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Circumstances when the trial judge should not leave a case to the jury

Condition to be satisfied for a jury to consider the case for the defence

Duty of the Judge where the jury fails to return a unanimous verdict

Duty of the trial judge in a murder trial with a jury

Effect of failure of the trial judge to direct the jury on the essential elements of the crime in his summing-up

Effect of failure of the trial judge to direct the jury on the meaning of insane delusion where the issue of insanity was raised

Effect of failure to direct a jury as to the consideration which the defence deserves in a criminal matter

Effect of non-direction, or misdirection or non-direction by misdirection by a Judge

How the trial judge should give directions to the jury where the defence of intoxication is raised

Need for a judge to stress unanimity in a jury's verdict in capital offences

Need for the trial judge to direct the jury on every defence available to the accused

Test to be applied upon appeal in assessing the verdict of the jury at the trial court

The function of the trial judge after the conclusion of the whole evidence in criminal trials with a jury

The important element in directing the jury on the onus of proof

The judge's duty in a summing-up to the jury

The principle that a court will quash a conviction on grounds of misdirection of law unless despite such misdirection the jury would inevitably arrive at the same conclusion

The proper direction to the jury where there exists doubts in the case for the prosecution

The rule that the verdict arrived at is that of the jury which does not assign reasons

The test to be applied in assessing whether a jury was properly directed

What must be proved for an omission of a judge to direct the jury on a piece of evidence relating to an issue to amount to a fatal misdirection

What should be a proper direction to a jury where an alibi is made

When a direction to the jury will be said to occasion a substantial miscarriage of justice

When the duty of judge to direct jury on insanity arises

Whether a court is bound in every case of murder to direct the jury on the alternative verdict of manslaughter

Whether a judge can impose his opinion on the jury

Whether a judge can prevent counsel from raising any question essential for the consideration of the jury

Whether a non-direction on circumstantial evidence affects a judge's summing up

Whether an unsworn statement made by an accused person in his defence is worth consideration by a jury

Whether failure of the judge to direct the jury on the cause of death is fatal

Whether failure of the trial judge to direct the jury adequately on the defence is fatal to conviction

Whether failure of the trial judge to direct the jury as to manslaughter amounts to an error of non-direction

Whether failure of the trial judge to direct the jury that the prisoner was entitled to acquittal, if on consideration of the whole evidence they were left in doubt whether the prisoner was acting in necessary self-defence, amounts to a misdirection

Whether in telling the jury that the appellant faced only the offence of murder the learned trial judge has unconsciously withdrawn the issue of manslaughter from the jury

Whether it is important for the jury to believe the accused's story

Whether it is proper for a Judge to tell a jury that they were not bound to accept the medical evidence

Whether it is the duty of the trial judge to direct the jury on possible defences

Whether the failure of the jury to use the word "unanimous" in declaring their verdict adversely affects the verdict

Whether the failure of the trial judge to direct the jury on the question of unanimity affects the verdict

Whether the Judge can acquit an accused person after the jury has returned a verdict of guilty

Whether the jury can discharge their duty faithfully where the trial judge omits in his summing-up to tell them the types of verdict which would be consistent with the evidence they have heard

Whether the jury is required to give reasons for its decisions; whether their judgment can be overturned on appeal

Whether the trial judge can reject the unanimous verdict of the jury

Whether the trial judge has a duty to sum up the evidence adduced in the case

Whether the trial judge must direct the jury to enter a verdict of not guilty and to acquit the defendant where he is of the opinion that the case against him has not been made out by the prosecution

Whether the trial judge must explain the provisions relating to insanity to the jury

Whether the verdict of a jury will be set aside where there is evidence on which a jury can act and there has been no misdirection or irregularity such as deprives an accused person of the substance of fair trial and protection of the law

Whether the verdict of the jury amounts to a conviction

Whether there is a misdirection where there is a failure to direct the jury on material discrepancies or conflicts in the evidence on record

Whether, in a jury trial, the judge is entitled to express his opinion on the facts

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