10 May 2017
The trial magistrate's contemporaneous assessment of witness credibility and the supporting medical evidence were rational and sufficient to prove common assault beyond reasonable doubt; the High Court will not overturn those credibility findings absent clear unreasonableness, therefore the conviction and fine were properly affirmed.
13 May 1976
The Court upheld convictions because the cumulative evidence — the striking coincidences between invoice amounts and bribe payments, payments from Motor Co. back to the second Defendant, endorsements and a cheque drawn by the third Defendant, and corroborative witness evidence — established that the invoices were fabricated and that the appellants participated with requisite knowledge; the accountant's over‑reaching did not cause prejudice; the compensation order under s.73(1) was lawful because P.L.E. suffered loss for which the third Defendant was partly responsible; sentences were within p…