In this Appeal a judge had made inappropriate interruptions and had clearly “cross-examined” a defendant during a trial, but the CA held that the departure from good practice was not so gross,…
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R v SL 2021] EWCA Crim 178 – Reminding of the Jury of ABE errors do not necessarily render a conviction unsafe
In a Sexual Offence Case a Jury wanted a reminder of aspects of the ABE evidence . This was properly done as required in Open Court and the Judge proceeded to repeat…
Jury Retaining Transcripts of ABE – Sothilingham [2018] EWCA Crim 2884
This was a case where Counsel argued that the convictions were unsafe because the judge allowed the jury to retain a copy of the transcript of a complainants ABE interview in relation…
Unfit to give evidence – R v Welland [2018] EWCA Crim 2036
This case deals with the sort of illness which will allow the Court to conclude a Defendant is not fit to give evidence and cannot get a fair trial . The Court…