DPP for Northern Ireland v Lynch

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
JudgeLord Morris of Borth-y-Gest,Lord Wilberforce,Lord Simon of Glaisdale,Lord Kilbrandon,Lord Edmund-Davies
Judgment Date12 March 1975
Judgment citation (vLex)[1975] UKHL J0312-2
Date12 March 1975
CourtHouse of Lords
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145 cases
  • R v Howe; R v Bannister; R v Burke; R v Clarkson
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 19 February 1987
    ...did the defendant?" 6 The first of these questions involves a reconsideration of the much discussed decisions in Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland v. Lynch [1975] A.C. 653 and Abbott v. The Queen [1977] A.C. 755 . 7 In answering the second question, the Court of Appe......
  • Low Kean Giap and Others v Shaik Alawdeen Shaik Dawood and Another
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 1999
  • Cosimo Borelli (as liquidator of AKAI Holdings Ltd) and Others v Mr James Henry Ting and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 29 July 2010
    ...of duress is not valid as a matter of law. Duress is the obtaining of agreement or consent by illegitimate means. Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland v Lynch [1975] AC 653; Universal Tankships Inc of Monrovia v International Transport Workers Federation [1983] 1 AC 366. Su......
  • R v Sharp
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 29 January 1993
    ...well known passage from Stephen's History of the Criminal Law of England, Volume 2, page 108, which was referred to by Lord Edmund-Davies in Lynch (1975) N.I. 35Lynch (1975) 61 Cr. App. R. 6. Although Lynch has been the subject of certain adverse comment since the date of those speeches, ne......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Brief Explainer: Defences to assault charges
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 19 December 2022
    ...References 1 R v Hurley [1967] VR 526; R v Abusafiah (1991) 24 NSWLR 531; 56 A Crim R 424. 2 DPP for Northern Ireland v Lynch [1975] AC 653; R v McConnell [1977] 1 NSWLR 3 R v Lawrence [1980] 1 NSWLR 122; (1980) 32 ALR 72. 4 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) s.21A(3)(d). What Is ......
  • The legal defence of duress in New South Wales
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 26 September 2023
    ...been induced to commit the crime due to the threat; Smith J in R v Hurley and Murray (1967) V.R. 526. In DPP for Northern Ireland v Lynch [1975] AC 653, the defendant was directed by members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) to drive them to a specific location in Belfast. One of the men i......
27 books & journal articles
  • Recognising the Role of the Emotion of Fear in Offences and Defences
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 83-6, December 2019
    • 1 December 2019
    ...Crim 1717, where threat of false imprisonment was not sufficient.109. R v Hasan [2005] 4 All ER 685.110. Lynch v DPP for Northern Ireland [1975] AC 653. See R v Hasan [2005] 4 All ER 685.Edwards one’.111The case of Hudson and Taylor,112where two defendants were convicted of perjury for lyin......
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill How Judges Decide Cases: Reading, Writing and Analysing Judgments. 2nd Edition Contents
    • 29 August 2018
    ...Property Co Ltd [1986] Ch 150, [1985] 3 WLR 207, [1985] 2 All ER 676, CA 172 Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland v Lynch [1975] AC 653, [1975] 2 WLR 641, [1975] 1 All ER 913, HL 58 Doherty v Allman (or Allen) (1878) 3 App Cas 709, 42 JP 788, 26 WR 513, HL 44 Donoghue v Stev......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Law and Mental Disorder. A Comprehensive and Practical Approach Preliminary Sections
    • 19 June 2013
    ...1099, 1105 Lynch v. Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland, [1975] 1 All E.R. 913 (H.L.) ...............................................................................................................................365, 368 M.(A.) v. Ryan, [1997] 1 S.C.R. 157 ......................
  • Allowing a Defence to Those Who Commit Crime Under Coercive Control
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 86-5, October 2022
    • 1 October 2022
    ...are Victims/Survivors of Domestic Abuse’(Prison ReformTrust, 17 October 2017) accessed 28 July2021.37. DPP for Northern Ireland v Lynch [1975] AC 653 at 670.38. J Loveless, ‘Domestic Violence, Coercion and Duress’(2010) Crim LR 93 at 97–8.39. See Hasan, above n 3 at [28].40. RvN(2007) EWCA ......
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