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Hall v The Queen

Hall v The Queen [1971] 1 WLR 298; [1971] 1 All ER 322 (PC, on appeal from Jamaica)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtJudicial Committee of the Privy Council (on appeal from Jamaica)

Year1971

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A person's silence in the face of an accusation by a person not on equal terms (e.g. a police officer) cannot of itself be treated as an acknowledgement of the truth of the accusation or used to found an adverse inference.

Area of Law

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