Custody time limits cease to apply once a jury has been sworn.
Judges:
Gage J
Citations:
[1997] EWHC Admin 829
Statutes:
Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 22
Cited by:
Cited – In Re Hickman and Rose (Solicitors) (Wasted Costs Order) (No 10 of 1999) CACD 19-Apr-2000
After a trial was aborted, the solicitors, acting on counsel’s advice made an application for bail under the rules applying to the custody time limits. An unreported case had already decided the point, namely that once the jury had ben sworn, the . .
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Criminal Practice
Updated: 26 May 2022; Ref: scu.137774