Regina (on the Application of) Snelgrove v the Crown Court at Woolwich, and the Crown Prosecution Service: Admn 29 Sep 2004

The claimant awaited trial for GBH. The claimant sought judicial review of directions given for 1) to direct disclosure of material to the claimant; 2) to adjourn the application to enable him to call oral evidence; 3) to consider any material outside the copy witness statements relied upon by the prosecution; and 4) to dismiss the charge against him pursuant to paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
Held: The decisions were within the rules.

Judges:

Mr Justice Richards, Lord Justice Auld

Citations:

[2004] EWHC 2172 (Admin), [2005] 1 Cr App R 18, [2005] 1 WLR 3223

Links:

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Statutes:

Offences Against the Person Act 1861 18

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

CitedIn re Smalley HL 1985
Challenge by a surety to an estreatment of his recognizance was not a matter relating to a trial on indictment for the purpose of section 29(3) because it did not affect the conduct of the trial. A sensible legislative purpose can be seen for . .

Cited by:

CitedSerious Fraud Office v Evans and Others QBD 14-Nov-2014
The court faced an application by the SFO for a voluntary bill of indictment. Similar charges against the defendants had been discharged. The allegations involved very substantial alleged frauds. . .
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Updated: 12 December 2022; Ref: scu.214676