Where both prosecution and defence frame a multi-count trial as turning on a single key issue (here, whether purported investments were genuine), the trial judge's reasons need not address each discrete transaction individually; a global treatment that engages with the contest as framed by the parties is sufficient. The adequacy of reasons is assessed by reference to the matters actually in contest, not by reference to a theoretical requirement for count-by-count analysis.
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