header-logo header-logo

Home Login E-newsletter About us
07 December 2012
Issue: 7541 / Categories: Case law , Law reports , In Court
printer mail-detail

Evidence—Admissibility—Criminal proceedings

© Copyright LexisNexis 2026. All Rights Reserved.

Gohil v Gohil [2012] EWCA Civ 1550, [2012] All ER (D) 287 (Nov)

Court of Appeal, Civil Division, Lord Dyson MR, Lady Justice Hallett and Lord Justice McFarlane, 26 Nov 2012

Unless the requested country has consented to its wider use, s 9(2) of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (CIA 2003) prohibits the use of evidence for any purpose other than that specified in the request without the consent of the requested authority, even where those documents have already been properly put into the public domain. That prohibition applies as much to the use of evidence in other criminal investigations and proceedings as it does to its use in civil proceedings of any description.

Stephen Cobb QC and Nicola Fox (instructed by Hodge Jones and Allen LLP) for the wife. James Turner QC and Elissa da Costa-Waldman (instructed by Duncan Lewis (Solicitors) Ltd) for the husband. Julian B Knowles QC and Esther Schutzer-Weissman (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the CPS. Jonathan Swift QC and Melanie Cumberland (instructed

If you are not a subscriber, subscribe now to read this content
If you are already a subscriber sign in
...or Register for two weeks' free access to subscriber content

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Read All
Sponsored by
42BR Barristers—4 Brick Court

42BR Barristers—4 Brick Court

42BR Barristers to be joined by leading family law set, 4 Brick Court, this summer

Winckworth Sherwood—Rubianka Winspear

Winckworth Sherwood—Rubianka Winspear

Real estate and construction energy offering boosted by partner hire

Gateley Legal—Daniel Walsh

Gateley Legal—Daniel Walsh

Firm bolsters real estate team with partner hire in Birmingham

NEWS
Read All
NLJ this week: Rent reforms unleash tribunal turmoil
A wave of housing and procedural reforms is set to test the limits of tribunal capacity. In his latest Civil Way column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold charts sweeping change as the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 begins biting
NLJ this week: Jury cuts won’t cure court crisis
Plans to reduce jury trials risk missing the real problem in the criminal justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, David Wolchover of Ridgeway Chambers argues the crown court backlog is fuelled not by juries but weak cases slipping through a flawed ‘50%’ prosecution test
NLJ this week: Brain data could rewrite family justice
Emerging technologies may soon transform how courts determine truth in deeply personal disputes. In this week's NLJ, Madhavi Kabra of 1 Hare Court and Harry Lambert of Outer Temple Chambers explore how neurotechnology could reshape family law
NLJ this week: Offensive speech still protected, court rules
A controversial protest case has reignited debate over the limits of free expression. In NLJ this week, Nicholas Dobson examines a Quran-burning incident testing public order law
NLJ this week: Arbitration appeals face hard stop
The courts have drawn a firm line under attempts to extend arbitration appeals. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed of the University of Leicester highlights that if the High Court refuses permission under s 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996, that is the end
Copyright © 2026 LexisNexis
back-to-top-scroll