R v Horncastle
R v Horncastle & Others [2009] UKSC 14 was a significant judgment of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom regarding hearsay evidence and the compatibility of UK hearsay law with the right to a fair trial under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The case represents another stage in the judicial dialogue between the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the higher courts of the United Kingdom about whether it is acceptable to base convictions "solely or to a decisive extent" on evidence made by a witness who is identified but does not appear in court (for example, in a witness statement made to the police).
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R v Horncastle
R v Horncastle & Others [2009] UKSC 14 was a significant judgment of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom regarding hearsay evidence and the compatibility of UK hearsay law with the right to a fair trial under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The case represents another stage in the judicial dialogue between the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the higher courts of the United Kingdom about whether it is acceptable to base convictions "solely or to a decisive extent" on evidence made by a witness who is identified but does not appear in court (for example, in a witness statement made to the police).
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R. v Horncastle ,R. v Blackmore ,R. v Marquis , R. v Graham
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Appeals dismissed, When hearsa ...... cisive" basis of a conviction.
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[2010] 2 AC 373, [2010] 2 WLR 47, [2010] 2 All ER 359
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[2009] EWCA Crim 964
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