Double Jeopardy in UK Law

  • R v Humphrys
    • House of Lords
    • 19 May 1976
    ... ... of the common law of England, that no man is to be brought into jeopardy of his life more than once for the same offence." ... 18 The eighth proposition is based not on double jeopardy but on res judicata and I must confess to difficulty in ... ...
  • Connelly v DPP
    • House of Lords
    • 21 April 1964
    ... ... of the common law of England, that no man is to be brought into jeopardy of his life, more than once, for the same offence". He says that when a ... Appellant has to concede, against the letter) of the rule against double jeopardy. The court, he submits, has power to prevent this and ought to ... ...
  • R (Bermingham and Others) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 21 February 2006
    ... ... One such bar (s.79(1)(a)) is the rule against double" jeopardy. Another is specified by s.79(1)(c) to be “the passage of time\xE2\x80" ... ...
  • R v Beedie
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 11 March 1997
    ... ... The Health and Safety Executive were well aware of the risk of double jeopardy, and a conscious decision was made about the nature of the ... ...
  • Lukaszewski and Others v The District Court in Torun, Poland and Others (No 2)
    • Supreme Court
    • 23 May 2012
    ... ... (section 10), whether extradition is barred by the rule against double jeopardy, extraneous considerations, the passage of time, age, ... ...
  • JC (double jeopardy: Art 10 CL)
    • Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
    • 23 January 2008
  • Mills v Cooper
    • Divisional Court
    • 1967
    ... ... - Nemo debet bis vexari - Double jeopardy - Successive changes - Dismissal of information alleging ... ...
  • Sennar, The (No. 2) (Merawi)
    • House of Lords
    • 21 March 1985
    ... ... based on the same set of facts, the defendant's remedy against such double jeopardy is provided by the doctrine of issue estoppel ... 4 It is far ... ...
  • Yf (Double Jeopardy - Jc Confirmed)
    • Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
    • 28 October 2010
  • Société Eram Shipping Company Ltd v Cie Internationale de Navigation
    • House of Lords
    • 12 June 2003
    ... ... This has a double significance. It is part of and defines the substantive obligation of the ... ...
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