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English criminal law concerns offences, their prevention and the consequences, in England and Wales. Criminal conduct is considered to be a wrong against the whole of a community, rather than just the private individuals affected.
This is a list of judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom between the court's inception on 1 October 2009 and the most recent judgments. Cases are listed in order of their neutral citation and where possible a link to the official text of the decision in PDF format has been provided.
An Introduction to English Legal History. Third Edition. Butterworths. 1990. Chapters 28 and 29. John Hamilton Baker, "Pleas of the Crown" (1978) 94 Selden Society annual volumes 299; J M Kaye et al. "The Making of English Criminal Law" (1977 to 1978) Criminal Law Review; John G Bellamy. Criminal Law and Society in Late Medieval and Tudor England.
Concealing evidence, contrary to section 5(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1967; Contempt of court a.k.a. criminal contempt; Intimidation, contrary to section 51(1) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; Taking or threatening to take revenge, contrary to section 51(2) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
legislation.gov.uk, formerly known as the UK Statute Law Database, is the official Web-accessible database of the statute law of the United Kingdom, hosted by The National Archives. Established in the early 2000s, [ 1 ] it contains all primary legislation in force since 1267 and all secondary legislation since 1823; it does not include ...
English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The judiciary is independent , and legal principles like fairness , equality before the law , and the right to a fair trial are foundational to the system.
The type and maximum level of sentence for each offence is fixed by Parliament in statutes known as Acts of Parliament. For example, the crime of theft has a fixed maximum of seven years imprisonment. Some offences have a maximum of life imprisonment: these include manslaughter and rape. In such cases, the judge has complete discretion when ...
Another example of an ex post facto criminal law in the UK is the Criminal Justice Act 2003. This law allows people acquitted of murder and certain other serious offences to be retried if there is "new, compelling, reliable and substantial evidence" that the acquitted person really was guilty.