Where a solicitor enters guilty pleas on behalf of an accused without proper instructions, and the accused was never asked to confirm the pleas nor had the charges read to them, a miscarriage of justice is established if the accused's evidence of lack of instructions is credible and supported by the course of events, and triable issues exist. Courts should require a public acknowledgement of a plea of guilty from the accused person, particularly in committal proceedings, to avoid later disputes about the integrity of the plea.
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