More Sounds of Silence: Cobra Golf Ltd v Rata
Date | 01 April 1997 |
Published date | 01 April 1997 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/eb025829 |
Pages | 161-164 |
Author | Sandeep Savla |
Journal of Financial Crime — Vol.5 No. 2 — Investigations
INVESTIGATIONS
More Sounds of Silence: Cobra Golf Ltd v Rata
Sandeep Savla
If the exception proves the existence of the rule,
then by parity of reasoning
Cobra
Golf Ltd v Rata1
affirms the continued application of the common
law privilege against self-incrimination. For the
case stands out against the background of English
authorities such as R v Director of
Serious
Fraud
Office,
ex-parte Smith ,2
AT&T
Istel
v Tully3 and, most
recently, R v
Institute
of
Chartered Accountants
of Eng-
land and Wales, ex parte Nawaz.4 And even the
European Court of Human Rights, which forum
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