Essays Tagged: "Court of Criminal Appeal"
Report of a Court Visit
Report of a Court VisitIntroductionI will briefly describe role and function of the Federal, State Court System ... nity Justice Centres and including Legal Aid. I will report my visiting at the Downing Centre Local Court and seeking the information about summons or attendance notice by speaking one of the court of ... ce by speaking one of the court officers. I will present some nature of the matters as my observing court proceeding. I also provide a concise comments and soico-legal intervention from my personal po ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases
Recklessness.
is a form of mens rea that amounts to less than intention but more than negligence. Originally the courts have given recklessness a subjective meaning through the meaning case of Cunningham [1957] 2 ... r life. The conviction was quashed as it was held that the term 'maliciously' meant 'wickedly'. The Court of Criminal Appeal held that the word malice should not be taken in the old vague sense of mea ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases
The History of Poisoning, Forensic Science and the Emily Perry Case
to the charges being laid here in South Australia. Briefly outline the case as it moved through the courts. What was the final outcome? Was forensic science crucial to the case?Part a)Poisoning has be ... o counts of attempting to murder her husband Ken between 1978 and 1979 with the poison, arsenic. In court the prosecution could not find any evidence that directly vilified her as the person who poiso ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases
Should stalking be seen as criminal assault?
including a policeman, a magistrate and to a judge who later dismissed his appeal. On appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal, his conviction for these offences was quashed on the basis that the requir ... nsive conduct under s4 of the Summary Offences Act (1988). An artificial reasoning was drawn by the courts that stalking was offensive from the fact that it was continued or repeated. While offensive ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
The Doctrine of Judicial Precedent
................................................................................ 2 The Hierarchy of Courts in Mauritius ................................................................................ ... of the Privy Council (JCPC) ........................................................ 3 The Supreme Court .............................................................................................. ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law