“A hair test on a mother who nearly lost her child over alcohol allegations has been criticised by the High Court – potentially calling into question some tests done in similar cases.”
BBC News, 1st December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Archive for the 'alcoholism' Category
Hair test ‘nearly cost mother baby’ – BBC News
Published December 2, 2010 alcoholism , children , news , social services Leave a CommentExeter knife woman taunted by park boys escapes jail – BBC News
Published September 7, 2010 affray , alcoholism , community service , news , offensive weapons Leave a Comment“A woman who threatened a group of young boys with a knife in a Devon park, has been spared jail.”
BBC News, 7th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
All-day drink law was a mistake, says Sir Hugh Orde – BBC News
Published August 2, 2010 alcohol abuse , alcoholism , ASBOs , licensing , news Leave a Comment“The 24-hour drink licensing laws were a ‘mistake’, Association of Chief Police Officers president Sir Hugh Orde says.”
BBC News, 1st August 2010
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Drugs test for claimants sparks row over unemployment benefits – The Guardian
Published September 28, 2009 alcoholism , benefits , drug abuse , human rights , news , privacy Leave a Comment“Controversial government plans to allow Jobcentre staff to ‘order’ benefit claimants to undergo tests for drug and alcohol dependency are in breach of European law and unlikely to work, according to leading addiction charities.”
The Guardian, 27th September 2009
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Regina v Stewart (James) – Times Law Reports
Published July 20, 2009 alcoholism , diminished responsibility , jury directions , law reports Leave a CommentCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Further guidance should be given to juries in murder trials as to the defence of diminished responsibility where the only basis for the alleged abnormality of mind arose from alcohol dependency syndrome without discernible brain damage.”
The Times, 20th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
R v Stewart – WLR Daily
Published July 17, 2009 alcoholism , diminished responsibility , law reports , murder Leave a CommentR v Stewart [2009] EWCA Crim 593; [ 2009] WLR (D) 244
“A jury in a murder trial considering the defence of diminished responsibility by a defendant suffering from alcohol dependency syndrome should not be directed to look at each drink consumed prior to the killing and decide whether it was taken voluntarily or involuntarily since, at some levels of severity, what might appear to be voluntary drinking might be inseparable from the defendant’s underlying syndrome.”
WLR Daily, 16th July 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Regina v Wood (No 2) – Times Law Reports
Published April 8, 2009 alcoholism , diminished responsibility , homicide , law reports , sentencing Leave a CommentCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A defendant could be sentenced to life imprisonment for manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility and, when fixing the minimum term, guidance in murder cases was relevant.”
The Times, 8th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
R v Wood – WLR Daily
Published June 26, 2008 alcoholism , criminal responsibility , law reports , murder Leave a CommentR v Wood [2008] EWCA Crim 1305; [2008] WLR (D) 204
“In addressing a plea of diminished responsibility in the context of alcohol dependency syndrome, the jury must consider whether it had been established that the defendant’s syndrome was of such an extent and nature that it constituted an abnormality of mind induced by disease or illness, and, if that were established, whether the defendant’s mental responsibility for his actions at the time of the killing was substantially impaired as a result of the syndrome.”
WLR Daily, 25th June 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
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