ADJOURNMENT

March 28, 2019

A Practice Direction was issued amending Practice Direction (CA (Crim Div): Criminal Proceedings: General Matters) [2015] EWCA Crim 1567. New sections were inserted or amendments were made to paragraphs concerning the overriding objective, trials in absence, expert evidence, identification for the court of issues in the case, trial adjournment in magistrates’ courts, trial adjournment in the Crown Court, impact statements for businesses, investigation orders and warrants in the Crown Court, referral of cases in the Crown Court from the resident judges to the presiding judges, allocation of business within the Crown Court and listing of hearings other than trials.

ABSENCE ADJOURNMENT BUSINESSES CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CROWN COURT EXPERT EVIDENCE INVESTIGATION ORDERS MAGISTRATES’ COURTS OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE REFERENCES SEXUAL OFFENCES TRIALS VICTIM IMPACT WARRANTS YOUTH COURTS

October 8, 2015

A conviction for sexual assault was safe where a judge had refused to grant an adjournment to allow the defence time to contact a witness mentioned by the victim for the first time in her evidence in chief. Instead the judge had admitted hearsay evidence which indicated that the witness would not have been able to support the victim’s case.

ADJOURNMENT CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DOCUMENTARY HEARSAY EVIDENCE IN CHIEF FRESH EVIDENCE PROPRIETY OF REFUSAL OF REQUEST FOR ADJOURNMENT SEXUAL ASSAULT WITNESS MENTIONED BY VICTIM FOR FIRST TIME IN EVIDENCE IN CHIEF WITNESSES

October 22, 2014

The requirement in the Criminal Procedure Rules 2014 Pt 67 to give immediate notice of an intention to seek permission to appeal against a terminating ruling was a mandatory pre-condition to establish appeal jurisdiction. Prosecution counsel’s failure to give such notice, where he had withdrawn from the case due to professional embarrassment but remained ostensibly holding the prosecution brief, meant that the court lacked jurisdiction to consider an application for permission to appeal.

ABSENCE OF JURISDICTION ADJOURNMENT COUNSEL’S FAILURE TO GIVE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SEEK PERMISSION TO APPEAL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULES 2014 Pt 67 DELAY EFFECT OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULES 2014 PT 67 UPON APPEAL JURISDICTION LEGAL PROFESSION PROFESSIONAL EMBARRASSMENT PROSECUTION APPEALS PROSECUTION CASE r.67.2(2)(a) RAPE TERMINATING RULINGS

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