Unfitness to Plead: Expanding the Scope of 'Objective Evidence' on the 'Trial of the Facts': R v Wells, Masud, Hone and Kail [2015] EWCA Crim 2

Kevin Kerrigan; Natalie Wortley

doi:10.1177/0022018315589030b

Unfitness to Plead: Expanding the Scope of 'Objective Evidence' on the 'Trial of the Facts': R v Wells, Masud, Hone and Kail [2015] EWCA Crim 2

Kevin Kerrigan, Natalie Wortley

Northumbria Law School

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The four conjoined appeals dealt with in this judgment raise similar issues concerning the operation of the ‘trial of the facts’ procedure, which follows a finding that the accused is unfit to plead.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	160-164
Journal	The Journal of Criminal Law
Volume	79
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0022018315589030b
Publication status	Published - Jun 2015

Keywords

Unfitness to plead
s. 4A hearings
actus reus
mens rea
objective evidence
self-defence

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