1 - I guess I should be more specific. My question is does the Crown has a legal obligation to find if the witness(es) have a criminal record? I don't think Crown has even checked whether the witness(es) have a criminal record or not and they are arguing it's irrelevant information. I understand if they don't have a criminal record then no criminal record exists and therefore no record will be provided but is it fair to expect a response like "The Crown has checked criminal records for witness(es) and no criminal record exists" from them?
2 - The Crown has provided me names of witness(es) but they have striked out the contact info. Is the Crown legally obligated to provide that as well when I have specifically requested it in a disclosure? Or it depends on Justice of Peace to rule whether the Crown should be providing such information or not? The Crown has argued it's irrelevant information to my defence.
If the Crown doesn't provide me above info, is it valid to argue that this is "inadequate disclosure" to prepare my defence and henceforth I cannot go to trial without that required info. Can Justice of Peace give a ruling this is irrelevant info to prepare a defence for a trial?
Thanks again for your insights...
Andy