Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2002] All ER (D) 391 (Jan)
Court: Administrative Court
Judge:

Andrew Smith J

Representation Nadine Radford QC and Peter Caldwell (instructed by Kaim Todner) for the applicant.
  John Black QC and Jane Bewley (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the prosecution.
Judgment Dates: 17 January 2002

Catchwords

Criminal evidence and procedure - Trial - Preparatory hearing - Judge conducting two separate preparatory hearings in respect of different defendants charged on same indictment - Entitlement to hold separate preparatory hearings - s 29(2).

The Case

The provisions of the did not contemplate a preparatory hearing only against some of a number of defendants on an indictment. Although, it was possible that there might be questions properly determined at a preparatory hearing (as at a trial) that would affect only one defendant.

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