Smith, Hogan and Ormerod's Criminal Law


Smith, Hogan and Ormerod's Criminal Law, formerly published as Smith and Hogan's Criminal Law, and referred to as Smith and Hogan, is a doctrinal textbook on criminal law in England and Wales.
It is used in university law schools, relied upon throughout the legal profession and in the courts, and is [|regularly cited] in the High Court of Justice, Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
The text was originally co-written by Professor Sir John C. Smith and Professor Brian Hogan. Following the death of Hogan in 1996, Smith completed the eighth, ninth and tenth editions alone. After the publication of the tenth edition, Smith placed future editions of the work in the hands of Professor David Ormerod. Ormerod completed the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth editions alone and was then joined by Karl Laird for the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth editions. Matthew Gibson joined them for the seventeenth edition.
Additional chapters are published as online only additional resources, and there are companion Cases and Materials and Essentials of Criminal Law series.

Recent Citation in Appellate Courts

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

  • UKSC 2]
  • UKSC 8]

Court of Appeal (Criminal and Civil Divisions)

  • EWCA Crim 46]
  • EWCA Crim 808]
  • EWCA Crim 1454]
  • EWCA Crim 338]
  • EWCA Crim 1454]
  • EWCA Crim 38]
  • EWCA Crim 557]
  • EWCA Crim 690]
  • EWCA Crim 2061]
  • EWCA Civ 1531]
  • EWCA Crim 1391]
  • EWCA Crim 413]
  • EWCA Crim 34]
  • EWCA Crim 539]
  • EWCA Crim 178]

High Court

  • EWHC 1956 ]
  • EWHC 115 ]
  • EWHC 2855 ]
  • EWHC 3394 ]