Is a conclusive decision made for administrative purposes by the Single Competent Authority (part of the Home Office), on written materials applying the balance of probabilities, that a person is a victim of modern slavery admissible in evidence in a criminal trial? The second issue is whether expert evidence of CB commissioned by the appellant should have been admitted at trial. The judge excluded both. A further question concerns whether the judge should have severed the indictment and delayed the trial of the appellant.
Held: The Appeal failed. The judge was right to exclude the conclusive grounds decision, the Annex attached to it and Mr Barlow’s evidence.
Judges:
The Lord Burnett of Maldon CJ
Citations:
[2021] EWCA Crim 731
Links:
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Evidence
Updated: 07 December 2022; Ref: scu.662501
