Taylor J said: ‘In my judgment, it is unfair and contrary to the interests of justice that simply because the applicant arrived half an hour late, she should be barred for ever from raising such defence as she wishes to what could be regarded as a serious charge.’
Taylor J
[1984] 148 JPL 400
England and Wales
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Cited – James v Tower Bridge Magistrates’ Court Admn 9-Jun-2009
The claimant challenged the decisions of the magistrates first to convict him under the 1992 Act in his absence, and then to refuse to re-open the case. He had attended late on the trial date, after attending hospital overnight with his young . .
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Magistrates
Updated: 02 November 2021; Ref: scu.511029
