DPP v Hawkins

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1988
Year1988
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
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5 cases
  • R Crown/Respondent v Joseph Brice Defendant/Applicant [ECSC]
    • Anguilla
    • High Court (Saint Christopher, Nevis And Anguilla)
    • 11 June 2012
    ...and Dillon v. R., 35 WIR 272. Also, Mr. Fraser said another element of the abuse is Mr. Brice's unlawful arrest. He referred to Hawkins [1988] 1 WLR 1166; Edwards v. DPP [1993] 97 Cr App R 301; and Lewis v. Chief Constable of South Wales Constabulary [1991] 1 ALL ER 205 in support of his ar......
  • R v Brice
    • Anguilla
    • High Court (Saint Christopher, Nevis And Anguilla)
    • 11 June 2012
    ...and Dillon v. R., 35 WIR 272. Also, Mr. Fraser said another element of the abuse is Mr. Brice's unlawful arrest. He referred to Hawkins [1988] 1 WLR 1166; Edwards v. DPP [1993] 97 Cr App R 301; and Lewis v. Chief Constable of South Wales Constabulary [1991] 1 ALL ER 205 in support of his a......
  • Blench v DPP
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 5 November 2004
    ...constitute a breach of section 28(3), it would not invalidate or otherwise have an effect on what had gone before: DPP v Hawkins [1989] 88 Cr App R 166. The officers, on the evidence before the justices, attempted to inform Mr Blench that their detention of him in the house was for a breach......
  • Edwards (Deborah) v DPP
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 23 March 1993
    ...he had something else in mind. Therefore the arrest was not lawful under section 25. Reliance was also placed on DPP v HawkinsWLR ([1988] 1 WLR 1166) as authority for the proposition that an arrest was lawful as long as the officer was acting in the execution of his duty notwithstanding ins......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Police Powers: Entry and Arrest
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 69-2, April 2005
    • 1 April 2005
    ...and may have involved abreach of Article 5 of the European Convention. The police can only dowhat is practicable (DPP v Hawkins (1989) 88 Cr App R 166) and theyhad informed him of his arrest for breach of the peace as soon as his ownconduct permitted this. This was the extent of their duty ......
  • Public Order Act 1986, S. 5: Requirement That Behaviour Be Witnessed
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 69-2, April 2005
    • 1 April 2005
    ...and may have involved abreach of Article 5 of the European Convention. The police can only dowhat is practicable (DPP v Hawkins (1989) 88 Cr App R 166) and theyhad informed him of his arrest for breach of the peace as soon as his ownconduct permitted this. This was the extent of their duty ......

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