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CPS v P

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
14.04
CPS v P
   
Issue: Whether a decision to stay a summary trial as the defendant could not participate was correct; whether the district judge should have proceeded under s37 Mental Health Act 1983; whether the defence of doli incapax remained.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/8754/2006
   
Neutral Citation:   [2007] EWHC 946 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Smith LJ, Gross J
   
Date: 27 April 2007