Hall v Cotton

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1986
Date1986
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
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9 cases
  • Gary Hyde v The Queen
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • April 15, 2014
    ...she had any interest in them, but because her flat was safer than the defendant's home in Oxford" 43 This approach was followed in Hall v Cotton [1987] QB 504. The first defendant held a shotgun certificate and owned two shotguns. He left them at the home of the second defendant, who had no......
  • R v Bentham (Peter)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • March 10, 2005
  • Montique (Hartford) v Commissioner of Corrections and DPP
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • November 22, 2007
    ...he argued, that the appellant had proprietary interest in the marijuana and that he was the procurer of the offences. He relied on Hall v Cotton and Another [1987]1QB 504, R v Vincent [1991] 28 JLR 69 and section 6 of the Justices of the Peace (Jurisdiction) Act (The J.P. Act.) 47 I will fi......
  • Albert Paulton v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • January 14, 2022
    ...as follows: “17. Whether a person is in possession of a weapon is a question of fact; possession can be proprietary and/or custodial (see Hall v Cotton [1987] QB 504 at 509C and 510C). It is not confined to physical possession. As the Magistrates were advised, there is no need for the pros......
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3 books & journal articles
  • The Licensing of Section 1 Firearms and Ammunition
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill The Firearms Law Handbook - 8th Edition Contents
    • August 29, 2019
    ...was an 8-inch metal tube with a striker pin activated by a spring, capable of firing .32ʺ cartridges. 31 Hall v Cotton and Treadwell [1986] 3 All ER 332. While the point at issue concerning possession was possession by T, who held no shotgun certificate, it is evident that the court was of ......
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill The Firearms Law Handbook - 8th Edition Contents
    • August 29, 2019
    ...2016, unreported, Crown Ct (Reading) 108 Guyer v R (1889) 23 QBD 100, 53 JP 436, 37 WR 586, QBD 151, 154 Hall v Cotton and Treadwell [1987] QB 504, [1986] 3 All ER 332, [1986] 3 WLR 681, QBD 46, 75, 214 Horn v Raine (1898) 62 JP 420, 67 LJQB 533, 19 Cox CC 119, DC 157 Jemmison v Priddle [19......
  • Criminal Offences Relating to Firearms: General Restrictions on Shooting and Carrying Guns
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill The Firearms Law Handbook - 8th Edition Contents
    • August 29, 2019
    ...certificate or authority (including an RFD or visitor’s permit) to possess the firearm in question. 5 Hall v Cotton and Treadwell [1986] 3 All ER 332. While the point at issue concerning possession was possession by T, who held no shotgun certificate, it is evident that the court was of the......

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