Criminal Law Milestone Cases in United Kingdom

1. A v United Kingdom (Human Rights: Punishment of Child) (BAILII: [1998] ECHR 85 ) [1998] 3 FCR 597, (1999) 27 EHRR 611, [1998] 2 FLR 959 

2. Abdul-Hussain & Ors (BAILII: [1998] EWCA Crim 3528 ) [1999] Crim LR 570 191 

3. Adomako (BAILII: [1994] UKHL 6 ) [1994] 3 WLR 288, [1994] 3 All ER 79, [1995] 1 AC 171 

4. Allen [1988] Crim LR 698 

5. Alphacell v Woodward (BAILII: [1972] UKHL 4 ) [1972] AC 824 

6. Anderton v Ryan (BAILII: [1985] UKHL 5 ) [1985] AC 560 

7. Andrews v DPP (BAILII: [1937] UKHL 1 ) [1937] AC 576 

8. Applin v Race Relations Board (BAILII: [1974] UKHL 3 ) [1974] 2 All ER 73, [1975] AC 259 

9. Attorney General for Hong Kong v Yip Kai Foon (Hong Kong) (BAILII: [1987] UKPC 4 ) [1988] AC 642, [1988] 1 All ER 153, (1988) 86 Cr App R 368, [1988] 2 WLR 326 

10. Attorney General for Jersey v Holley (BAILII: [2005] UKPC 23 ) [2005] 3 WLR 29 

11. Attorney General for Northern Ireland v Gallagher (BAILII: [1961] UKHL 2 ) [1963] AC 349 

12. Attorney General’s Reference (No 1 of 1975) (BAILII: [1975] EWCA Crim 1 ) [1975] 2 All ER 684; [1975] QB 773 (CA) 

13. Attorney General’s Reference (No 2 of 1983) (BAILII: [1984] EWCA Crim 1 ) [1984] QB 456 

14. Attorney General’s Reference (No 2 of 1999) (BAILII: [2000] EWCA Crim 91 ) [2000] QB 796, [2000] 2 Cr App R 207, [2000] 3 All ER 182, [2000] IRLR 417, [2000] 3 WLR 195 

15. Attorney General’s Reference (No 6 of 1980) (BAILII: [1981] EWCA Crim 1 ) [1981] QB 715 

16. B v DPP (BAILII: [2000] UKHL 13 ) [2000] Crim LR 403, [2000] 2 AC 428, [2000] 2 WLR 452, [2000] 1 All ER 833 

17. Bainbridge [1960] 1 QB 129; [1959] 3 All ER 200 (CA) 

18. Bateman (1925) 19 Cr App R 8; [1925] All ER Rep 45; 28 Cox CC 33 (CA) 

19. Beckford v R (BAILII: [1987] UKPC 1 ) [1987] 3 WLR 611, (1987) 85 Cr App R 378, [1988] AC 130, [1987] 3 All ER 425 

20. Blake v DPP [1993] Crim LR 586; DC 

21. Bowen, R. v (BAILII: [1996] EWCA Crim 1792 ) [1997] 1 WLR 372, [1996] 2 Cr App R 157 

22. Bratty v Attorney General of Northern Ireland (BAILII: [1961] UKHL 3 ) [1963] AC 386, [1961] 3 All ER 523 

23. Briggs (BAILII: [2003] EWCA Crim 3662 ) [2004] Crim LR 495 

24. Burgess [1991] 2 QB 92 (CA) 

25. Byrne [1960] 3 All ER 1; [1960] 2 QB 396 (CA) 

26. Cheshire [1991] 3 All ER 670; [1991] 1 WLR 844 (CA) 

27. Clarence (1888) 22 QB 23 

28. Clarkson (1971) 55 Cr App R 445; [1971] 1 WLR 1402; CMAC 

29. Collins v Wilcock (1984) 79 Cr App R 229; [1984] 1 WLR 1172; DC 

30. Commissioner of Police v Caldwell (BAILII: [1982] UKHL 1 ) [1982] AC 341 

31. Coney (1882) 8 QB 534 

32. Corbett, R. v (BAILII: [1996] EWCA Crim 1793 ) [1996] Crim LR 594 

33. Cunningham [1957] 2 QB 396 (CA) 

34. Curley (1909) 2 Cr App R 96 (CA) 

35. Curr [1968] 2 QB 944 (CA) 

36. Dias (BAILII: [2001] EWCA Crim 2986 ) [2002] 2 Cr App R 5 

37. Dica (BAILII: [2004] EWCA Crim 1103 ) [2004] 3 ALL ER 593, [2004] 2 Cr App R 28, [2004] QB 1257 

38. Dietschmann (BAILII: [2003] UKHL 10 ) [2003] 1 All ER 897, [2003] 1 AC 1209, [2003] 2 Cr App R 4, [2003] 2 WLR 613 

39. Dip Kau v Chief Constable of Hampshire [1981] 2 All ER 430; [1981] 1 WLR 578; DC 

40. Donovan [1934] 2 KB 498 

41. DPP v Armstrong (BAILII: [1999] EWHC QB 270 ) [2000] Crim LR 379 QB 

42. DPP v Camplin (BAILII: [1978] UKHL 2 ) [1978] AC 705 

43. DPP v Gomez (BAILII: [1992] UKHL 4 ) [1993] AC 442, [1993] 1 All ER 1 

44. DPP v K [1990] 1 WLR 1067 

45. DPP v Majewski (BAILII: [1976] UKHL 2 ) [1977] AC 443 

46. DPP v Morgan (BAILII: [1975] UKHL 3 ) [1976] AC 182 

47. DPP v Newbury (BAILII: [1976] UKHL 3 ) [1977] AC 500 

48. DPP v Ray (BAILII: [1973] UKHL 3 ) [1974] AC 370 

49. Dudley & Stephens (1884) 14 QB 273 

50. Duffy [1949] 1 All ER 932 (CA) 

51. Edwards v R. (Hong Kong) (BAILII: [1972] UKPC 1 ) [1973] 1 All ER 152, (1973) 57 Cr App R 157, [1973] AC 648, [1972] 3 WLR 893 

52. Elbekkay, R. v (BAILII: [1994] EWCA Crim 1 ) [1995] Crim LR 163 

53. Elliott v C [1983] 2 All ER 1005; [1983] 1 WLR 939 (CA) 

54. Fagan v MPC [1969] 1 QB 439; [1968] 3 All ER 442; [1968] 3 WLR 1120; DC 

55. Feely [1973] QB 530 

56. Ferguson v Weaving [1951] 1 KB 814; DC 

57. Fitzmaurice (BAILII: [1982] EWCA Crim 1 ) [1983] QB 1083, [1983] 1 All ER 189, [1983] 2 WLR 227 

58. Fitzpatrick [1977] NI 20 (N. Ireland) 

59. Flack v Hunt (1979) 70 Cr App R 51; DC 

60. Flattery (1877) 2 QB 410 

61. Frankland & Anor v R. (Isle of Man) (BAILII: [1987] UKPC 3 ) (1988) 86 Cr App R 116, [1987] AC 576, [1987] 2 WLR 1251 

62. Geddes [1996] Crim LR 894 

63. Gibbins & Proctor (1918) 13 Cr App R 134 (CA) 

64. Gilmour (BAILII: [2000] NICA 10 (CA) [2000] NICA 10, [2000] Crim LR 763 

65. Haughton v Smith (BAILII: [1973] UKHL 4 ) [1975] AC 476 

66. Haystead v Chief Constable of Derbyshire (BAILII: [2000] 3 All ER 890 DC [2000] 2 Cr App R 339, [2000] EWHC QB 181, [2000] 3 All ER 890 

67. Hill v Baxter [1958] 1 QB 277 

68. Hinks (BAILII: [2000] UKHL 53 ) [2000] 3 WLR 1590 

69. Hussey (1924) 18 Cr App R 160 

70. Hyam v DPP (BAILII: [1974] UKHL 2 ) [1975] AC 55 

71. Johnson v Youden [1950] 1 KB 544; DC 

72. Jones [1990] 1 WLR 1057 

73. Jordan (1956) 40 Cr App R 152 (CA) 

74. Kemp [1957] 1 QB 399 

75. Kennedy (BAILII: [2005] EWCA Crim 685 ) [2005] 2 Cr App R 23, [2005] 1 WLR 2159 

76. Khan [1990] 2 All ER 783; [1990] 1 WLR 813 (CA) 

77. King and Stockwell [1987] 1 All ER 547; [1987] QB 547 

78. Kingston (BAILII: [1994] UKHL 9 ) [1995] 2 AC 355, [1994] 3 WLR 519, [1994] 3 All ER 353 

79. Lamb [1967] 2 QB 981 

80. Larsonneur (1933) 24 Cr App R 74 (CA) 

81. Latimer (1886) 17 QB 359 

82. Lawrence v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (BAILII: [1971] UKHL 2 ) [1972] AC 626 

83. Le Brun [1991] 4 All ER 673; [1992] QB 61 (CA) 

84. Lesbini [1914] 3 KB 1116 (CA) 

85. Linekar (BAILII: [1994] EWCA Crim 2 ) [1995] 3 All ER 70, [1995] 2 WLR 237, [1995] QB 250 

86. Lipman [1970] 1 QB 152 

87. Liyanage & Ors v The Queen (BAILII: [1965] UKPC 1 ) [1967] 1 AC 259, [1966] 2 WLR 682, [1966] 1 All ER 650 

88. Logdon v DPP [1976] Crim LR 121; DC 

89. Luc Thiet Thuan v R. (BAILII: [1996] UKPC 57 ) [1997] AC 131, [1996] 2 All ER 1033 

90. Martin (1881) 8 QBD 54 

91. Maxwell v DPP for Northern Ireland [1978] 1 WLR 1350 

92. McKnight v Davies [1974] RTR 4 

93. Meli & Ors v Queen (Basutoland) (BAILII: [1954] UKPC 1 ) [1954] 1 WLR 228, [1954] 1 All ER 3 

94. Miller [1954] 2 QB 282 

95. M’Naghten’s Case (BAILII: [1843] UKHL J16 ) 8 ER 718 

96. Mohan v R. (Trinidad and Tobago) (BAILII: [1966] UKPC 3 ) [1967] 2 AC 187, [1967] 2 WLR 676 

97. Moriarty v Brooks (BAILII: [1834] EWHC Exch J79 ) 172 ER 1419 

98. Moynes v Cooper [1956] 1 QB 439 

99. National Coal Board v Gamble [1959] 1 QB 11 

100. O’Grady (BAILII: [1987] EWCA Crim 2 ) [1987] QB 995 

101. Oxford v Moss (1978) 68 Cr App R 183 

102. Parmenter [1992] AC 714; (1991) 92 Cr App R 68; [1991] 2 All ER 225 (CA) 

103. Pembliton (1874) LR 2 CCR 119 

104. Pitts (1842) C & M 284 54 

105. Pittwood (1902) 19 TLR 37 

106. Pommell (BAILII: [1995] EWCA Crim 7 ) [1995] 2 Cr App R 607 

107. Prince [1874-80] All ER Rep 881 

108. R (BAILII: [1991] UKHL 12 ) [1991] 4 All ER 481; [1992] 1 AC 599 

109. R v Ahluwalia (BAILII: [1992] EWCA Crim 1 ) [1992] 4 All ER 889; (1993) 96 Cr App R 133 (CA) 

110. R v Allen (BAILII: [1984] UKHL 6 ) [1985] AC 1029, 2 All ER 641 

111. R v Bailey (BAILII: [1983] EWCA Crim 2 ) [1983] Crim LR 353, (1983) 1 WLR 760 

112. R v Becerra & Anor (BAILII: [1975] EWCA Crim 6 ) 

113. R v Bird (BAILII: [1985] EWCA Crim 2 ) [1985] 2 All ER 513, [1985] 1 WLR 816 

114. R v Birtles (BAILII: [1969] EWCA Crim 1 ) 

115. R v Bland (BAILII: [1987] EWCA Crim 1 ) 

116. R v Blaue (BAILII: [1975] EWCA Crim 3 ) 

117. R v Bonner & Ors (BAILII: [1970] EWCA Crim 1 ) 

118. R v Bow (BAILII: [1976] EWCA Crim 1 ) 

119. R v Brown (BAILII: [1985] EWCA Crim 3 ) [1985] Crim LR 212 

120. R v Brown (BAILII: [1992] UKHL 7 ) [1993] 2 All ER 75, [1994] 1 AC 212, [1993] 2 WLR 556 

121. R v Burstow; R v Ireland (BAILII: [1997] UKHL 34 ) [1998] 1 Cr App Rep 177, [1997] 3 WLR 534, [1997] 4 All ER 225, [1998] AC 147 

122. R v Cato & Ors (BAILII: [1975] EWCA Crim 5 ) 

123. R v Church (BAILII: [1965] EWCA Crim 1 ) 

124. R v Clarke (BAILII: [1971] EWCA Crim 5 ) 

125. R v Clegg (BAILII: [1995] UKHL 1 ) [1995] 1 AC 482, [1995] 1 All ER 334 

126. R v Cogan & Anor (BAILII: [1975] EWCA Crim 2 ) 

127. R v Collins (BAILII: [1972] EWCA Crim 1 ) 

128. R v Collis-Smith (BAILII: [1971] EWCA Crim 1 ) 

129. R v Conway (BAILII: [1988] EWCA Crim 1 ) [1989] QB 290 

130. R v Cunningham (BAILII: [1981] UKHL 5 ) [1982] AC 566 

131. R v Denton (BAILII: [1981] EWCA Crim 4 ) [1981] 1 WLR 1446, [1982] 1 All ER 65 

132. R v Doughty (BAILII: [1986] EWCA Crim 1 ) (1986) 83 Cr App R 319 

133. R v Fook (BAILII: [1993] EWCA Crim 1 ) [1994] 2 All ER 552, [1994] 1 WLR 689 

134. R v G (BAILII: [2003] UKHL 50 ) [2004] 1 Cr App R 21, (2003) 167 JP 621, [2004] 1 AC 1034, [2003] 4 All ER 765, (2003) 167 JPN 955, [2003] 3 WLR 1060 

135. R v Ghosh (BAILII: [1982] EWCA Crim 2 ) [1982] 3 WLR 110, [1982] 2 All ER 689, [1982] QB 1053 

136. R v Gilks (BAILII: [1972] EWCA Crim 2 ) 

137. R v Gould (BAILII: [1968] EWCA Crim 1 ) 

138. R v Graham (BAILII: [1981] EWCA Crim 5 ) [1982] 1 All ER 801, (1982) 74 Cr App R 235, [1982] 1 WLR 294 

139. R v Hancock (BAILII: [1985] UKHL 9 ) [1986] AC 455, [1986] 1 All ER 641, [1985] 3 WLR 1014 

140. R v Hardie (BAILII: [1984] EWCA Crim 2 ) [1985] 1 WLR 64 

141. R v Hasan (BAILII: [2005] UKHL 22 ) [2005] 2 WLR 709 

142. R v Hennessy (BAILII: [1989] EWCA Crim 1 ) [1989] 1 WLR 287 

143. R v Holland (BAILII: [1841] EWHC QB J103 ) (1841) 174 ER 313 

144. R v Hopley (BAILII: [1860] EW Misc J73 ) 175 ER 1024, (1860) 2 F&F 202 

145. R v Howe (BAILII: [1986] UKHL 4 ) [1987] AC 417, [1987] 2 WLR 568, [1987] 1 All ER 771 

146. R v Hudson Taylor (BAILII: [1971] EWCA Crim 2 ) 

147. R v Ibrams (BAILII: [1981] EWCA Crim 3 ) (1982) 74 Cr App R 154 

148. R v Johnson (BAILII: [1989] EWCA Crim 2 ) [1989] EWCA Crim 289 

149. R v Lambie (BAILII: [1981] UKHL 4 ) [1981] 2 All ER 776, [1982] AC 449 

150. R v Lloyd (BAILII: [1985] EWCA Crim 1 ) [1985] QB 829 

151. R v Marshall (BAILII: [2000] EWCA Crim 3530 ) [1998] 2 Cr App R 282 

152. R v Martin (BAILII: [1988] EWCA Crim 288 ) [1989] 1 All ER 652, [1988] EWCA Crim 2, (1989) 88 Cr App R 343 

153. R v Martin (BAILII: [2001] EWCA Crim 2245 ) [2002] 2 WLR 1, [2003] QB 1 

154. R v Merrick (BAILII: [1995] EWCA Crim 5 ) [1995] Crim LR 802, [1996] 1 Cr App R 130 

155. R v Miller (BAILII: [1982] UKHL 6 ) [1983] 2 AC 161, 1 All ER 978 

156. R v Moloney (BAILII: [1984] UKHL 4 ) [1985] AC 905, 1 All ER 1025 

157. R v Morris (BAILII: [1984] UKHL 1 ) [1983] 3 WLR 697, [1984] AC 320, [1983] 3 All ER 288 

158. R v Mowatt (BAILII: [1967] EWCA Crim 1 ) 

159. R v Nedrick (BAILII: [1986] EWCA Crim 2 ) (1986) 83 Cr App R 267, [1986] 1 WLR 1025 

160. R v Olugboja (BAILII: [1981] EWCA Crim 2 ) [1982] QB 320 

161. R v Pagett (BAILII: [1983] EWCA Crim 1 ) (1983) 76 Cr App R 279 

162. R v Palmer (BAILII: [1970] UKPC 2 ) (1971) 55 Cr App R 223, [1971] AC 814, [1971] 1 All ER 1077, [1971] 2 WLR 831 

163. R v Powell (BAILII: [1997] UKHL 57 ) [1997] 3 WLR 959, [1997] 4 All ER 545 

164. R v Preddy (BAILII: [1996] UKHL 13 ) [1996] AC 815, [1996] 3 All ER 481, [1996] 3 WLR 255 

165. R v Quick & Anor (BAILII: [1973] EWCA Crim 1 ) 

166. R v Rai (BAILII: [1999] EWCA Crim 2250 ) 164 JP 121, [2000] Crim LR 192, [2000] 1 Cr App R 242 

167. R v Richens (BAILII: [1992] EWCA Crim 3 ) [1993] 4 All ER 877 

168. R v Roberts (BAILII: [1971] EWCA Crim 4 ) 

169. R v Rodger (BAILII: [1997] EWCA Crim 1760 ) [1998] 1 Cr App R 143 

170. R v Rook (BAILII: [1993] EWCA Crim 3 )(1993) 97 Cr App R 327; [1993] 1 WLR 1005 (CA) 

171. R v S & Anor (BAILII: [1983] EWCA Crim 5 ) (1984) 78 Cr App R 149 

172. R v Savage (BAILII: [1992] UKHL 1 ) [1991] 94 Cr App R 193, 4 All ER 698, [1992] 1 AC 699 

173. R v Saville (BAILII: [1980] EWCA Crim 1 ) (1980) 70 Cr App R 204, [1980] 1 All ER 861, [1981] QB 12, [1980] 3 WLR 151 

174. R v Shivpuri (BAILII: [1986] UKHL 2 ) [1987] AC 1 

175. R v Sibartie (BAILII: [1983] EWCA Crim 3 ) [1983] Crim LR 470 

176. R v Silverman (BAILII: [1987] EWCA Crim 3 ) (1988) 86 Cr App R 213 

177. R v Steer (BAILII: [1986] UKHL 6 ) [1987] 3 WLR 205, [1987] 2 All ER 833, [1988] AC 111 

178. R v Stephenson (BAILII: [1979] EWCA Crim 1 ) [1979] QB 695 

179. R v Tabassum (BAILII: [2000] EWCA Crim 90 ) [2000] 2 Cr App R 328, [2000] Lloyd’s Rep Med 404 

180. R v Tandy (BAILII: [1987] EWCA Crim 5 ) (1988) 87 Cr App R 45, [1989] 1 WLR 350 

181. R v Venna (BAILII: [1975] EWCA Crim 4 ) 

182. R v Whitehouse (BAILII: [1977] EWCA Crim 2 ) 

183. R v Williams (BAILII: [1983] EWCA Crim 4 ) (1984) 78 Cr App R 276 

184. R v Woodman (BAILII: [1974] EWCA Crim 1 ) 

185. R v Woollin (BAILII: [1998] UKHL 28 ) [1999] AC 82, [1999] 1 Cr App Rep 8, [1998] 3 WLR 382, [1998] Crim LR 890, [1998] 4 All ER 103 

186. Ram v Ram (1893) 17 Cox CC 609 

187. Re A (Children) (Conjoined Twins: Medical Treatment) (No 1) (BAILII: [2000] EWCA Civ 254 ) [2001] 2 WLR 480, 9 BHRC 261, [2000] 3 FCR 577, [2000] HRLR 721, [2001] Fam Law 18, (2001) 57 BMLR 1, [2000] 4 All ER 961, [2000] Lloyd’s Rep Med 425, [2001] Fam 147, [2001] 1 FLR 1, [2001] UKHRR 1 

188. Savage 91 Cr App R 317; [1992] 1 AC 714 (CA) 

189. Scott v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (BAILII: [1974] UKHL 4 ) [1975] AC 819 

190. Shaw v DPP (BAILII: [1961] UKHL 1 ) [1962] AC 220 

191. Shephard [1919] 2 KB 125 (CA) 

192. Smith (Morgan) (BAILII: [2000] UKHL 49 ) [2000] 3 WLR 654, [2001] 1 AC 146, [2000] 4 All ER 289 

193. Smith [1959] 2 QB 35 

194. Steane [1947] KB 997; [1947] 1 All ER 813 

195. Stewart & Anor, R. v (BAILII: [1994] EWCA Crim 3 ) [1995] 3 All ER 159, [1995] 1 Cr App R 441 

196. Stone & Dobinson [1977] QB 354; [1977] 2 All ER 341; [1977] 2 WLR 169 (CA) 

197. Sweet v Parsley (BAILII: [1969] UKHL 1 ) [1970] AC 132 

198. T [1990] Crim LR 256 (Crown Ct) 

199. Tesco Supermarkets Ltd v Nattrass (BAILII: [1971] UKHL 1 ) [1972] AC 153 

200. Thornton [1992] 1 All ER 306 (CA) 

201. Thornton v Mitchell [1940] 1 All ER 339 

202. Thornton, R. v (No.2) (BAILII: [1995] EWCA Crim 6 ) [1996] 1 WLR 1174, [1996] 2 All ER 1023, [1996] 2 Cr App R 108 

203. Troughton v Metropolitan Police [1987] Crim LR 138 

204. Tuberville v Savage (BAILII: [1669] EWHC KB J25 ) 86 ER 684, (1669) 1 Mod Rep 3 

205. Turner (No.2) [1971] 2 All ER 441; [1971] 1 WLR 901 

206. Tyrrell (1894) 1 QB 710 

207. Walkington (1979) 68 Cr App R 427 

208. Weller (BAILII: [2003] EWCA Crim 815 ) [2003] Crim LR 724 

209. White [1910] 2 KB 124 

210. Whitehouse [1941] 1 WWR 112 

211. Williams [1923] 1 KB 340 

212. Windle [1952] 2 All ER 1; [1952] 2 QB 826 (CA) 

213. Winzar v Chief Constable of Kent; The Times; 28 March 1983 

214. Woolmington v DPP (BAILII: [1935] UKHL 1 ) [1935] AC 462 

215. Yip Chiu-Cheung (BAILII: [1994] UKPC 2 ) [1995] 1 AC 111 

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