Presumption of Innocence in UK Law
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R v Lambert
... ... Act or parts of it to come into force, and since there is a presumption against retrospectivity in legislation, it is not to be assumed a priori ... Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 is compatible with the presumption of innocence contained in article 6.2 of the European Convention for the Protection ... ...
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R v DPP ex parte Kebeline
... ... of the Act of 1989 undermines in a blatant and obvious way the presumption of innocence: at 190F. He observed that: "Under section 16A a defendant ... ...
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Sheldrake v DPP
... ... , on the prosecutor) are challenged as incompatible with the presumption of innocence guaranteed by article 6(2) of the European Convention for ... ...
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Hurnam v State of Mauritius
... ... Section 10(2)(a) of the Constitution gives effect to the presumption of innocence ... 4 Two points may be made on ... ...
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Richard v British Broadcasting Corporation
... ... The presumption of innocence appears to have been set aside.” ... ...
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Brown v Stott (Procurator Fiscal, Dunfermline)
... ... 28 The presumption of innocence ... 29 The right to be presumed ... ...
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R (Mullen) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
... ... of these provisions lay down certain familiar principles (the presumption of innocence, the right to be told of the charge against one, and so on) ... ...
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Woolmington v DPP
... ... 's death has been caused by another, there is a prima facie presumption of law that the person causing the death is a murderer unless the contrary ... situation at which it is incumbent upon the accused to prove his innocence ? To begin with, if that is what Sir Michael Foster meant, there is no ... ...
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Ong Ah Chuan v Public Prosecutor; Koh Chai Cheng v Public Prosecutor
Fundamental rules of natural justice in the field of criminal law. Controlled drug. Offence of trafficking. Mandatory sentence of death... ... sense of the term) was two or more grams, a rebuttable presumption arises under s 15(2) that the accused had the said controlled drug in his ... in conflict with what their counsel termed the `presumption of innocence`; this is a fundamental human right protected by the Constitution and ... ...
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R v Boardman
... ... fair trial because it tends to undermine the integrity of the presumption of innocence and the burden of proof. In other words, it is a rule of ... ...
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