The defendant’s trial had involved the use of material subject to a public interest immunity certificate.
Held: The need for courts to give reasons for their decisions could be balanced against other public interests, such as the need to protect sources of information. In this, exceptional, case the Court of Appeal was entitled to allow the appeal against conviction, but to decline at the same time to provide reasons which would, or might, threaten such sources.
Citations:
Times 28-Dec-2000, Gazette 20-Apr-2001
Criminal Practice
Updated: 09 April 2022; Ref: scu.86568