20 Aug 2019
Medical evidence and trial counsel's affidavit established the appellant was fit to instruct counsel and stand trial in November 2016; recommended accommodations did not mean the trial was unfair in the absence of evidence of incapacity or impaired participation, so there was no miscarriage of justice and the appeal against conviction was dismissed.
4 Jun 2008
The court ordered the proceedings struck out under Rule 478 for repeated disobedience and inordinate delay and, applying s40(5) of the Legal Services Act 2000, specified that had the plaintiff not been aided the award would have been costs on a 2B basis with such disbursements as the Registrar considers reasonable; the court declined to award indemnity costs because there was no basis to conclude the proceedings were vexatious or frivolous and indemnity costs are exceptional, and refused to treat sending a "message" to the LSA as a legitimate costs consideration.