British Coal Corporation v R

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CourtPrivy Council
Judgment Date06 June 1935
Docket NumberCase No. 21
Date06 June 1935

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  • De Morgan v Director-General of Social Welfare
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 7 October 1997
    ...to the Privy Council was a prerogative right of the Crown had been exploded by the decision in British Coal Corporation v The KingELR ([1935] AC 500): the right to entertain appeals to the Privy Council was no longer a wholly prerogative power but was regulated by statute, the Judicial Comm......
  • Qarase v Bainimarama
    • Fiji
    • Court of Appeal (Fiji)
    • 1 January 2009
  • Ffrost v Stevenson (1937) 58 CLR 528
    • Papua New Guinea
    • High Court
    • 13 August 1937
    ...may operate outside the territory (Porter v R; Ex parte Yee 21 (1926) 37 CLR 432). [DIXON J referred to British Coal Corporation v R 22 (1935) AC 500.] S122 confers a power not merely to make laws for the peace, order and good government of the territories, but also for the peace, order and......
  • Re the Criminal Law (Jurisdiction) Bill, 1975
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 January 1977
    ... ... The passing and adoption of this Constitution by the Constituent Assembly and the British Parliament shall be announced as soon as may be and not later than the 6th day of December 1922 by ... ...
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9 books & journal articles
  • Democracy, Liberty and the Prerogative: The Displacement of Inherent Executive Power by Statute
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 41-2, June 2013
    • 1 June 2013
    ...of Police (NSW) (2005) 224 CLR 44, 66 [72] (McHugh, Gummow and Hayne JJ), 82 [120] (Callinan J). 103 British Coal Corporation v R [1935] AC 500, 519. 104 R v Home Secretary; Ex parte Fire Brigade's Union [1995] 2 AC 513; R (Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council) v Secretary of State for Com......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Constitutional Law. Fifth Edition Conclusion
    • 3 August 2017
    ...[1999] S.C.C.A. No. 236 .............................................................................. 390 British Coal Corp. v. R., [1935] A.C. 500, 64 C.C.C. 145, [1935] 3 D.L.R. 401, [1935] 2 W.W.R. 564 (P.C.) ...................................................... 85 British Columbia (A.......
  • A Turtle* by Any Other Name: The Legal Basis of the Australian Constitution
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 29-2, June 2001
    • 1 June 2001
    ...dicta, to the_____________________________________________________________________________________74 British Coal Corporation v The King [1935] AC 500, 520 (Viscount Sankey LC) (emphasisadded).75 George Winterton, 'The British Grundnorm: Parliamentary Supremacy Re-Examined'(1976) 92 Law Qua......
  • The Constitution Act, 1867: Executive and Legislative Power
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Constitutional Law. Fifth Edition The Framework and Institutions of Government
    • 3 August 2017
    ...(P.C.). 80 Ibid. at 132. For a similar statement with respect to the authority of the federal Parliament, see British Coal Corp. v. R. , [1935] A.C. 500 at 519–20 (P.C.). CONSTIT UTIONAL LAW 86 In other words, as long as Parliament or the legislatures remained within the limits def‌ined by ......
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