(Jamaica) Failure to provide trial within a reasonable time. There had been a lapse of seven years between the date of the alleged offence and the date of the retrial. The view was taken that there was specific prejudice caused as a consequence of delay of that nature. Prejudice was needed to be shown to found a complaint of delay.
Judges:
Lord Templeman
Citations:
[1985] UKPC 13, [1985] 2 All ER 585, [1985] AC 937, (1985) 82 LSG 2161, [1985] 3 WLR 73, [1985] Crim LR 738
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – J, Regina v CACD 2-Jul-2001
Orse Attorney General’s Reference No 2 of 2001
The AG sought to appeal from the decision that an indictment against the seven defendants should be stayed on the ground that there had been a breach of Article 6(1). They were accused of . .
Cited – Elgizouli v Secretary of State for The Home Department SC 25-Mar-2020
Defendants were to face trial in the US, accused of monstrous crimes. The appellant challenged the release of information to the USA by the respondent to support such prosecutions when the death penalty was a possible outcome of a conviction: ‘The . .
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Human Rights, Constitutional
Updated: 07 August 2022; Ref: scu.443663