Gouriet v Union of Post Office Workers
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judge | Lord Wilberforce,Viscount Dilhorne,Lord Diplock,Lord Edmund-Davies,Lord Fraser of Tullybelton |
| Judgment Date | 26 July 1977 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1977] UKHL J0726-1 |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Date | 26 July 1977 |
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...Each case is assessed on its own merits." (under the Line Fences Act, R.S.O. c. L.17) 14. Gouriet v. Union of Post Office Workers, [1978] A.C. 435 at 477 15. See Executive Flight Centre Fuel Services Ltd. v. British Columbia (Director, Environmental Management Act), 2015 CarswellBC 382, [20......
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...or refusal of authorities to prosecute offenders against the criminal law" (Lord Diplock in Gouriet v Union of Post Office Workers [1978] AC 435). More recently, private prosecutions have been cited as an important remedy for victims who find that public authorities, as a consequence of fin......
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...or refusal of authorities to prosecute offenders against the criminal law" (Lord Diplock in Gouriet v Union of Post Office Workers [1978] AC 435). More recently, private prosecutions have been cited as an important remedy for victims who find that public authorities, as a consequence of fin......
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...such prosecutions.' In a time of state retrenchment, the words of Lord Wilberforce in Gouriet v Union of Post Office Workers and Others [1978] AC 435 ring true more than ever: the right to bring a private prosecution is '... a valuable constitutional safeguard against inertia or partiality ......
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...12 N.S.W.L.R. 184 70 Goldstein v. Foss and Another 6 R & C 157; E.R. K.B. 409. 23 Gouriet & Ors. v. Union of Post Office Workers & Ors. (1978) A.C. 435. 513 Great West Soddlery Co. v. The King (1921) A.C. 91 at 117 184 CASES REFERRED TO IN 1983 Green v. Rozen (1955) 2 All E.R. 797; (1955) 1......
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Table of Cases
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