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R v Layden

Subject Matter

CROWN COURT — Jurisdiction — Arraignment — Court of Appeal allowing defendant's appeal against conviction and ordering retrial — Defendant not arraigned on fresh indictment within two-month time limit — Whether retrial nullity — Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c 19), ss 7, 8

[2023] EWCA Crim 1207; [2024] 3 All ER 689; [2024] 1 Cr App R 6; [2023] WLR(D) 435, CA

CROWN COURT — Jurisdiction — Arraignment — Court of Appeal allowing defendant’s appeal against conviction and ordering retrial on fresh indictment — Defendant retried on fresh indictment without being arraigned within two-month time period or at all — Whether retrial totally invalid — Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c 19), ss 7, 8

[2025] UKSC 12; [2025] 2 WLR 740; [2025] 4 All ER 97; [2025] 2 Cr App R 8; [2025] WLR(D) 182, SC(E)

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