Attorney General for Ceylon v Kumarasinghege Don John Perera

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1953
Year1953
CourtPrivy Council
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53 cases
  • Wo Yok Ling v Public Prosecutor
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 13 September 1978
    ...whether the law as to grave and sudden provocation as laid down by the Privy Council in the Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) case of A-G v Perera [1953] AC 200 should be followed having regard to recent decisions in other jurisdictions. We declined because we considered that case binding on us in tha......
  • People v O'Shea
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 January 1983
    ...Bill, 1975 [1977] I.R. 129. 21 R. v. Bertrand (1867) L.R. 1 P.C. 520. 22 Attorney General for Ceylon v. Kumarasinghege Don John Perera [1953] A.C. 200. 23 Application of Zwann [1981] I.R. 395. 24 Kepner v. United States (1904) 195 U.S. 100. 25 Conroy v. The Attorney General [1965] I.R. 411.......
  • R v Smith (Morgan James)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 27 July 2000
    ...bodily harm "arises from sudden passion involving loss of self-control by reason of provocation" perLord Goddard C.J. in Attorney-General for Ceylon v. Perera [1953] A.C. 200, 206. It is available to persons of normal mental capacity, and accordingly there is no burden of proof on the defe......
  • King v The Queen
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 12 February 2012
    ...Hayne JJ; [2005] HCA 37. 21 (1992) 174 CLR 313 at 333 per Mason CJ, Toohey, Gaudron and McHugh JJ; Attorney-General (Ceylon) v Pereria [1953] AC 200 at 22 Stephen, A History of the Criminal Law of England, (1883), vol 3 at 76.Stephen said of Foster's work at 78 that he did not think ‘that ......
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  • Cases referred to in 1965
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Nigerian Supreme Court Cases. 1965 Preliminary Sections
    • 11 November 2022
    ...83. 312 Astley Industrial Trust Ltd. v. Grimley (1963) 2 All E.R. 33, 40. .................... 313 Attorney-General of Ceylon v. Perera (1953) A C 200 ..................................... 211 Baide v. Adoki (1930) 10 N.L.R. 15. ....................................................................
  • The Merits of Ambiguity: Provocation from the Irish Perspective
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 87-2, April 2023
    • 1 April 2023
    ...clear by Kenny J in MacEoin (above, n 22). In England and Wales the point was less settledin the past, but see A-G for Ceylon v Perera [1953] AC 200 at 206 (Lord Goddard); Lee Chun-Chuen v R [1963] AC 220 at 228(Lord Devlin); see further McAuley and McCutcheon, above n 5 at 856–857.71. McNa......
  • Some perspectives on provocation and domestic killing
    • Barbados
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 2-1, June 1992
    • 1 June 1992
    ...W.I.R. 289; Julien (1970) 16 W.I.R. 395; Baptiste (1983) 34 W.I.R 253. 50 At p. 96. 51 At pp. 399, 400. 52 Att.-Gen. of Ceylon v. Perera [1953] A.C. 200, 206 (P.C.). 53 The Times, 13 May 1980. into the law - as it is in other jurisdictions though in legislative form, e.g. in New South Wales......
  • Injustice Perpetuated? The Contribution of the Court of Appeal
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 72-1, February 2008
    • 1 February 2008
    ...in statutory interpretation do not always ameliorate a 31 Holmes v DPP [1946] AC 588, disapproved in Attorney-General for Ceylon v Perera [1953] AC 200; R v Martindale (1966) 50 Cr App R 32 Of course, there is a problem where an unmeritorious applicant takes the benefit of a transient state......
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