Attorney General's Reference (No. 4 of 1979)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeTHE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
Judgment Date14 July 1980
Judgment citation (vLex)[1980] EWCA Crim J0714-2
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Docket NumberNo. 4602/R/79
Date14 July 1980

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  • AG Ref No. 1 of 2022
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 28 Septiembre 2022
    ...questions of law, however interesting or difficult” ( Attorney General's Reference (No.2 of 1975) [1976] 1 WLR 710, 714E; Attorney General's Reference (No.4 of 1979) [1981] 1 WLR 667, 672 G-H). That is not, in our view, what the Attorney General has done in this reference. At the heart of......
  • DPP v McHugh
    • Ireland
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • 12 Febrero 2002
    ...(R. v Porter [1976] Crim. L.R. 106; (R v Marshall [1977] Crim. L. R. 106.) In Reference by the Attorney General ... (No 4 of 1979) 71 Cr. App. R. 341, the prosecution alleged that the defendant had received stolen goods by receiving a cheque the proceeds of a mixed account from the thief. T......
  • Zimbin David v Yapu David [1988] PNGLR 178
    • Papua New Guinea
    • National Court
    • 20 Agosto 1988
    ...the goods were stolen goods: R v Porter [1976] Crim LR 58; R v Marshall [1977] Crim LR 106; Attorney–General's Reference (No 4 of 1979) [1981] 1 WLR 667 (CA). The general evidential principle upon which these decisions are based is that an accused person's admissions are only evidence again......
  • Daphne Richardson Applicant-Respondent-Pefitioner v Hope Investment Construction & Engineering Ltd Respondent v First Caribbean International Bank Applicant [ECSC]
    • Antigua and Barbuda
    • High Court (Antigua)
    • 31 Mayo 2010
    ...City Council v Havmarket Publishing Ltd. [1981}1WLR 677 16 See Denning M.R. in Westminster Council v Havmarket Publishing (C.A.) [1981]1 WLR 667: see also The Lord Mavor. Etc of the City of Bristol v Virgin an others. [1928] 2 KB 17 Bristol Corporation v Virgin [1928] 2KB 622 18 Section 250......
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