Imperial Tobacco Ltd v Attorney General

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
JudgeViscount Dilhorne,Lord Edmund-Davies,Lord Fraser of Tullybelton,Lord Scarman,Lord Lane
Judgment Date06 March 1980
Judgment citation (vLex)[1980] UKHL J0306-3
Date06 March 1980
CourtHouse of Lords
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    • Sabinet Southern African Public Law No. 30-2, January 2015
    • 1 Enero 2015
    ...founded applications for stay.” DPP v Humphreys [1977] AC 1 (HL) at 24, 26, 46 and 53; Imperial Tobacco Ltd v Attorney110General [1981] AC 718 (HL) at 733 and 742; Kostuch (1995) 128 DLR (4th) 440 at 449-450; Pretty[2002] 1 AC 800 (HL) para121.Per Lord Bingham, R (Corner House Research) v D......
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    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 68-1, January 2004
    • 1 Enero 2004
    ...NOT BE PERMITTED TO BRING CLAIMS FOR DECLARATORY RELIEFAGAINST THECROWN(following, for example, Imperial Tobacco Ltd vAttorney-General [1981] AC 718; R (on the application of Pretty) vDPP[2002] 1 AC 800).The dispute between the parties focused upon the nature and scope ofexceptional circums......

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