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6 June, 03:42

Why is Viscount Sankey's speech (the golden thread) in the Woolmington v DPP 1935 case still important to this day?

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    "Woolmington v DPP [1935] UKHL 1 is a landmark House of Lords case, where the presumption of innocence was first articulated in the Commonwealth. In law the case is remembered for introducing the metaphorical "golden thread" ... for a unanimous Court, Viscount Sankey made his famous "Golden thread" speech."
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