The Weekly Law Reports
[2023] 1 WLR 547
King’s Bench Division
*Rex (Director of Public Prosecutions) v Crown Court at Bristol
Rex (Director of Public Prosecutions)
v
Crown Court at Manchester (Minshull Street)
[2022] EWHC 2415 (Admin)
2022 Sept 26; 28
Dame Victoria Sharp P, Chamberlain J
Crime— Custody time limit— Extension— Defendants remanded in custody awaiting trial— Trials adjourned due to lack of legal representation arising from Criminal Bar Association strike action— Whether “good and sufficient cause” for extending custody time limit— Whether court on judicial review having power to extend custody time limit after its expiry—
Senior Courts Act 1981 (c 54), s 31(5)(b)
—
Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c 23), s 22(3)