November 13, 2020
This week’s video case reviews by David Walbank QC on Crimecast.Law include important judgments, which are likely to be of wide-ranging and long-lasting effect (on prosecution disclosure of a complainant’s electronic devices; proportionality in confiscation; and public interest immunity re search warrants)
In the week commencing Monday 9 November 2020, the following five video reviews have been added to the current series:
- R v CB; R v Mohammed (Sultan) [2020] 2 Cr App R 20 on prosecution disclosure in respect of complainants’ mobile phones and other digitally stored communications
- R v Andrewes (Jon) [2020] EWCA Crim 1055 in which the Court of Appeal set out clear criteria for the assessment of ‘proportionality’ in confiscation proceedings
- R (Jordan) v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police [2020] EWHC 2274 (Admin) on the determination of Public Interest Immunity claims on challenges to search warrants
- R v Jelf (Nathan) [2020] 2 Cr App R (S) 52 on the Football Banning Order regime and what is a ‘relevant offence’ under s14A Football Spectators Act 1989
- Official Receiver v Skeene & Bowers [2020] EWHC 1252 (Ch) on the collateral use in criminal proceedings of affidavits served in parallel civil proceedings
New video reviews of recent case law and legislation are uploaded five times a week at 5pm every Monday to Friday. For free and instant access to the first 32 videos from ‘The Top 50 Cases of 2020’ plus a complete set of ‘The Top 50 Cases of 2019’, visit the website at [CrimeCast.Law]