R (Webb-Johnson) v DPP (2005) EWHC 3123 (Admin)
From Mental Health Law Online
The District Judge had been wrong to proceed to hear the case in the absence of the claimant (who had mental health problems); the conviction was quashed and a retrial ordered
Other
8th December 2005
Before: Gibbs J
MS A Smith (instructed by Leigh, Day & Co) appeared on behalf of the Claimant MS J Josephs (instructed by Courts & Admin Centre) appeared on behalf of the Defendant