Read the full judgment text of CACC 000890/1980 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. In this case the appellant appeals against a determination made by Mr. Grover that the charge of careless driving which had been brought against him should be retried by a magistrate other than the magistrate who had initially tried the case - that other magistrate having in fact acquitted the appellant. What happened at the first trial was that the prosecution who were not legally represented and the defendant who was legally represented agreed a statement of facts described as brief facts o