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Useful advice on how to prevent a case collapsing due to a technicality
Posted 04 July 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Analysis|Legal and Policy|National
ANALYSIS: Lawyers will always find new and inventive ways to argue their clients’ causes. Sometimes they will win. That said, for a prosecution to fail because of an unforced error on the part of the prosecutor...
Lawyers will always find new and inventive ways to argue their clients’ causes. Sometimes they will win. That said, for a prosecution to fail because of an unforced error on the part of the prosecutor is wholly unfortunate.
The cost of mistakes in regulatory prosecutions is potentially very high; many of these offences are summary only and issues are only litigated after the time limits f...
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