Hunter and Others v Chief Constable of West Midlands
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Judgment Date | 1980 |
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...was unanimously reaffirmed by the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords in Hunter v Chief Constable of West Midlands [1980] QB 283 and [1982] AC 529 (" Hunter"). The case involved an attempt by the claimants, who had been convicted of the Birmingham bombings in 1974, to sue the ......
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...at 182–3. 16 The authorities in the House of Lords and the Court of Appeal, which seem to me clear and compelling, are Hunter v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police [1982] AC 529 and Owens Bank Ltd v Bracco in the CA and HL [1992] 2 AC 443. I shall underline in what follows the refe......
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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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2 firm's commentaries
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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?
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Forensic Immunity Post‐Osman
...r 24.2, the plaintiff must have ‘a real prospect of succeeding on the claim.’3 Set out in Hunter vChief Constable of West Midlands Police [1982] AC 529.4 [1969] 1 AC (3) to allow advocates the general immunity from civil liability which attaches toall persons who participate in proceedings ......
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Destruction of documents before proceedings commence: what is a court to do?
...and Gaudron JJ). (118) (1993) 177 CLR 378. (119) (1993) 177 CLR 378, 393, citing Hunter v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police [1982] AC 529, 536 (Lord Diplock). See also Hamilton v Oades (1989) 166 CLR 486, 502 (Deane and Gaudron JJ); Simsek v Macphee (1982) 148 CLR 636, 640 (Stephe......
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Inherent jurisdiction and inherent powers of irish courts
...480. 122 De Jersey, “The Inherent Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court” (note 2), p. 327. 123Hunter 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 I......
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