The word 'information' in s 1002G(2) of the Corporations Act 2001 is not confined to matters of established fact but extends to statements by persons in a position to know about negotiations and their likely outcome. Fresh evidence of an undiagnosed brain tumour (meningioma) does not warrant quashing a conviction where the evidence establishes only a bare possibility of mental impairment with no discernible impact on the relevant issues of intent and knowledge. The law's concern regarding fitness to stand trial is with the capacity to understand and follow proceedings, not with maximising the capacity to present as an attractive personality. Sentencing courts must not be swayed by media-driven community attitudes in either direction.
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