Regina v Bingham (On Appeal From The Court Of Appeal Northern Ireland) Regina v Cooke (On Appeal From The Court Of Appeal Northern Ireland): HL 24 Mar 1999

Where a defendant is called into the witness box, and gives no evidence in chief, but answers questions put to him by the prosecution has not failed to give evidence and so no adverse inference was to be drawn against him.

Citations:

Times 15-Mar-1999, [1999] UKHL 13, [1999] 1 WLR 598

Links:

House of Lords, Bailii

Statutes:

Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (SI 1988 / 1987 (NI 20)

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Criminal Evidence, Northern Ireland

Updated: 28 July 2022; Ref: scu.135139