It is common ground, that while his trial was pending the Crown owed him the statutory duties of disclosure which are set out in sections 3 and 7A of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996. That meant that it was the Crown's duty to disclose to him anything which had become known to it and which might reasonably be considered capable either of undermining the prosecution case or of assisting his own. At the heart of the submissions for Peter is the contention that this duty remains in existence. These duties are statutory enactments of the common law duty, and accordingly duty remains binding on the Crown indefinitely