Order to help fraud trial juries enacted 10 years on

JURIES in complex fraud cases will be allowed to access transcripts of evidence, charts and other documentation to help them with their deliberations under a 10-year-old law that was finally enacted yesterday.

Accountants may also be summoned before the courts to explain transactions or financial dealings of the accused as part of a range of changes to make fraud cases easier to understand for members of juries.

The measures are contained in the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001.