THE LADD -v- MARSHALL TEST: WHAT IS MEANT BY "REASONABLE DILIGENCE": A TALE OF COMPUTERS IN COURT

An appeal court will only consider new evidence on very limited grounds. The test in Ladd -v- Marshall [1954] 1 WLR 1489 is that the applicant can show that the evidence could not with reasonable diligence have been obtained for use at trial. This test was considered by the Court of Appeal in Rawdin...