Chung Chi Cheung v R
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Court | Privy Council |
| Judgment Date | 02 December 1938 |
| Date | 02 December 1938 |
| Docket Number | Case No. 87 |
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97 cases
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R v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Thakrar
...law only become part of our law in so far as they are accepted and adopted by us. I would follow the words of Lord Atkin in Chung Chi Cheung 1939 A.C. 160 at page 167: "It must be always remembered that, so far, at any rate, as the Courts of this country are concerned, international law has......
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Yong Vui Kong v Public Prosecutor and another matter
...to the decision in Nguyen, where this court held at [94], citing (inter alia) the Privy Council case of Chung Chi Cheung v The King [1939] AC 160 (“Chung Chi Cheung”), that in the event of a conflict between a rule of CIL and a domestic statute, the latter would prevail. From his other subm......
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R v Outar (Roy), Jonathan Outar, Ralph Outar, Trevor Outar and Randal Titus
...and status is not without difficulty. In urging that Erickson should be designated an accomplice defence counsel have referred us to Yip Chiu-cheung v. R [1994] 2 All E.R. 924 in which the headnote reads as follows: "The appellant met one N in Thailand and arranged that he would act as a c......
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Nevsun Resources Ltd v Araya,
...at p. 67; see also Triquet v. Bath(1764), 3 Burr. 1478, (KB). Similarly, in the frequently cited case of Chung Chi Cheung v. The King, [1939] AC 160 (PC), Lord Atkin wrote: The Courts acknowledge the existence of a body of rules which nations accept amongst themselves. On any judicial issue......
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17 books & journal articles
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Administrative and Constitutional Law
...in Nguyen Tuong Van v Public Prosecutor[2005] 1 SLR(R) 103 at [94] had affirmed Lord Atkin's statement in Chung Chi Keung v The King[1939] AC 160 at 167–168 where CIL norms would be incorporated into domestic law ‘so far as it is not inconsistent with rules enacted by statutes or finally de......
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Admissibility in Criminal Proceedings of Third Party and Real Evidence Obtained by Methods Prohibited by UNCAT
...A v Secretary of State (No. 2) [2004] EWCA Civ 1123, [2005] 1 WLR 414 at [414], [463].235 As at 19 October 2005.236 Chung Chi Cheung v R [1939] 1 AC 160, 168; A v Secretar y of State (No. 2) [2004] EWCA Civ 1123,[2005] 1 WLR 414 at [119].237 Compare Re McKerr [2004] UKHL 12 at [54], Hutchin......
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Table of Cases
...Chorzów Factory Case (Germany v. Poland), see Case Concerning the Factory at Chorzow (Germany v. Poland) Chung Chi Cheung v. The King, [1939] A.C. 160 ( J.C.P.C.)......................225, 234 Clipperton Island Case (France v. Mexico) (1931), 2 R.I.A.A. 1105, translated in (1932) 26 A.J.I.L......
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Table of cases
...China Navigation Co. v. Attorney-General [1932] 2 KB 197 (CA) ...................123 Chung Chi Cheung v. he King [1939] AC 160 (PC) ........................... 65, 80, 85, 90, 187–88, 195–200, 209–10, 215, 258–59, Civilian War Claimants’ Association v. he King [1932] AC 14 (HL) ..................
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