DPP v Denning
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1991 |
| Year | 1991 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court) |
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29 cases
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R (on the application of Aisling Hubert) v Manchester Crown Court Dr Prabha Sivaraman (Interested Party)
...Party drew 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......
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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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R (DPP) v Sheffield Crown Court Peter Barry Goodison and Another (Interested Parties)
...of Sir Thomas Bingham MR in Ridehalgh v Horsefield [1994] Ch 205, 232, 239, CA applied.Director of Public Prosecutions v Denning [1991] 2 QB 532, DC not followed.The following cases are referred to in the judgment of the court:Director of Public Prosecutions v Denning [1991] 2 QB 532; [1991......
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The King on the application of AB (by his litigation friend CD) v Uxbridge Youth Court
...was an unnecessary or improper act or omission. He makes a comparison with the facts of Director of Public Prosecutions v Denning [1991] 2 QB 532 where the test was held to have been satisfied in a case where the charge before the justices was using or permitting a goods vehicle to be used......
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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......