ELS key Cases

Question 1

Bushels

Answer 1

jurors cannot be punished for their verdict even if the judge disagrees

Question 2

Randle and pottle

Answer 2

the defendants were charged with helping a Russian spy to escape from prison and flee to Russia. The jury acquitted them due to the 25-year gap between the offence and prosecution

Question 3

Mirza

Answer 3

the defendant was deaf and had an interpreter it was later found out that he was charged because the jury believed the use of the interpreter was a ploy

Question 4

R v young

Answer 4

d was charged with 2 murders, the jury had to stay overnight at a hotel and decided to use a Ouija board to contact the dead victims and ask who had killed them, the next day they returned to court with a guilty plea

Question 5

Karakaya

Answer 5

a juror did an internet search on the case and brought it into the jury room which led to his conviction which was later quashed. It was then an offence for jurors to research a case and to share it with other members.

Question 6

Sander v United Kingdom

Answer 6

the jury members were openly making racist jokes about the defendant, it is believed he was convicted due to his race

Question 7

Taylor v Taylor

Answer 7

2 sisters were charged with murder the media published photos of the case which gave a false impression and influenced the jury

Question 8

Vicky price

Answer 8

the jurors didn’t understand the pure basics of the case

Question 9

Twomey and others

Answer 9

The jury were Knobbled

Question 10

Hayley v Milton Keynes NHS trusr

Answer 10

man died in hospital during an operation which was done negligently. The hospital refused mediation from the wife so when she lost the case, she didn’t have to pay the legal fees