Click here. Exodus 23 says, “You shall not give a false report; you shall not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness [promoting wrong and violence].You shall not follow a crowd to do [something] evil, nor shall you testify at a trial or in a dispute so as to side with a crowd in order to pervert justice;nor shall you favor or be partial to a poor man in his dispute [simply because he is poor].“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering off, you must bring it back to him.If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall not leave the man to deal with it [alone]; you must help him release the animal [from its burden].“You shall not pervert (bend) the justice due to your poor in his dispute.Keep far away from a false charge or action, and do not condemn to death the innocent or the righteous, for I will not justify and acquit the guilty. - Exodus 23:1-7 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus23:1-7&version=AMP Perverting the course of justice is an offence committed when a person prevents justice from being served on him/herself or on another party. In England and Wales it is a common law offence. It can be committed by a secretary who receives exculpatory evidence( evidence that clears the accused of all allegations) but does not provide it to the senior staff who can add it to the file in the exoneration of the accused or assist them in the pleading and defence of the clients Civil claim( with some notes from Wikipedia).

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Exodus 23 says, “You shall not give a false report; you shall not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness [promoting wrong and violence].You shall not follow a crowd to do [something] evil, nor shall you testify at a trial or in a dispute so as to side with a crowd in order to pervert justice;nor shall you favor or be partial to a poor man in his dispute [simply because he is poor].“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering off, you must bring it back to him.If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall not leave the man to deal with it [alone]; you must help him release the animal [from its burden].“You shall not pervert (bend) the justice due to your poor in his dispute.Keep far away from a false charge or action, and do not condemn to death the innocent or the righteous, for I will not justify and acquit the guilty. - Exodus 23:1-7 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus23:1-7&version=AMP


Perverting the course of justice is an offence committed when a person prevents justice from being served on him/herself or on another party. In England and Wales it is a common law offence.  It can be committed by a secretary who receives exculpatory evidence( evidence that clears the accused of all allegations) but  does not provide it to the senior staff who can add it to the file  in the exoneration of the accused or assist them in the pleading and defence of the clients Civil claim.   It may also involve evidence that can convict.  The point is that it is  evidence that cannot be withheld.    But, who knows what happened at Scarborough Court...eh...with all that beer and bacon in the back with 120 letters from wives or girlfriends being withheld or collected and kept by some secretary as her memento after her prom date in 1980 ran off when he saw the incy wincy sausage roll.   When you see unmarked cruisers that you are not sure of as they try to pull you off the road, then call 911.   You left your back door open and your refused to renew your car licence plate after you used an App-e phone.    But, what if you did get exculpatory evidence after someone pled guilty by voicemail but the call and voicemail were left on the machine before the person pled guilty?  What if you did receive the voicemail a week before the next court date but forgot to disclose it or were unsure due to inexperience to know how to proceed?  






Perverting the course of justice is an offence committed when a person prevents justice from being served on him/herself or on another party. In England and Wales it is a common law offence.

It can be committed by a secretary who receives exculpatory evidence( evidence that clears the in accused of all allegations) but  does not provide it to the senior staff who can add it to the file  in the exoneration of the accused.   It may also involve evidence that can convict.  The point is that it is  evidence that cannot be withheld.    But, who knows what happened at Scarborough Court...eh...with all that beer and bacon in the back with 120 letters from wives or girlfriends being withheld or collected and kept by some secretary as her memento after her prom date in 1980 ran off when he saw the incy wincy sausage roll. 

When you see unmarked cruisers that you are not sure of as they try to pull you off the road, then call 911.   You left your back door open and your refused to renew your car licence plate after you used an App-e phone.  

But, what if you did get exculpatory evidence after someone pled guilty by voicemail but the call and voicemail were left on the machine before the person pled guilty?  What if you did receive the voicemail a week before the next court date but forgot to disclose it or were unsure due to inexperience to know how to proceed?  



Perverting the course of justice is an offence committed when a person prevents justice from being served on him/herself or on another party. In England and Wales it is a common law offence, carrying a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Statutory versions of the offence exist in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, and New Zealand. The Scottish equivalent is defeating the ends of justice,[1] while the South African counterpart is defeating or obstructing the course of justice.[2] A similar concept, obstruction of justice, exists in United States law

England and WalesEdit

Doing an act tending and intending to pervert the course of public justice[3] is an offence under the common law of England and Wales.

Perverting the course of justice can be any of three acts:

Also criminal are:

  1. conspiring with another to pervert the course of justice, and
  2. intending to pervert the course of justice

This offence, and the subject matter of the related forms of criminal conspiracy, have been referred to as:

  • Perverting the course of justice
  • Interfering with the administration of justice
  • Obstructing the administration of justice
  • Obstructing the course of justice
  • Defeating the due course of justice
  • Defeating the ends of justice
  • Effecting a public mischief[4]

This proliferation of alternative names has been described as "somewhat confusing".[5]

This offence is also sometimes referred to as "attempting to pervert the course of justice". This is potentially misleading. An attempt to pervert the course of justice is a substantive common law offence and not an inchoate offence. It is not a form of the offence of attempt, and it would be erroneous to charge it as being contrary to section 1(1) of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981.[6]

This offence is triable only on indictment.[7]

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