The Court of Appeal's Lack of Jurisdiction to Reopen Appeals: Abdullah Bin a Rahman V Public Prosecutor; Lim Choon Chye V Public Prosecutor

• Main Author: LEE, Jack Tsen-Ta
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1994
• Subjects: Administration of justice; criminal procedure; jurisdiction to reopen appeals; miscarriages of justice; Asian Studies; Comparative and Foreign Law; Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/563; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/1562/viewcontent/LackJurisdictionReopenAppeals_1994_SJLS.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

It is ironic that Abdullah bin A Rahman v PP and Lim Choon Chye v PP were decided in the aftermath of the Birmingham Six, Guildford Four and Maguire Seven cases from the United Kingdom. As in these cases, Abdullah and Lim Choon Chye highlight a serious flaw in our criminal justice system: there appe...