Sentencing guidelines

20 February 2004

R v Zoe Lynne Pearson Attorney General's Reference Number 1 of 2004 (AG Ref 17 of 2003)

AG referral of sentence as unduly lenient - armed robbery of rural post office - section 8 (1) Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 – considerable violence used - taking a motor vehicle without consent Art. 172 Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981- offender heavily pregnant when sentenced – no PSR obtained despite offender’s request - sentence unduly lenient - 27 month sentence substituted for custody probation order (2 years’ custody & 18 months’ probation).

20 February 2004

In the matter of an application by William McDonnell for Judicial Review and In the matter of an application by Nora Lilly for Judicial Review

13 February 2004

In the matter of L and L1 (Article 179 (14) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995)

13 February 2004

In the matter of the Local Government Act (NI) 1972 [1] In the matter of an application by Bowden & Oths (Practicing as Harrisons), Beattie, Prabera & Sabherwal [2] In the matter of an application by JGS Services Ltd, Simon NC Jones and Nigel TJ Brown [3] In the matter of an application by Scalene Investments Limited

04 February 2004

In the matter of an Application by M, a minor by AM his mother and next friend for Judicial Review and In the matter of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 as amended and In the matter of a Decision dated 15 April 2003 by the Principal and Board of Governors of Good Shepherd Primary School

04 February 2004

In the matter of an Application by Sinn Fein for Judicial Review and in the matter of Section 12 of the Political Parties and Referendums Act 2000

20 January 2004

In the matter of an Application by Owen McCaughey and Pat Grew for Judicial Review

19 January 2004

Scalene Investments Limited and Department of Social Development

18 January 2004

In the Matter of Applications by Neil Sheridan for leave to apply for Judicial Review and In the matter of Decisions of the Sentence Review Commissioners

13 January 2004

In the Matter of an Application by JGS Services LTD, Simon NC Jones and Nigel TJ Brown

25 December 2003

LIDL (Northern Ireland) GmbH and Wine Inns Limited and Winemark the Wine Merchants Limited

23 December 2003

In the matter of an application by RM and SM for an Order for Directions

22 December 2003

Re G and A (Abduction: Consent)

18 December 2003

R v Craig and Speers

05 December 2003

R v Andre Shoukri

Firearms (NI) Order 1981 - possession of firearms and ammunition in suspicious circumstances - burden of proving lawful object - sentence.

03 December 2003

Eileen Elizabeth Graham v John Simpson Graham and John Samuel Graham

26 November 2003

Ellen Brownlow v Deon Luke Knight and Gerald Knight

25 November 2003

City Hotel (Londonderry) Limited v Samuel Stephenson practising as Stephenson & Co Architecture and Stephenson Architectural Engineering Limited

31 October 2003

R v Noel Gerard King, Sean Christopher King and Hugh William Foster

30 October 2003

Patrick Daniel Payne and William Cooke v Ulster Bank Limited