Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001022/1995 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 13 December 1995.
1. This was an appeal against a conviction for assault occasioning actual bodily harm. On the first hearing of his appeal on 23rd November, the Appellant who appeared in person claimed that he had no contact with the Duty Lawyer Scheme prior to his trial in the Magistrates Court. He claimed that the first conversation between himself and his solicitor came during the cross-examination of the principal Crown witness, when the solicitor sought his instructions. He claimed that he had never before