LCRO 186/2017 and 84/2018 WE v VF (28 May 2019) [pdf, 190 KB]
...[8] In the following months Mr VF was represented by other lawyers. [9] Eventually the Crown withdrew an assault charge that Mr VF was facing and a jury acquitted him of another charge. [10] Following that acquittal, Ms P, a layperson, brought a private prosecution on behalf of Z against Mr VF. The charge was the assault charge that the Crown had withdrawn. Ms P instructed a QC to act as counsel in the private prosecution. [11] Mr VF unsuccessfully challenged the private prosecuti...