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Anisha’s client was charged with assaulting an emergency worker, namely a detention officer. It was the crown’s case that the defendant had punched the officer whilst being held in the police station following his arrest. Despite evidence from two officers and photographs of the injury, Anisha’s client was found not guilty by a unanimous verdict.
Anisha successfully advanced that her client lacked the requisite mens rea, acting reflexively having been pushed by the complainant officer.
Anisha was instructed by Wajid Manzoor from Irvine Thanvi Natas.
Ben Hargreaves explores the inherent challenges in the admissibility of sexual history in sex cases. Section 41 of the Youth…
Tom Edwards looks at the impact of the shift from Joint Enterprise to Common Purpose in the five years since…
An analysis of the law on fitness to plead and stand trial in the magistrates’ courts: Silas Lee reviews the…
Silas Lee, pupil barrister, reviews the statutory regime on witness anonymity. Anonymous witness orders are most commonly sought by the…
