Mr. Jones had been convicted of the murder of a stranger in 2008. Following an unsuccessful appeal by trial counsel, Paul drafted submissions to the CCRC who referred the case back to the CACD. The grounds were based on fresh psychiatric evidence about Mr. Jones mental state at the time of the killing, the presence of schizophrenia, the interplay with drug abuse and its impact on his behaviour. Psychiatric evidence was called by both parties. The Vice President of the CACD (Fulford LJ) stated: “Mr Taylor and [prosecution counsel] have guided the court with skill through a factual, psychiatric and jurisprudential labyrinth.”
