DPP v Nasralla
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 1967 |
| Date | 1967 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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119 cases
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Re Harrington (pet. all.); R v Dorking Justices, ex parte Harrington (pet. all.)
...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 autrefois are to prod......
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Peart (Shabadine) v R
...Lord Devlin relied on the presumption of constitutionality in the oft' quoted passage in Director of Public Prosecutions v Nasralla 1967 2 All E.R. 161. It was cited by Lord Diplock in Baker v R. (1973) 13 J.L.R. 169 at 177 thus: "This chapter [Chapter 111 of which section 26(8) forms part]......
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Baugh (Arthur) v Courts Jamaica Ltd and Attorney General of Jamaica
...people of Jamaica by virtue of the Constitution, are rights and freedoms to which they have always been entitled. In D.P.P. v Nasrala [1967] 3 W.L.R. 13 at page 18 Lord Devlin in delivering the judgment of the Board acknowledged this proposition. In referring to Chapter III of the Constitut......
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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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Police Powers in the West Indies: Some Constitutional Aspects
...protecting the defence of autrefois acquit. 74 The Jamaica Constitution appeared to apply in terms to an accused acquitted after a 21 [1967] 2 A.C. 238. 22 Jamaica Constitution, s. 26 (8). 23 Other cases applying the saving of existing law clauses to render irrelevant the application of the......
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