Comment: R v Welland [2018] EWCA Crim 2036

Natalie Wortley

Comment: R v Welland [2018] EWCA Crim 2036

Natalie Wortley

Northumbria Law School

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Comment on the trial judge’s decision to direct the jury not to draw adverse inferences from a defendant’s failure to testify, rather than adjourning to obtain medical evidence, where the defendant had experienced seizures in court and therefore could not be called to give evidence.

Original language	English
Article number	CLW/18/39/3
Journal	Criminal Law Week
Volume	2018
Issue number	39
Publication status	Published - 31 Oct 2018

Keywords

Criminal Law
Criminal evidence
Adverse inferences
Right to silence

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