Bell v Director of Public Prosecutions

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Type: Case

Citation: [1985] AC 937, PC

Summary: Regardless whether remedy for unreasonable delay before trial existed prior to Constitution it expressly conferred right to fair trial — Factors to be taken into account in deciding whether that right infringed — Period of delay between arrest and trial not necessarily reasonable between order for retrial and retrial

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Court: PC

Jurisdiction: Jamaica

Date 1985