Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 109 (Apr)
Neutral Citation: [2012] EWHC 1064 (Admin)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Divisional Court
Judge:

Sir Roger John Thomas P and Burnett J

Representation Tim Forte (instructed by Gordon Young LLP) for the claimant.
  The defendant did not appear and was not represented.
  Maryam Syed (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the interested party.
Judgment Dates: 23 April 2012

Catchwords

Criminal law - Committal - Remand in custody - Custody time limits - Extension of custody time limits - Judge fixing trial for date outside custody time limit (CTL) - Judge finding good and sufficent cause to extend CTL - Whether judge erring in categorisation and approach to case - .

The Case

Criminal law Committal. The Divisional Court, in allowing the claimant's application for judicial review, held that, in the circumstances, there had been no good and sufficient cause to extend the custody time limit.

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