Grounds of Appeal against Sentence
14.Miss Clare Montgomery QC appeared for Dosanjh and advances two grounds of appeal the first of which was common to all three appellants.
Ground 1: wrong in principle. 15.Miss Montgomery insists that a “significant and growing discrepancy” has become apparent in penalties for common law and statutory offences. Unless this “anomaly” is properly addressed by the court, a prosecutor may simply ignore any restrictions imposed by statute and choose to charge an offence where no time limits apply or the penalty is at large. This potentially offends the principles in
- LADY JUSTICE HALLETT VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CACD
- Respondent
- Background
- Grounds of Appeal against Sentence
- [2006] 1 AC 459
- Rimmington
- [2005] EWCA Crim 1926
- ; [2008] 2 Cr App R(S) 102
- R v Randhawa [2012] EWCA
- Kallakis
- Attorney Generals Reference (88, 89, 90 & 91 of 2006) (Meehan & Others)
- Meehan
- Randhawa
