Attorney General's Reference (No 1 of 1990)

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Type: Case

Citation: [1992] QB 630, CA

Summary: Stay for delay or other reason to be imposed only in exceptional circumstances and never where delay due merely to complexity of case or contributed to by defendant’s actions — No stay to be imposed unless defendant established on balance of probabilities that owing to the delay he would suffer serious prejudice to extent no fair trial could be held and continuation of prosecution amounted to misuse of process of court

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Court: CA

Jurisdiction: England

Date 1992