The Court of Appeal was able to hear an appeal from a judge’s decision to discharge the jury, after prejudicial comments by plaintiff’s counsel in his closing address to the jury. There is a distinction from what would happen in a criminal trial, although in this case the appeal was dismissed.
Citations:
Gazette 16-Sep-1998, [1998] EWCA Civ 1309
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Defamation
Updated: 23 November 2022; Ref: scu.144788