Evans (Darren Michael) v Director of Public Prosecutions: QBD 9 Jul 2001

When stating a case for the High Court, justices may not put on the statement a gloss additional to the reasons given in their own decision, and not should they change the reasons for the decision. In announcing their verdict, they said they had found the complainant’s evidence more credible, and in doing so implied that they had not applied the test of being satisfied beyond reasonable doubt. When stating their case, the magistrates had changed those reasons, or at best put a gloss on them, and that was unacceptable.

Citations:

Times 09-Jul-2001

Magistrates

Updated: 08 April 2022; Ref: scu.80385