“… the use in this different context of criteria governing continuing with a criminal trial in the absence of a defendant (as set out in cases including R vJones [2003] 1 AC 1) as a useful starting point. The criteria include (but are not limited to) (i) the nature and circumstances leading to the defendant being absent and whether t…”
“…R v Jones [2003] 1 AC 1, a criminal case in which Lord Bingham said that the discretion was “to be exercised with great caution and with close regard to the overall fairness of the pr…”