R v David Dean Meadors - Judgment on Crowns Application for the Defendant to be tried in his absence and Parallel Defence Application for the Defendant to be deemed Involuntarily absent from the Jurisdiction

Criminal Law - s.7 of the Bill of Rights - Defendant is beyond the seas. Crown contend that he is voluntarily absent and accordingly apply for him to be tried in his absence - Medical evidence relating to defendants claim that he is medically unable to travel to the Cayman Islands examined by way of written and viva voce expert evidence.