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FINALITY OR FAIRNESS?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Stephen Heaton
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THE finality of proceedings, resource constraints, a presumption of guilt, and the existence of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (“CCRC”) all combine to outweigh the principle of fairness for a convicted individual. Such was the stark conclusion of the Supreme Court in dismissing Kevin Nunn's application to force prosecution authorities to grant access to material which he believed would help him get his conviction quashed: R. (Nunn) v Chief Constable of Suffolk Constabulary [2014] UKSC 37, [2014] 3 W.L.R. 77.

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The Cambridge Law Journal , Volume 73 , Issue 3 , November 2014 , pp. 477 - 480
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Copyright © Cambridge Law Journal and Contributors 2014 

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