Answers given in a compulsory interview under the Insolvency Act 1986 would not be admitted into evidence under the Attorney-General's Guidelines 1998, which stated that the prosecution should not use as part of its case or in cross-examination answers obtained under compulsory powers, unless they were subject to an exception.

CA (Crim Div) (Mantell LJ, Gray J, Judge Denison QC)

22/02/1999