DPP v Nasralla
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Court | Privy Council |
| Judgment Date | 1967 |
| Year | 1967 |
| Date | 1967 |
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133 cases
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Maharaj v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (No. 2)
...which he was entitled to redress under section 6 (post, pp.395F-G, 396A-D, F-H, 397D-G). Director of Public Prosecutions v. Nasralla [1967] 2 A.C. 238, P.C. and de Freitas v. Benny [1976] A.C. 239, P.C. applied. (3) That section 6 of the Constitution was intended to create a new remedy for ......
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Re Harrington (pet. all.); R v Dorking Justices, ex parte Harrington (pet. all.)
...do better than refer to the opinion of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council delivered by Lord Devlin in Director of Public Prosecutions v. Nasralla [1967] 2 A.C. 238 where the noble and learned Lord said, at pp. 249-250: "But if the rule against double jeopardy and the principles of ......
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Baker v The Queen
...pp. 785A-D, G-H). Maloney Gordon v. The Queen (1969) 15 W.I.R. 359, P.C. not followed. Director of Public Prosecutions v. Nasralla [1967] 2 A.C. 238, P.C. and Reg. v. Wright (1972) 18 W.I.R. 302 applied. Judgment of the Court of Appeal of Jamaica affirmed. The following cases are referred t......
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9 books & journal articles
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Transitions in Caribbean Law: An Introduction
...2010) 69. 77. See M. Demerieux, Chapter 8, T. Robinson, ‘Gender, Nation and the Common Law Constitution’ (2008) 28(4) OJLS 735. 78. (1967) 10 WIR 299 (PC Ja). 79. (1978) 30 WIR 310 (PC T&T). 80. (1976) WIR 498 (PC T&T). xxi Transitions in Caribbean Law for judges, and common law adjudicatio......
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Case Law
...particular place or area at the material time. Amendment s. 278 Judicature (Parish Courts) Act Autrefois Acquit DPP v Patrick Nasralla [1967] 2 AC 238 Privy Council, Jamaica Proof of a verdict of acquittal (not mere peril of conviction) was essential to found the plea of autrefois acquit . ......
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Judicial Independence as an Indispensable Feature of the Rule of Law and Democracy: Implications for the Commonwealth Caribbean
...73 WIR 201 (CAECS St K-N). 64. Sookermany v DPP (1996) 48 WIR 346 (CA T&T); DPP v Tokai (1994) 48 WIR 376 (HC T&T). 65. DPP v Nasralla [1967] 2 AC 238, (1967) 10 WIR 299 (PC Ja); AG v Caterpillar Americas Co (2000) 62 WIR 135 (CA Guy); Campbell-Rodriques v AG [2007] UKPC 65 (Ja). 66. Min Ho......
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The prosecution's right to appeal in Trinidad and Tobago: The State v Boyce
...that are expressed in absolute and unlimited 23 The Judicial Committee cited with approval Director of Public Prosecutions v Nasralla [1967] 2 AC 238, and de Freitas v Benny [1976] AC 239. 24 D McKoy, 'The Evolving Constitutional Law on Prolonged Delay after Sentence' (1993) 18(1) WILJ 1. t......
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