CT v R - [2015] 1 NZLR 465

Criminal practice and procedure — Fair trial — Delay — Role of decades delay in determining whether trial fair — Deviations in complainant’s evidence from police statement — Amendment to indictment during trial — Prejudice to defendant.

Criminal practice and procedure — Judicial warnings — Regarding unreliable evidence — When required — Content of warnings — Whether prejudice to defendant from delay to be referred to — Whether required by statute or by requirement of fair trial — Evidence Act 2006, s 122.

Criminal practice and procedure — Stay of proceedings — Delay of decades between alleged offending and trial — Principles when court considering application for stay.

Evidence — Judicial warnings — Regarding unreliable evidence — When required — Content of warnings — Whether prejudice to defendant from delay to be referred to — Whether required by statute or by requirement of fair trial — Evidence Act 2006, s 122.