The prosecutor appealed a decision that its child witness was incompetent to give evidence in criminal proceedings. The defendant said that the prosecution had failed to meet the requirement to give notice immediately after the ruling.
Held: The requirement arose on the formal giving of the decision, and not at an earlier point where the judge had indicated by email that that was what he would be doing.
Treacy LJ, Saunders J, Judge Milford QC
[2013] EWCA Crim R1, [2013] WLR(D) 100
Bailii, WLRD
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 53(3)
England and Wales
Updated: 09 July 2021; Ref: scu.471956