Attorney General's Reference (No. 2 of 1983)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeTHE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
Judgment Date03 February 1984
Neutral Citation[1984] EWCA Crim J0203-1
Judgment citation (vLex)[1984] EWCA Crim J0203-11
Docket NumberNo. 3034/R/83
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Date03 February 1984

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  • R v Copeland
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 11 March 2020
    ...followed by the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales (Lord Lane CJ, McCowan and Leggatt JJ) in Attorney General's Reference (No 2 of 1983) [1984] QB 456. The accused, whose property had been attacked and damaged by rioters, and fearing that it would be attacked aga......
  • G.C v DPP
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 17 October 2012
    ...OF MOUNTJOY PRISON UNREP 12.6.2011 2011/31/8437 2011 IEHC 235 CONSTITUTION ART 40.3.2 CONSTITUTION ART 40.4.2 AG REFERENCE (NO.2 1983) 1984 2 WLR 465 R v RANDALL 2003 UKHL 69 2004 2 AC 72 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS & FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS ART 6(1) BARKER v WINGO 1972 407 US 514 STRU......
  • DPP v Bayer and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 4 November 2003
    ...himself with a loaded airgun against a builder who was demolishing a new extension because his bills were unpaid. In Attorney-General's Reference No 2 of 1983 [1984] 1 All ER 988 the Court of Appeal held that a defendant could set up the statutory defence of showing that he possessed an exp......
  • R v David Riding
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 7 April 2009
    ...that it means the latter and not the former and that is consistent with such authority as there is on the topic. In Attorney General's Reference No 2 of 1983 78 Cr.App.R 183 the defendant had made petrol bombs. This court was prepared to accept that self-defence against rioters who had run ......
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