DPP v Easwaralingam & Anor [2010] VSC 437: adjournment applications and unavailable witnesses

Last Friday the Supreme Court handed down DPP v Easwaralingam & Anor. The case was a request by the Director of Public Prosecutions for judicial review of the refusal by a magistrate to allow an adjournment sought by the prosecution, and refusing to allow the absent witness's statement to be tendered.The adjournment applicationThe accused faced …

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DPP v Easwaralingam & Anor [2010] VSC 437: adjournment applications and unavailable witnesses

Last Friday the Supreme Court handed down DPP v Easwaralingam & Anor. The case was a request by the Director of Public Prosecutions for judicial review of the refusal by a magistrate to allow an adjournment sought by the prosecution, and refusing to allow the absent witness's statement to be tendered.The adjournment applicationThe accused faced …

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