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In the Dietrich v. The Queen (1992) case, the accused, Olaf Dietrich, believed that his human rights were infringed because did not receive a fair trial. In a criminal trial, an individual has “the right to not have an unfair trial” but in Dietrich’s case, he was denied legal, and his application to the Supreme Court was also rejected. Without any other options, he was forced to go to trial without any legal representation, and so he came to a conclusion that he did not receive a fair trial. He took his case to the High Court because he was denied any legal representation to assist him with his
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