Thanks very much.
I want to ask you about routine police evidence being admitted into court by way of affidavit without an automatic right to cross-examination. As I am a person who used to practise criminal law as a defence lawyer, that seems troubling to me, to be honest with you. I'd like to understand the rationale behind that provision, and also what “routine” means. How would we know what that means? When I practised, we would often come up with agreements about evidence that would go in without cross-examination or any need to have it tested in court, because it was generally considered between the parties to be uncontroversial.
How would this actually reduce delays if that stuff is already happening, and how would we know what the scope of “routine” is?