Commission recommends replacing current regulations,which date back to 1836, with a simpler and fairer assessmentRegulations governing when a defendant is unfit to stand trial are antiquated and should be replaced by a simpler test that assesses their decision-making capacity, or the Law Commission has recommended.
The call for reform comes after the political row over whether or not the Labour peer Lord Janner was fit to plead to historical child abuse charges because of his medical condition.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com