08 December 1989

R v Peter England

Release on licence - subsequent offence - licence revoked and prisoner ordered to be returned to prison - poor record of appellant and tragic background and history.

27 November 1989

Clancy v Wine Inns Ltd

07 November 1989

Harte v Hughes

16 October 1989

R v Liam O'Reilly and Sean Joseph Montgomery

Possession of explosive substance - 10 years imprisonment - whether excessive - weight to be given to plea that accused acted under pressure - court misinformed as to maximum sentence for an offence.

10 October 1989

McGovern v Cathcart

21 September 1989

R v Philip Blaney, Brian Gerard Duffy, Robert Anthony Finlay, Francis Paul Green, Kevin Michael McShane, Mark Emmanuel McVicker, Sean Liam O'Neill, Patrick Pearse Voyle and Anthony McVarnock

Making of petrol bombs, hi-jacking and arson of vehicles - sentences of detention and imprisonment - appellant's previous clear records - whether sentences excessive.

06 July 1989

R v Stephen Matthew Shaw and Thomas Samuel Houston

Petrol bomb - thrown into occupied house at night - guidelines on sentencing.

30 June 1989

R v Hugh David Cecil McCollum Payne, James McCullough and Thomas Aiken

Duress - accused a member of a sinister group with criminal objectives and coercive methods - whether Crown must prove accused an active member of group - possession of firearms with intent - sentences of 19 and 14 years - whether excessive.

28 June 1989

R v Peter Cunningham and Patrick Sean Devenney

Conspiracy to murder - possession of firearms with intent - 20 and 18 years imprisonment - whether excessive - whether trial judge gave sufficient weight to accused's submissions - whether penalised for "not guilty" plea - observations on approach to sentencing for terrorist crimes.

13 May 1989

R v John Ferguson

Release on licence - subsequent offence - licence revoked and prisoner ordered to be returned to prison - appeal - principles to be applied.

21 April 1989

R v Samuel Joseph Ferguson

Armed robbery with violence - use of firearm or imitation firearm - elderly couple in own home - guideline sentences.

03 April 1989

Applications for Default and Summary Judgments, Amendment of Orders

14 March 1989

R v Gault

Obtaining property by deception - deception in course of employment - application of guideline on sentencing in cases of breach of trust by employees and professional persons - whether sentence excessive.

10 March 1989

R v Robert Magill

Unlawful carnal knowledge - consecutive sentences - three offences against the same victim within relatively short time - whether sentences to consecutive or concurrent.

09 March 1989

McLean v Scottish Provident

09 March 1989

R v John McDonald, Trevor Thomas Taggart and Alexander Farquhar

Sentencing - Rape - Guidelines Appropriate starting point in contested cases - Aggravating and mitigating circumstances - Whether sentences excessive.

14 February 1989

Practice Direction 03/1989 - Ex Parte Applications to Judge in Court for Injuctions etc.

10 February 1989

Coastal Container v Commissioner of Valuation

27 January 1989

R v James Francis O'Reilly

Explosive substances - possession with intent - accused an active participant in transport of explosives - whether mere possession amounted to possession with intent.

16 December 1988

R v Gregory Faye

Theft - conspiracy to defraud Inland Revenue - sub-contractor's tax exemption vouchers - plea of guilty - application of "clang of prison gates" principle.