| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2009] All ER (D) 113 (Oct) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2009] EWCA Crim 682 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Thomas LJ, Penry-Davey J and Judge Radford |
| Representation | Timothy Langdale QC and Nicholas Yeo (instructed by Hughmans) for the defendant. |
| Sandy Canavan, Mark Heywood and Ben Temple (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Matthew Barnes (instructed by the Solicitor for Revenue and Customs) for the Revenue. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 8 July 2009 |
Catchwords
Criminal evidence - Disclosure - Disclosure of material held overseas in states outside European Union - Extent of Crown's obligation - (Code of Practice) (Armed Forces) Order 2008, .
The Case
Criminal evidence Disclosure. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, held that the obligation of the Crown was to pursue reasonable lines of enquiry in relation to material that might be held overseas in states outside the European Union. If it appeared that there was relevant material, then the Crown had to take reasonable steps to obtain it, either informally or making use of the powers contained in the and international conventions.
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