Attorney General's Reference (No. 3 of 2003)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date07 April 2004
Date07 April 2004
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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  • R v Ebanks, ex p Henderson
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 29 October 2008
    ...the offence of misconduct in public office contrary to common law were summarized by Pill, L.J. in Att. Gen.”s Ref. (No. 3 of 2003) (4) ([2005] Q.B. 73, at para. 61) as follows: ‘(1) [A] public officer acting as such . . . (2) wilfully neglects to perform his duty and/or wilfully misconduct......
  • R (oao “Monica”) v Director of Public Prosecutions
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 14 December 2018
    ...a perverse conclusion. The law was correctly stated in the decision, in particular the decisions of the Court of Appeal in Attorney-General's Reference (No. 3 of 2003) [2005] QB 73 and R v Chapman [2015] 2 Cr App R 10. The key issues here were whether Mr Boyling wilfully neglected to perfor......
  • Watkins v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 29 March 2006
    ...for the common law offence of misconduct in public office: see Attorney General's Reference (No 3 of 2003) [2004] EWCA Crim 868, [2005] QB 73. Breach of a fundamental human or constitutional right would also, in all probability, found a claim under section 7 of the Human Rights Act 1998, ......
  • Antonia Ilia v Appeal Court in Athens (Greece) and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 14 July 2014
    ...if committed in England constitute the offence of misconduct in public office. He referred to the judgment of Pill LJ in Attorney General's Reference (no. 3 of 2003) [2005] QB 73, which sets out the elements of that offence as follows (para. 61): "The circumstances in which the offence may ......
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