What is the current state of the law on an application to re-open a criminal trial?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Fakhri v. Vafadar Moghadam, 2012 BCSC 879 (CanLII):
In Zhu v. Li, 2007 BCSC 1467 (leave to appeal refused, 2008 BCCA 239), Ehrcke J. helpfully reviewed the jurisprudence relevant to applications to re-open trials and concluded:
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