The Weekly Law Reports
[2012] 1 WLR 3188
Court of Appeal
*Director of the Serious Fraud Office v B (No 2)
[2012] EWCA Crim 901
2012 Feb 1;
May 2
Gross LJ, Openshaw J, Judge Milford QC
Crime— Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)— Appeal to Supreme Court— Court dismissing appeal against committal to prison for contempt of court— Contemnor applying for certification of questions and permission to appeal— Whether statute inadvertently repealing right of appeal— Whether court to rectify error— Whether appeal lying to Supreme Court—
Administration of Justice Act 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz 2, c 65), s 13(2)(c) (as amended by Access to Justice Act 1999 (c 22), s 64(1)(4), Armed Forces Act 2006 (c 52), s 378(1), Sch 16, para 45(1)(2) and Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c 4), s 40(4), Sch 9, Pt 1, para 13(1)(7)(a))
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Senior Courts Act 1981 (c 54) (as renamed by Constitutional Reform Act 2005, s 59, Sch 11, para 1(1)), Sch 4, para 3