The High Court’s decision in the case of Lee Stewart Barnaby v The Director of Public Prosecutions [2015] EWHC 232 (Admin) that a complainant’s accounts given in 999 calls and to the police were admissible within the res gestae principle is likely to quickly become an important authority. Martin Sleight analyses the High Court’s decision and offers some practical advice to practitioners about how to proceed when the issue of res gestae arises.