The court considered whether an event might prejudice a fair trial, even if counsel do not raise the issue. The court dismissed the defendant’s appeals. In doing so it stated that too many counsel had been instructed. Leading and junior counsel had appeared for each defendant even though there was no possible conflict of interest between the defendants. Even though the charges were serious such a number of counsel were not necessary.
Judges:
The Honourable Mrs Justice Dobbs DBE The Hon. Sir Douglas Brown President of the Queens Bench Division
Citations:
[2006] EWCA Crim 161, Times 16-Mar-2006, [2006] Crim LR 776
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Mitcham v The Queen PC 16-Mar-2009
(Saint Christopher and Nevis) The applicant appealed against his sentence of death following his conviction for murder. He had been granted a stay of execution pending the appeal to the board and had since been given leave to appeal against . .
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Criminal Practice
Updated: 17 June 2022; Ref: scu.239870