Is it is an abuse of process or unfair or in breach of Articles 6(3)(c), 8 and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights for the prosecution to rely on the evidence of an interpreter, who had acted as an interpreter at the police station after the arrest of a defendant (when the defendant took a breath test and was charged) when at the initial hearing at the magistrates’ court, the same interpreter had acted as an interpreter at an interview between the duty solicitor and the defendant, the defendant having not been asked for his consent for the interpreter to act as interpreter, notwithstanding the fact that the interpreter could be called as a witness for the prosecution.
Judges:
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
(The Lord Woolf of Barnes)
And
Mr Justice Bell
Citations:
[2001] EWHC Admin 400
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Practice, Human Rights
Updated: 27 May 2022; Ref: scu.460346
