The Criminal Procedure Rules 2020 No. 759 (L. 19)

PART 21 E+W EVIDENCE OF BAD CHARACTER

Reasons for decisions E+W

21.5.  The court must announce at a hearing in public (but in the absence of the jury, if there is one) the reasons for a decision—

(a) to admit evidence as evidence of bad character, or to refuse to do so; or

(b) to direct an acquittal or a retrial under section 107 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

[Note. See section 110 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.]

Commencement Information

I1 Rule 21.5 in force at 5.10.2020, see Preamble