ABSTRACT
It follows, then, that the decision by the Court of Appeal in the various jurisdictions whether to allow on a criminal appeal is, in the final analysis, the same. The central issue is whether the verdict of guilty can properly stand having regard to the errors, irregularities and the evidence given in the trial of the appellant. If the appellant can be said to have lost the fair chance of an acquittal in that there is a lurking doubt as to whether justice was done, the conviction should be quashed. It will be considered unsafe or unsatisfactory or amounting to a substantial miscarriage of justice.
