 247 mm
Gewicht	620 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht
ISBN-10	0-19-878604-2 / 0198786042
ISBN-13	978-0-19-878604-7 / 9780198786047
Zustand	Neuware