Criminal Negligence in UK Law

  • R v Church
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • 22 March 1965
    ... ... Justice Widgery ... No. 1761/1964 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL Royal Courts of Justice (From the Shorthand Notes of ... the manslaughter verdict call for consideration:- (a) Criminal Negligence, A grosser case of criminal negligence it would be difficult to imagine ... ...
  • DPP v Newbury ; DPP v Jones
    • House of Lords
    • 12 May 1976
    ... ... (Appellant) (On Appeal from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)) Director of Public Prosecutions ... an unlawful and dangerous act and ( b) killing by criminal negligence. The defendant was convicted but his conviction was quashed on appeal ... ...
  • R v Majewski
    • House of Lords
    • 13 April 1976
    ... ... (Appellant) (on Appeal from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)) [1976] UKHL J0413-2 ... Lord ... For instance, in the case of manslaughter by negligence it may mean forgetting to notice a signal. It appears confusing to call so ... ...
  • Barratt v Ansell (t/a as Woolf Seddon); Arthur JS Hall & Company v Simons
    • House of Lords
    • 20 July 2000
    ... ... Clients raised claims in negligence against firms of solicitors. In response the solicitors relied on the ... a collateral attack in a civil action on the decision of a criminal court as enunciated in Hunter v. Chief Constable of the West Midlands ... ...
  • R v North Humberside and Scunthorpe Coroner, ex parte Jamieson
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 25 April 1994
    ... ... another has shown a lack of care which, while not amounting to negligence sufficient to justify a charge of manslaughter, is thought worthy of ... breach of which would render that person liable for civil or criminal negligence. It should also be noted that the verdict refers to lack of ... ...
  • R v Moloney
    • House of Lords
    • 21 March 1985
    ... ... (Appellant) (on Appeal from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)) [1985] UKHL J0321-3 ... Lord ... in "motor manslaughter" cases which are the result of criminal negligence or recklessness and not intention, or to excuse the hypothetical terrorist ... ...
  • Saif Ali v Sydney Mitchell & Company
    • House of Lords
    • 02 November 1978
    ... ... that a barrister was immune from any action for professional negligence in respect of acts or omissions during the trial of criminal proceedings ... ...
  • Rondel v Worsley
    • House of Lords
    • 22 November 1967
    ... ... 1 In 1959 the Appellant was charged at the Central Criminal Court with causing grievous bodily harm to one Manning. He was not given ... it did not because a barrister cannot be sued by his client for negligence or lack of skill in presenting his client's case in court. I shall not ... ...
  • Swinney v Chief Constable of Northumbria Police Force
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 March 1996
    ... ... , and the foreseeable consequences of it being obtained by a local criminal); alternatively, it is alleged that the duty of confidentiality was ... of Claim, it is said that what occurred was caused by the negligence, and then there is added "and/or the breach of duty of confidentiality of ... ...
  • Nettleship v Weston
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 June 1971
    ... ... 5 Mr. Nettleship now claims damages for negligence against Mrs. Weston. She denies negligence, alleges contributory ... 6 THE RESPONSIBILITY of THE LEARNER-DRIVER IN CRIMINAL LAW ... 7 Mrs. Weston was rightly convicted ... ...
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