Hall v The Queen
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 1971 |
| Date | 1971 |
| Year | 1971 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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30 cases
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R v Raviraj
...face of the accusation is not the basis upon which an inference against him can be drawn. If one wanted modern authority, it is found in Hall v. R. (1971) 1 W.L.R. 299. If the accused had failed to respond and kept silent to every question, it may very well be that on that simple principle ......
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R v Chandler
...read to them passages from two decisions, one of the House of Lords ( R. v. Christie (1914) A.C. 545) and the other of the Privy Council ( Hall v. R. (1971) 55 Cr. App. R. 108). Reading passages from Law Reports to juries is becoming a forensic practice which would have been stopped by an e......
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Josue Celestin v The Attorney General
...v The State [1998] AC 846 considered Birbal v. R SCCrApp No. 18 of 2011 considered Donald Parkes v Queen [1976] 1 WLR 1251 applied Hall v. The Queen [1971] 1 WLR 298 applied Peter Stewart v The Queen [2011] UKPC 11 considered R v Cooper [1969] 1 All ER 32 distinguished R v Horne [1990] ......
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R v Singh et Al
...deduce guilt from a person's silence. In this connection I used only refer to the Privy Council ease of Hall v. Reginam, [1971] 1 All E.R. 322 and R. v. Chandler, [1976] 3 All E.R. 105. One cannot overlook the basic position that them was no duty an Lawrence to prove anything. There is no......
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Pauline chronology and the problem of evidence: a legal perspective
...of guilt: see, eg, R v Ryan (1966) 51 Cr App Rep 102. The ‘right to silence’ is a common law right: ywLord Diplock in Hall v R [1971 ] 1 All ER 322, 324. 76. For the accused is presumed to be innocent and the prosecution is obliged to prove the case against him beyond all reasonable doubt. ......