UK · EWHCCourt order
High Court calls CPS citation of nonexistent 'R v J' case unsatisfactory but dismisses challenge
The High Court has found that a Crown Prosecution Service decision record cited a nonexistent 2024 authority, "R v J," three times, Legal Futures reported. Lord Justice Holgate and Mr. Justice Wall called the prosecutor's explanation "unsatisfactory" but held the error did not affect the outcome, refused a ground based on it as "unarguable," and dismissed the judicial review of the decision to keep prosecuting a child.
Key points
- Senior Crown prosecutor Ravinder Dhillon compiled the written record of the decision to continue the prosecution.Legal Futures
- Her October 15, 2026, statement said she meant the House of Lords decision R v JTB [2009] UKHL 20.Legal Futures
- The claimant, who acts by his mother as litigation friend, was 11 at the time of the alleged offence.Legal Futures
- The court granted permission on two other grounds, then dismissed the claim.Legal Futures
- The court did not say how the citation arose or whether it would take any action.Legal Futures
- In July the CPS admitted putting AI-hallucinated cases before the High Court in an extradition appeal.Legal Futures
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