Richard Bloomfield

Reported cases:

Absolam (1989) 88 CrimAppRep 332

Crime – interview – Codes of Practice – definition of “interview”.

Attorney-General’s Reference (Nos. 5 & 6 of 1991)(1993) 14 Cr.App.Rep(S) 425

Sentence – appeal against unduly lenient sentence for armed robbery.

Bedi (1992) 95 Cr.App.Rep 21

Crime – “maker of statement” for purpose of hearsay provisions of Criminal Justice Act 1988

Biddiss & McNeela [1993] CrimLR 392

Crime – proof that an item is a firearm in the absence of a statement from a ballistics expert.

Bradley [2005] EWCA Crim 20

Bad character – commencement date – first ever case under the bad character provisions

Dhindsa -v- D.P.P [1992] C.O.D 396

Crime – proof of specific mental element for counterfeiting and forgery offences.

Gutzmore -v- J. Wardley Holdings [1993] I.C.R 581

Employment – inconsistent oral and written decisions by tribunal.

Hay & Connelly -v- I.B.S. Cladding, Kemp & Kemp 23-102

Personal injury – apportionment under the Fatal Accidents Act.

Prince -v- Robinson (1999) 31 H.L.R 89

Housing – frustration of residential tenancy by fire.

R -v- Derwentside Justices ex parte Swift & R -v- Sunderland Justices ex parte Bate [1997] RTR 89

Crime – proof of previous conviction pursuant to section 73, Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.

R -v- Derwentside Magistrates Court ex parte Heaviside [1996] RTR 384

Crime – proof of previous conviction pursuant to section 73, Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.

R -v- Immigration Appeal Tribunal ex parte Shukla [1990] C.O.D 169

Judicial review – deportation order – jurisdiction of adjudicator.

R -v- Liverpool CC ex parte Filla [1996] C.O.D 24

Judicial review – costs.

R -v- Liverpool CC ex parte Johnson [1995] C.O.D 200

Judicial review – construction of the statutory powers of a local authority in the administration of housing benefit.

R -v- Liverpool CC ex parte Riley [1996] C.O.D 120

Judicial review – costs.

R -v- Rent Officer Service ex parte Kelly & Muldoon [1996] 1 W.L.R 1103

Judicial review – meaning of person “directly affected” for the purpose of judicial review proceedings.

Crime – environmental offences –

R -v- Sefton M.B.C ex parte Harrison [1995] C.O.D 178

Judicial review – costs.

R -v- Trafalgar Leisure [2009] PTSR 1476

Crime – environmental offences – whether the judge was correct to reject an submission of no case to answer

Venness -v- N.U.P.E [1992] I.C.R 193

Trade unions – whether statutory process for questioning an election is exhaustive or whether election susceptible to challenge by action.

Walter Braund (London) -v- Murray [1991] I.C.R 327

Employment – whether statutory maximum should be applied to amount recoverable by applicant before or after reduction for contributory fault.