DPP v Denning
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Date | 1991 |
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35 cases
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R (on the application of Aisling Hubert) v Manchester Crown Court Dr Prabha Sivaraman (Interested Party)
...the attention of the judge to the analysis of the central phrase "an unnecessary or improper act or omission" set out in DPP v Denning [1991] 2 QB 532 at 541, where Nolan LJ said that the meaning of the word "improper": "… does not necessarily connote some grave impropriety. Used, as it is,......
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Adnan Ali Quayum v Director of Public Prosecution
...the conviction quashed, an application for costs of a different type was made and granted. 26 Roch J gave the other judgment of the court in Denning. He made it clear that the case turned on the effect of a notice of discontinuance. His conclusion was in these terms: "The conclusion that I ......
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Oliver Lewis v Sarah Louise Francis
...those discussed in Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2025, at D33.35–D33.37. Six such cases were cited to me. The first in time is DPP v. Denning [1991] 2 QB 532, an appeal by case stated to the Divisional Court (Nolan LJ and Roch 40 The court dismissed the prosecutor's appeal against a costs ......
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Andrea Clerk v Gas Safe Register
...Improper conduct means an act or omission that would not have occurred if the party concerned had conducted his case properly ( DPP v Denning [1991] 2 QB 532). (c) The test is one of impropriety, not merely unreasonableness ( R v Counsell (unreported) 13 March 2014, Crown Court at Bristol).......
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Divisional Court
...since the prosecutionhad not been to blame, no award should be made. Full costs (about £1,5(0)were awarded. On appeal, inDPPv Denning [1991] 3 WLR 235, theprosecutor took two points: (1) that the justices had no jurisdiction toaward costs at that stage (ie after the proceedings had been dis......
