Sadler v. Worcester Magistrates' Court

[2014] EWHC 1715 (2014)

Study Aids
Case Briefs Overview
Casebooks
Case Briefs
S
From our private database of 46,300+ case briefs, written and edited by humans—never with AI.

Sadler v. Worcester Magistrates’ Court

United Kingdom High Court of Justice (Admin)
[2014] EWHC 1715 (2014)

RW

Facts

In 2000, a Romanian court convicted Sadler (defendant), a British sex tourist, of sexually abusing a minor. After his release from prison, Sadler returned to the United Kingdom. In 2007, the local police learned that NP, a 15-year-old boy, occasionally stayed overnight at Sadler’s apartment. As the United Kingdom’s Sexual Offences Act authorized him to do, the police chief (plaintiff) applied for a sexual-offenses prevention order (SOPO) prohibiting Sadler from having further contact with minors. The Worcester Magistrates’ Court (plaintiff) issued the SOPO on the grounds that Sadler posed a serious future risk of sexually harming young boys. In 2012, after a mandatory five-year waiting period, Sadler petitioned the court to discharge the SOPO. The court heard expert testimony that Sadler continued to pose a serious sexual-abuse risk to minors. The court also took evidence that Sadler had made 50 sex-tourism trips abroad since 2007. However, the court barred NP’s proffered testimony that nothing improper occurred during his 2007 stays with Sadler. The court denied Sadler’s petition and refused to discharge the SOPO. Sadler appealed to the United Kingdom’s High Court of Justice, where Sadler argued that NP’s proffered testimony was highly relevant and should have been admitted.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Elias, J.)

What to do next…

  1. Unlock this case brief with a free (no-commitment) trial membership of Quimbee.

    You’ll be in good company: Quimbee is one of the most widely used and trusted sites for law students, serving more than 811,000 law students since 2011. Some law schools—such as Yale, Berkeley, and Northwestern—even subscribe directly to Quimbee for all their law students.

    Unlock this case briefRead our student testimonials

  2. Learn more about Quimbee’s unique (and proven) approach to achieving great grades at law school.

    Quimbee is a company hell-bent on one thing: helping you get an “A” in every course you take in law school, so you can graduate at the top of your class and get a high-paying law job. We’re not just a study aid for law students; we’re the study aid for law students.

    Learn about our approachRead more about Quimbee

Here's why 811,000 law students have relied on our case briefs:

  • Written by law professors and practitioners, not other law students. 46,300 briefs, keyed to 988 casebooks. Top-notch customer support.
  • The right amount of information, includes the facts, issues, rule of law, holding and reasoning, and any concurrences and dissents.
  • Access in your classes, works on your mobile and tablet. Massive library of related video lessons and high quality multiple-choice questions.
  • Easy to use, uniform format for every case brief. Written in plain English, not in legalese. Our briefs summarize and simplify; they don’t just repeat the court’s language.

Access this case brief for FREE

With a 7-day free trial membership
Here's why 811,000 law students have relied on our case briefs:
  • Reliable - written by law professors and practitioners, not other law students
  • The right length and amount of information - includes the facts, issue, rule of law, holding and reasoning, and any concurrences and dissents
  • Access in your class - works on your mobile and tablet
  • 46,300 briefs - keyed to 988 casebooks
  • Uniform format for every case brief
  • Written in plain English - not in legalese and not just repeating the court's language
  • Massive library of related video lessons - and practice questions
  • Top-notch customer support

Access this case brief for FREE

With a 7-day free trial membership

Casebooks

Criminal Law

Key Terms