You are not currently signed in - enter your email address and password into the boxes below, or create a new account.

R v Dowty [2011] EWCA Crim 3138.

1) two categories where P has reneged on a promise not to prosecute:
i) where D would not receive a fair trial, and ii) where it would be unfair to try D.
- absence of detriment not always fatal to an application to stay.
2) in assessing whether P’s conduct would bring the administration of justice into disrepute in the eyes of right-thinking people, the reason why P had changed its position was most important.

undefined: unpaid