Read the full judgment text of FACC 4/2011 on BabelCite. This FACC judgment was delivered on 24 May 2012.
1. I entirely agree with the judgment of Mr Justice Gleeson NPJ. All that I would add are a few words of my own on why the reverse-onus provision in question casts a persuasive rather than merely evidential burden on defendants. On its face, the burden which it casts is a persuasive one. Although they may not be common, there are situations in which it is compatible with an entrenched presumption of innocence to treat such a provision as legally doing precisely what it says. Then it is not t
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