Unfit to Plead or Unfit to Testify

Abenaa Owusu-Bempah; Natalie Wortley

doi:10.1177/0022018316670081

Unfit to Plead or Unfit to Testify

Abenaa Owusu-Bempah, Natalie Wortley

Northumbria Law School

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Abstract

Discusses the scope and interpretation of the test for unfitness to plead, the stage at which a finding of unfitness may be made, and the interplay between the unfitness to plead process and s.35 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	391-396
Journal	The Journal of Criminal Law
Volume	80
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0022018316670081
Publication status	Published - 7 Dec 2016

Keywords

unfitness to plead
effective participation
‘trial of the facts’
cross-examination
s.35 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

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