ABSTRACT
The contrast between the common law of England and Wales and Canada and the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act (CPIA) 1996, which is featured in Chapters 5, 6, and 7, will be better understood if the motivation for the legislative action in England is examined. Also, it is informative to summarise the process used in England and Wales in the prosecution of serious and complex fraud under the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) 1987 and to acknowledge that some ‘radical’ changes had already been introduced to the legal culture by that act.
