R (Smeaton (on Behalf of The Society for The Protection of Unborn Children)) v Secretary of State for Health

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date18 April 2002
Neutral Citation[2002] EWHC 610 (Admin),[2002] EWHC 886 (Admin)
Date18 April 2002
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
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52 cases
  • Roche v Roche
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 15 Diciembre 2009
    ...6. That it was the duty of the courts to implement and apply the law, not morality. R. (Smeaton) v. Secretary for State for Health[2002] EWHC 610 (Admin) and [2002] EWHC 886 (Admin), [2002] F.L.R. 146 approved. The applicant appealed to the Supreme Court. Held by the Supreme Court (Murray C......
  • M.R v T.R, Anthony Walsh, David Walsh and Sims Clinic Ltd
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 15 Noviembre 2006
    ...GENERAL NOTICE PARTY CONSTITUTION ART 40.3.3 CONSTITUTION ART 41 THE QUEEN ON THE APPLICATION OF SMEATON v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH 2002 2 FLR 146 2.5.2002 TLR OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT 1861 S58 OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT 1861 S59 MAHER & ORS v MIN FOR AGRICULTURE & ORS 200......
  • M.R v T.R, Anthony Walsh, David Walsh and Sims Clinic Ltd
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 15 Diciembre 2009
    ...Linguistic analysis - Meaning contemplated by People at time of passing of amendment - R. (Smeaton) v Secretary for State for Health [2002] EWHC 610 (Admin) & [2002] EWHC 886 (Admin) [2002] FLR 146 considered - Constitution of Ireland 1937, Articles 40.3.3 and 41 - Plaintiff's appeal dismis......
  • R (YA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 28 Octubre 2013
    ...E[45]). 35. Similar principles have been applied in the Administrative Court, for example, by Munby J in Smeaton v Secretary of State [2002] 2 FLR 146, 244 [420] (“the facts remain that the court including the Administrative Court-exist to resolve real problems and not disputes of merely ac......
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6 books & journal articles
  • Hidden Law‐Making in the Province of Medical Jurisprudence
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 77-3, May 2014
    • 1 Mayo 2014
    ...of Axon) vSecretary of State for Health n 82 above.109 RvPrice [1969] 1 QB 541, RvDhingra (1991, unreported, Birmingham Crown Court).110 [2002] 2 FCR 193. See for discussion, J. Keown, ‘“Morning after” pills, “miscarriage” andmuddle’ (2005) 25 LS 296.111 R (Quintavalle) vSecretary of State ......
  • Miss-Conceptions: Abortifacients, Regulatory Failure, and Political Opportunity.
    • United States
    • Yale Law Journal Vol. 129 No. 1, October 2019
    • 1 Octubre 2019
    ...505 U.S. at 856. (159.) Hobby Lobby, 573 U.S. at 727. (160.) R (on the Application of Smeaton) v. Secretary of State for Health [2002] EWHC (Admin) 610, [2002] 2 FLR 146 (161.) Offences Against the Person Act 1861, 24 & 25 Vict. c. 100, [section][section] 58-59 (Eng., Wales, In). (162.)......
  • A Lacuna in the Criminal Law’s Protection of Antenatal Life
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 84-4, August 2020
    • 1 Agosto 2020
    ...of degree. What level of medical intervention is required before the child becomes20. See R (Smeaton) v Secretary of State for Health [2002] Crim LR 664.21. Ibid [138]–[148].22. K Costeloe and others, ‘Short Term Outcomes After Extreme Preterm Birth in England: Comparison of Two Birth Cohor......
  • British Abortion Law: Speaking from the Past to Govern the Future
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 79-2, March 2016
    • 1 Marzo 2016
    ...seeG. Williams, The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law (London: Faber and Faber, 1958).19 R (Smeaton) vSS Health and Others [2002] EWHC 610 (Admin), 332 per Munby J, who hassince gone on to become President of the Family Division of the High Court and a member ofthe Court of Appeal.20 Fo......
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