Onasanya v London Borough of Newham, Court of Appeal - Administrative Court, July 14, 2006, [2006] EWHC 1775 (Admin),[2006] 4 All ER 459

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President: Onasanya v London Borough of Newham

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Onasanya v London Borough of Newham, Court of Appeal - Administrative Court, July 14, 2006, [2006] EWHC 1775 (Admin),[2006] 4 All ER 459

Case No: CO/10573/2005+CO/1873/2006

Neutral Citation Number: [2006] EWHC 1775 (Admin)

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

DIVISIONAL COURT

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

14/07/2006

Before :

LORD JUSTICE MAURICE KAY

and

MR JUSTICE MITTING

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(1) Mr Philip Rule (instructed by Fairweather Whillis and Toghill) for the Appellant

(2) Miss Suzanne Palmer (instructed by London Borough of Newham Legal Services) for the Respondent

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JudgmentLord Justice Maurice Kay:

1. These two appeals by way of case stated are a graphic illustration of what can happen when a prosecutor, in this case the London Borough of Newham, becomes overzealous. In each case Newham prosecuted Mr Onasanya in Stratford Magistrates Court for an offence or offences of unlawful street trading. It is not and never has been suggested that Mr Onasanya is in any sense a professional...

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