Criminal Appeals Handbook

Farrhat Arshad KC, Kate O'Raghallaigh, Gregory Stewart (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

400 Seiten

2026 | 3rd edition
Bloomsbury Professional (Verlag)
978-1-5265-3225-1 (ISBN)

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A practical guide to appealing from the Crown Court to the Court of Appeal and beyond, designed to assist those who seek to challenge a conviction or sentence that was imposed by the Crown Court, with guidance on each stage of the appeal process.

This handbook provides practical assistance to legal representatives of clients seeking to challenge convictions or sentences in the Court of Appeal and beyond. It takes each topic in the order in which it arises in the appeal process, through to the conclusion of the case.

The third edition includes a number of important updates:

- Criminal Procedure Rules 2025
- Sentencing Act 2020;
- Important rulings in modern slavery and protest cases;
- Fresh evidence and referrals from the CCRC;
- Developments linked to children and young people;
- Appeals after a Guilty plea;
- Remote attendance of trials and hearings.

Farrhat Arshad KC is a Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, UK. She is instructed in serious crime, including murder, serious sexual offences, protest cases, drugs, firearms and fraud, and in Criminal Appeals. Her civil work centres on Judicial Reviews arising out of both criminal and prison law, including challenges to CCRC decisions and Parole and categorization decisions and appeals by way of case stated. In Appeals, Farrhat is frequently instructed as fresh counsel in out of time appeals to the Court of Appeal in relation to both conviction and sentence. She also undertakes appeals to the Privy Council. Kate O'Raghallaigh is a Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, UK. Her practice encompasses criminal law, extradition and public law in the field of criminal justice. She is a versatile practitioner, being one of the few juniors in the country who specialises in terrorism work and who is dual ranked in Chambers & Partners in the categories of Crime and Extradition. Within crime and related civil work, Kate has particular expertise in terrorism, national security, contempt and the rights of children. She has a strong appellate and judicial review practice and regularly appears alone and led in the Court of Appeal, Administrative Court, and Privy Council. Gregory Stewart is the managing partner, and head of the appeal department, of GT Stewart, a leading London firm specialising in criminal appeals and ranked in band 3 by Chambers and the Legal 500.

Part 1: The Law
1 Introduction to the Court of Appeal
2 Applying the Law: recent developments
3 Appeals against Conviction
4 Appeals and Sentence

Part 2: The Appeal Process
5 Defence Investigations
6 Applying for Leave to Appeal
7 Preparing for Hearings in the Court of Appeal
8 Public Funding and Pro Bono Assitance

Part 3: Applications from the Court of Appeal
9 The Criminal Cases Review Commission
10 Appealing to the Supreme Court
11 Applications to the European Court of Human Rights

Part 4: Other Rights of Appeal
12 Appeals against Interlocutory Rulings
13 Responding to Prosecution Appeals
14 Appeals in Relation to Defendants Suffering a Mental Disorder
15 Special Cases

Appendices

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.1.2026
Reihe/Serie	Criminal Practice Series
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht
ISBN-10	1-5265-3225-5 / 1526532255
ISBN-13	978-1-5265-3225-1 / 9781526532251
Zustand	Neuware