Index card Robinson v The Queen

Robinson v The Queen

Hearings

Jamaica

07 May 1985 [1985] AC 956; [1985] 3 WLR 84; [1985] 2 All ER 594, PC

Subject Matter

HUMAN RIGHTS — Jamaica — Constitution — Human rights and fundamental freedoms — Legal representation — Murder trial — Withdrawal of defendant's counsel without leave — Judge's refusal to adjourn for legal aid assignment — Defendant unrepresented at trial for capital offence — Whether infringement of defendant's constitutional right to be permitted legal representation — Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council 1962, Sch 2, s 20(6)(c)

[1985] AC 956; [1985] 3 WLR 84

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