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ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S REFERENCE NO.4 OF 2002 : SHELDRAKE V DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (2004)

PUBLISHED October 14, 2004
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[2004] UKHL 43

The Road Traffic Act 1988 s.5(2) imposed a legal burden on an accused who was charged with an offence contrary to s.5(1)(b). The Terrorism Act 2000 s.11(2) was to be interpreted as imposing an evidential burden on the defendant.

HL (Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Steyn, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord Carswell)

14/10/2004

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