Sentences with phrase «impacted trial fairness»

Coincidentally, the Court of Appeal appears to have found the Trial Judge himself ran afoul of the principle behind the rule — the failure to raise the point with defence counsel impacted trial fairness and led the Court of Appeal to order a new trial.

Not exact matches

«I generally agree with the comments above about blogging during trial, although I could imagine cases and circumstances where blogging would be unlikely to have an impact on the fairness of the trial.

The Superior Court was correct to overturn a guilty verdict and order a new trial, after a judge accessed a Google image on his own accord, impacting the fairness of the trial, says Toronto criminal lawyer Graham Clark.

Court orders new trial after judge accesses Google image The Superior Court was correct to overturn a guilty verdict and order a new trial, after a judge accessed a Google image on his own accord, impacting the fairness of the trial, says Toronto criminal lawyer Graham Clark.

This was not, however, enough for the Court of Appeal for Ontario to make a finding of ineffective assistance of counsel, as there was no miscarriage of justice: counsel's actions did not impact on the reliability of a verdict which was well - supported on the evidence, nor did they detract from the fairness of the adjudicative process at trial.

Thus, things like good signage, a useful website, and helpful staff impact procedural fairness, as does what actually occurs when the defendant stands in front of a judge during hearings and trials.