DPP v Tokai

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Type: Case

Citation: [1996] AC 856, PC

Summary: Long delay in bringing applicants to trial — Constitutional right to fair trial but not to speedy trial or trial within reasonable time — Delay not contravening applicants’ constitutional rights since measures available to trial judge sufficient to ensure fairness of their trial

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Court: PC

Jurisdiction: Trinidad and Tobago

Date 1996

Tags

Delay, Due Process, Fair Trial/hearing, Fundamental Rights and Freedoms

Index Data

Start date: 01-Jan-1996

End date: 31-Dec-1996

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File Location: C14

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