Davey v Lee

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1967
Date1967
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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12 cases
  • Jones v Brooks and Brooks
    • United Kingdom
    • Divisional Court
    • Invalid date
  • Comer v Bloomfield
    • United Kingdom
    • Divisional Court
    • Invalid date
  • DPP v Stonehouse
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 30 Junio 1977
    ...offence are not to be considered as attempts to commit it, but acts immediately connected with it are." 43A similar view was expressed in Davey v. Lee [1968] 1 Q.B. 366 and, while there is not infrequently difficulty in applying this principle to the facts of a particular case, (See Comer ......
  • Haughton v Smith
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 21 Noviembre 1973
    ... ... It was the last act, depending on himself, [emphasis his] towards the payment of the money, and therefore it ought to be considered as an attempt." ... 10 A more modern definition is to be found in the judgment of Lord Parker C.J. in Davey v. Lee [1968] 1 Q.B. 366 at p. 370 where he said: "What amounts to an attempt has been described variously in the authorities, and for my part I prefer to adopt the definition given in Stephen's Digest of the Criminal Law, 5th Ed. (1894) art. 50, where it says that: ... ...
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