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Regina v Melvin: 20 Dec 1993

The court considered what material should be disclosed by a prosecutor: ‘I would judge to be material in the realm of disclosure that which can be seen on a sensible appraisal by the prosecution: (1) to be relevant or possibly relevant to an issue in the case; (2) to raise or possibly raise a new issue whose existence is not apparent from the evidence the prosecution proposes to use; (3) to hold out a real (as opposed to fanciful) prospect of providing a lead on evidence which goes to (1) or (2).”

Judges:

Jowitt J

Citations:

Unreported, 20 December 1993

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedRegina v Keane CACD 15-Mar-1994
Public Interest Immunity Certificates for the protection of informants must be used only carefully. The Crown must specify the purpose of the public interest immunity certificate. The principles on disclosure in Ward are not limited to scientific . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Criminal Practice

Updated: 01 December 2022; Ref: scu.193834

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