Parties to Crime in UK Law

  • Jagprit Randhawa and Others v The Queen
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 18 January 2012
    ... ... not assist the court in its assessment of the seriousness of the crime. But in general, we are persuaded that such a focus will best assist the ... which it could be argued that the applicants, having been knowing parties to that deliberate complexity, can now seek a reduction in their ... ...
  • Norris v Government of the United States of America (No 2)
    • Supreme Court
    • 24 February 2010
    ... ... reflect increasing international cooperation in the fight against crime ... 6 The relevant treaty in the present case is the Extradition ... of hardship which will arise because of the state of health of the parties. Due to their age, and especially to Mrs Norris's psychological condition, ... ...
  • R v Humphrys
    • House of Lords
    • 19 May 1976
    ... ... an issue has been raised and distinctly determined between the parties, then, as a general rule, neither party can be allowed to fight that issue ... four of which were: "(1) That a man cannot be tried for a crime in respect of which he has previously been acquitted or convicted ... ...
  • Crofter Hand Woven Harris Tweed Company v Veitch
    • House of Lords
    • 15 December 1941
    ... ... unless the Costs, certified as aforesaid, shall be paid to the parties entitled to the same within One Calendar Month from the date of the ... from the Respondents' illegal action? Conspiracy, when regarded as a crime, is the agreement of two or more persons to effect any unlawful purpose, ... ...
  • Belmont Finance Corporation Ltd v Williams Furniture Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 17 February 1977
    ... ... best particulars which the plaintiff can give of overt acts of the parties to the said conspiracy are the negotiations which took place between the ... "Crime" and "fraud" are not synonymous; a criminal act may well be committed ... ...
  • Davies v DPP
    • House of Lords
    • 15 January 1954
    ... ... view, persons who are participes criminis in respect of the actual crime charged, whether as principals or accessories before or after the fact (in ... to such other similar offences, if evidence of them were given by parties to them, the evidence of such other parties should not be left to the jury ... ...
  • Lonrho Plc (Original Respondents and Cross-Appellants) v Fayed and Others (Original Appellants and Cross-Respondents) (First Appeal); Lonrho Plc (Original Respondents and Cross-Appellants) v Fayed and Others (Original Appellants and Cross-Respondents) (Second Appeal)
    • House of Lords
    • 15 October 1991
    ... ... "The claimants accept that there is no case in which an undirected crime, not itself a civil wrong, committed without intent to injure, has been ... The House, as is clear from the parties' printed cases, which we have been shown, had never been invited to take ... ...
  • Glinski v Mclver
    • House of Lords
    • 22 February 1962
    ... ... 5 The significance of the date September 29th, 1955, is that both parties agreed that it is at that date that the belief of the Respondent as to ... ") for thinking that the plaintiff was probably guilty of the crime imputed; Hicks v. Faulkner, 8 Q.B.D. 167 at page 173. This does not ... ...
  • R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, ex parte Pinochet Ugarte (No. 3)
    • House of Lords
    • 24 March 1999
    ... ... If a person who is alleged to have committed a crime in Spain is found in the United Kingdom, Spain can apply to the United ... (including Chile, Spain and the United Kingdom) became state parties to the Torture Convention. But it is far from clear that none of them ... ...
  • Bilta (UK) Ltd (in Liquidation) v Nazir
    • Supreme Court
    • 22 April 2015
    ... ... 3 The pleaded claim alleges that the four defendants were parties to an unlawful means conspiracy to injure Bilta by a fraudulent scheme, ... sought to attribute to a principal knowledge of his agent's fraud or crime but that is not inherent in the underlying principle. I shall call it the ... ...
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