[2013] EWHC 1388 (Admin)

A magistrates' court was entitled to exercise its discretion to refuse to adjourn a case where the prosecution witnesses had not appeared at the appointed time. As a result of the errors that had occurred on the part of the prosecution, the overriding objective in the Criminal Procedure Rules 2012 r.1.1 was no longer capable of fulfilment.

QBD (Admin) (Mitting J)

26/04/2013