The Weekly Law Reports
[2015] 1 WLR 3215
Privy Council
*Misick and others v The Queen
[on appeal from the Court of Appeal of the Turks and Caicos Islands]
[2015] UKPC 31
2015 May 11;
June 25
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury PSC, Baroness Hale of Richmond DPSC, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Reed, Lord Hughes, Lord Toulson JJSC
Turks and Caicos Islands— Crime— Judge— Constitutional right to trial before independent and impartial court— Judge appointed ad hoc to conduct defendants’ criminal trials— Whether judge having sufficient security of tenure to maintain independence— Whether breach of constitutional right to trial before independent and impartial court—
Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 2011 (SI 2011/1681), Sch 2, s 6
Turks and Caicos Islands— Crime— Practice— Trial— Trial without jury— Judge deciding trial by judge alone in interests of justice— Whether criminal standard of proof to be applied in reaching decision— Whether judge adopting correct approach— Whether decision correct—
Trial Without a Jury Ordinance 2010 (No 26 of 2010), s 4