Cases

Fiddes v Channel Four Television Corporation & Ors (No 2) (CA)


Issue

Whether the Judge had erred in varying the mode of trial to judge alone, in particular:

(1) Whether the Judge was wrong in his answer to either of the first two questions under s.69 (prolonged examination of documents and convenience), such that C was entitled as of right to trial by jury;

(2) Whether his decision was plainly wrong for other reasons such that the Court of Appeal could interfere with it.

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