R v Wayte
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | MR. JUSTICE BELDAM,LORD JUSTICE KERR |
| Judgment Date | 22 March 1982 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1982] EWCA Crim J0322-4 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) |
| Docket Number | No. 957/C2/80 |
| Date | 22 March 1982 |
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9 cases
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Public Prosecution Service v Liam Duddy
... ... 11 [28] In Wayte [1983] 76 Cr App R 110, the Court of Appeal in England held that photostat copies of documents are admissible in evidence where they are relevant and the originals have been lost. It had been argued that photocopies were secondary evidence and as there was no satisfactory explanation as to why the ... ...
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Development Options Ltd v General Business Services Ltd
...evidence rule, most particularly on its application to lost documents. The court took into consideration the cases cited above, as well as R v Wayte (1983) 76 Cr. App. R. 110, judgment of Bedlam J. In Wayte, it was the opinion of the court that the best evidence rule should now be confined ......
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R v Governor of Pentonville Prison, ex parte Osman
... ... Reg. v. Turner [ 1974 ] A.C. 357 ; [ 1973 ] 3 W.L.R. 352 ; [ 1973 ] 3 All E.R. 124 , H.L.(E.) ... Reg. v. United States Government, Ex parte Blair, The Times, 21 June 1985 ... Reg. v. Walters [ 1979 ] R.T.R. 220 ... Reg. v. Wayte ( 1982 ) 76 Cr.App.R. 110 , C.A ... Reg. v. Wille ( 1987 ) 86 Cr.App.R. 296 , C.A ... Reynolds v. Comr, of Police of the Metropolis [ 1985 ] Q.B. 881 ; [ 1985 ] 2 W.L.R. 93 ; [ 1984 ] 3 All E.R. 694 , C.A ... Savings & Investment Bank Ltd. v. Gasco ... ...
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R v Webley (Herald)
... ... Nowadays we do not confine ourselves to the best evidence. We admit all relevant evidence. The goodness or badness of it goes only to weight, and not to admissibility." ... 16 Counsel for the Crown also relied on the case of William Guy Alexander Wayte (1982) 76 C.A.R. 110. In that case the Court ruled that where crucial original documents could not be produced, photocopies thereof were admissible. The court cited with approval the approach set out by Lord Denning M.R. (supra) and ruled that "the fact that the documents were merely copies ... ...
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