Practice Direction (Bail: Failure to surrender and trials in absence): CACD 22 Jan 2004
The court, amending the earlier direction, gave detailed guidance on how prosecutors and courts should deal with trials where defendants had failed to surrender to bail. Defendants must be made aware of the damage caused by failures to surrender. Judges: Lord Woolf LCJ Citations: Times 26-Jan-2004 Statutes: Bail Act 1976 6(1) 6(2) Jurisdiction: England and … Continue reading Practice Direction (Bail: Failure to surrender and trials in absence): CACD 22 Jan 2004