Famous UK Trials

What’s inside

• What was Oscar Wilde convicted of in his second 1895 trial at the Old Bailey?
• What legal principle was established by R v Dudley and Stephens (1884)?
• Why were the convictions of the Guildford Four quashed in 1989?
• What was the significant later legal development concerning Derek Bentley's 1952 conviction?
• Which defendants were convicted in the 2012 trial for the murder of Stephen Lawrence?
• Match each famous UK trial with the legal issue or outcome most closely associated with it.
• Match each famous UK trial or prosecution with the person or group primarily associated with it.
• Match each case with its principal court or procedural significance.