Abuse of Process

By Colin Wells

The 3rd edition of this leading text examines, from a practitioner's point of view, the concept of abuse of process and how it operates within criminal and extradition proceedings. This title deals with the different procedural and factual situations that give rise to an abuse of process, covering the whole of criminal litigation, from pre-charge advisory stage to appellant level. A number of different topics are examined from a case law perspective; covering disclosure, entrapment, delay, loss of evidence, abuse of executive power, adverse publicity, ability to participate. Skeleton arguments are included for practical assistance.
The third edition covers all recent important case law decisions, updating specific topic areas:
DT Case management (R v Boardman 2015] EWCA Crim 175)
DT Post-trial abuse (Tague 2015] EWHC 3576(Admin))
DT Illegally obtained evidence (Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland v Elliott 2013] UKSC 32)
DT Linked civil proceedings (Clayton 2014] 2 Cr App R 20)
DT Disclosure Herbert Austin 2013] EWCA Crim 1028, (S)D and S(T) 2015] 2 Cr.App.R.27)
DT Entrapment (Wilson v The Queen 2015] NZSC 189) and Palmer 2015] Crim L R 153)
DT Delay and serious specific prejudice to a fair trial (R 2015] EWCA Crim 1941)
DT Destruction and retention of evidence (DPP v Petrie 2015] EWCA 48 (Admin); Spalluto 2015] EWHC 2211 (Admin)
DT Local authority prosecutions (Clayton 2014] EWCA Crim 1030)
DT Special measures (OP 2014] EWHC 1944 (Admin)
DT Legal representation (Crawley 2014] EWCA Crim 1028)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198786042
• ISBN13: 9780198786047
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 9.6"