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Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority: A crime of violence?
Anna Macey considers a recent case which highlights the importance of statutory interpretation ‘There was no good reason why criminal law should not equally protect a foetus from conduct resulting from deliberate acts causing foreseeable harm and which resulted in grievous bodily harm evident after birth.’A child (CP) was born with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder …
Cases Referenced
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- Attorney General's Reference (No 3 of 1994) [1997] UKHL 31
- CICA v FTT and CP (Criminal Injuries Compensation) [2013] UKUT 638
- CP (A Child) v First-tier Tribunal (Criminal Injuries Compensation) [2014] EWCA Civ 1554
- Fagan v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [1969] 1 QB 439
- R (Jones) v The First Tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) [2013] UKSC 19
- R v Jakeman [1982] 76 Cr App R 223