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London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and Others, R v.
[2002] UKHL 23
Citation 1
…rt of Appeal (by then necessary under new rules in force in May 2000). In R (Burkett) v Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council [2002] UKHL 23; [2002] 1 WLR 1593, the Court of Appeal had granted leave to appeal but refused a renewed application for leave to seek judicial review, and the House had no hesitat…
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Attorney General v Rodionov (St. Christopher and Nevis)
[2004] UKPC 38
Citation 2
…titutional provisions by necessary implication. An example of this is provided by Attorney General for Saint Christopher and Nevis v Rodionov [2004] UKPC 38; [2004] 1 WLR 2796. Under domestic law, no appeal could be brought against a decision of the High Court in habeas corpus proceedings. The Attorney General pe…
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Balson v. The State (Dominica)
[2005] UKPC 2
Citation 3
…ara 39. The absence of a good character direction is by no means necessarily fatal. In Balson v The Queen [2005] UKPC 2, "the nature and coherence of the circumstantial evidence" "wholly outweighed" any assistance that such a direction might have given (para 38). In Brown (Uriah) v The Queen [2005] UKPC 18; [200…
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Beckford v The Queen
[1987] UKPC 1
Citation 4
…fication, both credibility and accuracy were in issue, and it is submitted that the judge should, in accordance with the principle in Beckford v The Queen (1993) 97 Cr App R 409, have given the jury first a direction to consider whether Mr Anglin was telling the truth and to disregard his evidence unless satisfied that he was…
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Bethel v. The State (Trinidad and Tobago)
[1998] UKPC 51
Citation 5
…pon allegations of incompetence of counsel raised for the first time before the Board: Bethel v The State [1998] UKPC 51, (1998) 55 WIR 394, 397; Teeluck v State of Trinidad and Tobago [2005] UKPC 14; [2005] 1 WLR 2421, para 38; Ramdhanie v State of Trinidad and Tobago (Practice Note) [2005] UKPC 47; [2006] 1 WLR…
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Bhola v. The State Rev 1 (Trinidad and Tobago)
[2006] UKPC 9
Citation 6
…aying down of hard, inflexible rules from which no departure may ever be tolerated". In Bhola v The State [2006] UKPC 9 (a case of alleged demanding of money with menaces where the appellant denied any involvement), Lord Brown said, in giving reasons for the Board's decision: "The appellant relies heavily on the…
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Brown v. The Queen (Jamaica)
[2005] UKPC 18
Citation 7
…outweighed" any assistance that such a direction might have given (para 38). In Brown (Uriah) v The Queen [2005] UKPC 18; [2006] 1 AC 1, the nature of the offence charged (motor manslaughter) made such a direction of less significance than with other offences. In Jagdeo Singh v State of Trinidad and Tobago [2005]…
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General Legal Council v. Haughton-Cardenas (Jamaica)
[2009] UKPC 20
Citation 8
…einforced by statements in a case which was not among those cited to the Board by counsel: General Legal Council v Antonnette Haughton-Cardenas [2009] UKPC 20. The Board was there concerned with an application for special leave to appeal against a decision of the Court of Appeal on appeal from a Disciplinary Comm…
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Gilbert v.R. (Grenada )
[2006] UKPC 15
Citation 9
…against him, does not mean that he inevitably is of good character": Gilbert v The Queen (Practice Note) [2006] UKPC 15; [2006] 1 WLR 2108, para 21. But the prosecution has not been able to suggest anything which could count against the appellant's character in this case. The most that counsel has been able to s…
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Grant v. Director of Correctional Services & Anor (Jamaica)
[2004] UKPC 27
Citation 10
…Committee Act 1844, to which counsel for the defendants had referred. These were, in contrast, the focus of the Board's advice in Grant v The Queen [2004] UKPC 27; [2004] 2 AC 550, where however no reference was made in submissions or the advice to the earlier decision in Williams. In Grant the petitioner, awaiti…
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Leriche v. Cherry (Saint Lucia)
[2008] UKPC 36
Citation 11
…LRC 307; Pringle v The Queen [2003] UKPC 9; Taylor v The Queen [2006] UKPC 12; Williams v The Queen [2006] UKPC 21; Maye v The Queen [2008] UKPC 36; R v Jackson [2010] 1 LRC 594. All the cases cited were relatively recent, and in none was any point on jurisdiction raised. Nonetheless, the issues raised and their…
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O'Meara Food Products Ltd & Ors v. Agricultural Development Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago)
[2005] UKPC 6
Citation 12
…ection] had been given' (paragraph 40). So too in Jagdeo Singh's case [2006] 1 WLR 146. But the Board reached a different conclusion in Balson's case [2005] UKPC 6 and in Brown's case [2006] 1 AC 1 and their Lordships have no doubt that the Court of Appeal were right to have done so in the present case too. The…
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Pringle v. R (Jamaica)
[2003] UKPC 9
Citation 13
…eal of Jamaica in criminal matters: Flowers v The Queen [2000] 1 WLR 2396; Smalling v The Queen [2001] 4 LRC 307; Pringle v The Queen [2003] UKPC 9; Taylor v The Queen [2006] UKPC 12; Williams v The Queen [2006] UKPC 21; Maye v The Queen [2008] UKPC 36; R v Jackson [2010] 1 LRC 594. All the cases cited were rela…
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Ramdhanie and Ors v. The State (Trinidad and Tobago)
[2005] UKPC 47
Citation 14
…bago [2005] UKPC 14; [2005] 1 WLR 2421, para 38; Ramdhanie v State of Trinidad and Tobago (Practice Note) [2005] UKPC 47; [2006] 1 WLR 796, para 14. Behind this reluctance lies, as explained in Bethel , awareness of the ease with which it is possible for a convicted defendant to invent, or indeed after the event…
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Simmons & Anor v. R. Rev 1 (Bahamas)
[2006] UKPC 19
Citation 15
…A similar caution appears in Simmons v. The Queen [2006] UKPC 19 (a murder case).…
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Singh v. The State (Trinidad and Tobago)
[2005] UKPC 35
Citation 16
…a direction of less significance than with other offences. In Jagdeo Singh v State of Trinidad and Tobago [2005] UKPC 35; [2006] 1 WLR 146, para 25 the Board said: "Much may turn on the nature of and issues in a case, and on the other available evidence. The ends of justice are not on the whole well served by the…
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Taylor v. The Queen (Jamaica)
[2006] UKPC 12
Citation 17
…: Flowers v The Queen [2000] 1 WLR 2396; Smalling v The Queen [2001] 4 LRC 307; Pringle v The Queen [2003] UKPC 9; Taylor v The Queen [2006] UKPC 12; Williams v The Queen [2006] UKPC 21; Maye v The Queen [2008] UKPC 36; R v Jackson [2010] 1 LRC 594. All the cases cited were relatively recent, and in none was any…
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Teeluck & Anor v. The State (Trinidad and Tobago)
[2005] UKPC 14
Citation 18
…Board: Bethel v The State [1998] UKPC 51, (1998) 55 WIR 394, 397; Teeluck v State of Trinidad and Tobago [2005] UKPC 14; [2005] 1 WLR 2421, para 38; Ramdhanie v State of Trinidad and Tobago (Practice Note) [2005] UKPC 47; [2006] 1 WLR 796, para 14. Behind this reluctance lies, as explained in Bethel , awareness…
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Williams v. The Queen (Jamaica)
[2006] UKPC 21
Citation 19
…96; Smalling v The Queen [2001] 4 LRC 307; Pringle v The Queen [2003] UKPC 9; Taylor v The Queen [2006] UKPC 12; Williams v The Queen [2006] UKPC 21; Maye v The Queen [2008] UKPC 36; R v Jackson [2010] 1 LRC 594. All the cases cited were relatively recent, and in none was any point on jurisdiction raised. Nonethe…