OIA-109795.pdf [pdf, 2.3 MB]
...Updated defence statements must be given to the prosecution as issues and authorities change during the prosecution process. This disclosure regime has been severely criticised in the UK. For instance, it has been said that although the regime is designed to prevent “trial by ambush defence” rarely did the prosecution lose a case when this tactic was utilised.2 In addition, it has been said that this extent of defence disclosure seriously undermines the right to silence and ob...