Bad News for Good Character (R v Hunter)
20/04/2015 In R v Hunter & Ors [2015] EWCA Crim 631, a specially constituted 5-member Court of Appeal (Thomas CJ, Sir Brian Leveson P, Hallett LJ, Coulson & Globe JJ) considered the question of when a good character direction is required, and the effect on the safety of convictions where one is required but is not given. Judgment was handed down last week (16.4.15) and GCN's Matthew Stanbury has considered this judgment on his blog The Public Lawyer , which is reproduced below with permission: Bad News for Good Character [originally published at https://thepubliclawyer.com/2015/04/16/bad-news-for-good-character/ ] In R v Hunter & Ors[2015] EWCA Crim 631,...
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