Hunter and Others v Chief Constable of West Midlands
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 1980 |
| Date | 1980 |
| Year | 1980 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin v Secretary of State for the Home Department
...summarised the relevant principles of law relating to abuse of process set out in Hunter v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police [1982] AC 529 (“ Hunter abuse”) from paragraphs 36 to 81 together with the respective submissions of the 32 At paragraph 82 the judge concluded that the pro......
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Mueen-Uddin v Secretary of State for the Home Department
...down by Lord Diplock that “the intending plaintiff had a full opportunity of contesting the decision in the court by which it was made” ( Hunter, p 541): a full opportunity, in this context, including a fair opportunity for the accused to put his or her case and to meet the case made agains......
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Balber Kaur Takhar v Gracefield Developments Ltd and Others
...reasonable diligence. For this Mr Khangure relies on the decision of the House of Lords in Hunter v Chief Constable of the West Midlands [1982] AC 529. This was concerned with whether actions for assault brought against the police by the six men convicted of the Birmingham public house bom......
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The Thin End Of The Wedge: High Court Considers The Legal Test For Setting Aside A Judgment Tainted By Fraud
...Burton considered the authorities in the House of Lords and the Court of Appeal, Hunter v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police[1982] AC 529 and Owens Bank Ltd v Bracco [1992] 2 AC 443, 483 provided clear and compelling evidence of the (binding) proposition that actions to set aside a......
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Can You Challenge A Criminal Conviction In A Civil Claim?
...issues raised at the trial. Lady Carmichael considered the 'Birmingham bombers' case of Hunter v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police [1982] AC 529. During the criminal trial, there was an objection to evidence of confessions on the basis that they were obtained by violence. The trial ju......
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Halkides: Bad Forensics in the 1970s British Bombing Cases
...atoms), a group that can be found in NG and other chemicals. The same combination of two techniques into one (GC/MS) used in the Birmingham Six case was used also used to unravel the Patricia Stallings case (https://blog.simplejustice.us/2020/12/28/halkides-expectation-bias-and-the-patricia......
22 books & journal articles
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Inherent jurisdiction and inherent powers of irish courts
...122 De Jersey, “The Inherent Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court” (note 2), p. 327. 123 Hunter v. Chief Constable of the West Midlands [1982] A.C. 529. 124 Abse v. Smith [1986] 1 Q.B. 536, C.A. 125 Re B [1994] 2 F.L.R. 479, C.A. 126 Kinnard v. Field [1905] 2 Ch. 306. 127 De Jersey, “The Inher......
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Cases referred to in 1983
...A.C. 155. 136 Huddart, Parker & Co. Ltd v. Moorehead (1909) 8 C.L.R. 330 at 357 228 Hunter v. Chief Constable of West Midlands Police (1981) 3 W.L.R. 906. 44 Ibiyemi v. Olusoji (1957) W R N.L R 25 44 Ibrahim Shinfida v. Commissioner of Police (1970) N.N.L.R. 113. 105 Idewu lnasa v. Sakariya......
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Popular Names Index to UK Cases and EU Legislation and Cases
...of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions (OJ 1998 L213/13) Birds Directive See Wild Birds Directive Birmingham Six Case Hunter v Chief Constable of the West Midlands [1982] AC 529 R v McIlkenny (1991) 93 Cr App Rep 287 Biocidal Products Directive Directive 98/8/......
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Litigation
...App, Lloyd and Glidewell LJJ, 29 April 1987). As to abuses of process generally, see Hunter v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police [1982] AC 529 at 536, per Lord Diplock; Taylor Walton v Laing [2008] BLR 65 at 69 [11], per Buxton LJ. 230 Such an agreement does not, however, revive a ......
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