Coroners and Justice Bill

As the Minister is coming to his summing up, perhaps I could make one last attempt to explain. If he looks at Clause 145, he will see a list of factors that are not given any weight one against another. Let us ask the practical question. Suppose that it was the book A Sense of Freedom by Jimmy Boyle, my former client, convicted of serious murder, who spent 16 years in prison. Look at those factors. If you are the judge, you have to decide on paragraphs (a) to (f). That is an impossible task for a judge to perform without detailed evidence. It becomes a complete disaster. It is not capable of reasonable legal certainty in application. That is the point on legal certainty.