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Court of Criminal Appeal and Supreme Court of Judicature: Court of Appeal: Criminal...
Catalogue reference: J 353
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J 353
This series contains judgments from the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal. Judgments are formal legal decisions written and handed down (issued) by judges at the conclusion of cases. They typically include significant detail about the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- J 353
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Title (The name of the record)
- Court of Criminal Appeal and Supreme Court of Judicature: Court of Appeal: Criminal Division: judgments
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1960-2003
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains judgments from the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal. Judgments are formal legal decisions written and handed down (issued) by judges at the conclusion of cases. They typically include significant detail about the facts of the cases and the reasons for the decisions reached.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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In reference order
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Later judgments are in J 347
Selected case files are in J 82
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Supreme Court of Judicature, 1875-1875
- Supreme Court of Judicature, Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, 1966-2022
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Records not yet transferred
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Ministry of Justice
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Records were held in the Royal Courts of Justice (RCJ) library since 2004.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Court of Appeal Criminal Division hears appeals against proceedings in the Crown Court, most commonly convictions, sentences and confiscation orders and occasionally cases referred by the Attorney General. The court also functions as the Court Martial Appeal Court when it hears appeals from decisions made by military courts.
Publication of court judgments has long been standard practice in line with the principles of open justice. The individual judges who hand down judgments have the right to determine whether the judgment text should be published.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19933210/
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Records of the Supreme Court of Judicature and related courts
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Court of Criminal Appeal and Supreme Court of Judicature: Court of Appeal: Criminal Division: judgments