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CRIMINAL LITIGATION

24 July 2008
Issue: 7331 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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R (on the application of Allen, formerly Harris) v Secretary of State for Justice [2008] EWCA Civ 808, [2008] All ER (D) 197 (Jul)

The common case in which a conviction is quashed because there exists some doubt about its safety is excluded from the definition of “miscarriage of justice” for the purposes of s 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. The right to compensation under s 133 arises only in cases where an appeal succeeds on the basis of a new or newly discovered fact, and where the miscarriage of justice is established by such new fact “conclusively” or “beyond reasonable doubt”.

Issue: 7331 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
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Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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