Lowery v The Queen

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1973
Date1973
CourtPrivy Council
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57 cases
  • R v Turner (Terence)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 17 October 1974
    ...the Appellant's evidence was truthful. 11 Mr. Mildon submitted that such help should not have been rejected by the Judge because in R. v. Lowery, (1974) Appeal Cases 85 the Privy Council had approved of the admission of the evidence of a psychologist on the issue of credibility. We had to ......
  • Thirukkumar v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
    • Australia
    • Full Federal Court (Australia)
    • Invalid date
  • R v Bracewell
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • Invalid date
  • Bernal (Brian) and Moore (Christopher) v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • Invalid date
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5 books & journal articles
  • Subject Index
    • United Kingdom
    • International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 7-4, December 2003
    • 1 December 2003
    ...749.......................... 228Lloyds Bank Ltd, Re [1931] 1 Ch 289........................................................ 225Lowery v R [1974] AC 85................... 202Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1, HC........................................................ 280Marks v Beyfus (1890) ......
  • Rape in Victoria as a Crime of Absolute Liability: A Departure from Both Precedent and Progressivism
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 76-5, October 2012
    • 1 October 2012
    ...present context, see I. Freckelton and D. Andrewartha, Indictable Offences inVictoria, 5th edn (Thomson Reuters: 2010) 116.13 Lowery vR[1974] AC 85 at 101–103; Re Knowles [1984] VR 751 at 768.14 In Australia, see Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991 (ACT), ss 48–53;Crimes Act 1914 (......
  • Noticeboard
    • United Kingdom
    • International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 8-2, March 2004
    • 1 March 2004
    ...himself and his co-accused, was the more likely to have attacked the deceased? The Privy Council gave an affirmative answer in Lowery v R [1974] AC 85 and in R v Randall [2003] UKHL 69 the House Lords followed suit. In a judgment delivered by Lord Steyn, the Law Lords held: (1) that the acc......
  • Judicial Representations of Scientific Evidence
    • United Kingdom
    • The Modern Law Review No. 63-2, March 2000
    • 1 March 2000
    ...‘Expert Evidence in Canadian Criminal Proceedings’ in H.Reece (ed), Law and Science (1998) 175.108 RvTurner [1975] 1 QB 834 and Lowery vR[1974] AC 85 (Privy Council). Whilst psychiatricevidence was only admitted in Lowery, it could be argued that Turner offered a much more abnormalset of ev......
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