[2012] EWHC 1403 (Admin)

A magistrates' court had been entitled to proceed with a trial in the defendant's absence, despite the existence of a medical certificate, in circumstances where the trial had been adjourned on four previous occasions due to the defendant's illness and the latest medical certificate had been issued by a general practitioner who had not examined the defendant.

QBD (Admin) (Richards LJ, Treacy J)

11/05/2012