Private Prosecution Can Be Abuse of Process

Caution Blocks Private Prosecution
Jones v Whalley [2006] UKHL 41
HL
26 July 2006
Daily Law Notes Summary
It was an abuse of the court's process for a private prosecution
to be brought against a person after he had accepted a formal
caution by a police officer on the express assurance that, if he
agreed to be cautioned, he would not have to go before a criminal
court in connection with the offence.