R v AB and Others
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | or |
| Judgment Date | 28 April 2017 |
| Neutral Citation | [2017] EWCA Crim 534 |
| Docket Number | Case No: 2017/00347/B5, 2017/00842/B5, 2017/00346/B5 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) |
| Date | 28 April 2017 |
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3 cases
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Lee Qualter v Crown Court at Preston
...is not suitable for prosecution by a local authority. He relied on what the Court of Appeal Criminal Division said in R v AB and others [2017] 1 WLR 4071. Mr Marshall said that this case was a first in terms of local authority prosecution. It related to fraud and money laundering rather tha......
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The King (City of York Council) v AUH
...body corporate “it can do only those things which it is authorised to do by statute” by contrast with a natural person: R v AB [2017] 1 WLR 4071 at [77] per Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd 82 Section 223 of the LGA 1972 provides the power to authorise individuals to prosecute or defend in Magistra......
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Lee Qualter Commercial Reduction Services Ltd v The Crown Court at Preston
...LGA and accordingly a linked decision to investigate under s.111 LGA. Reliance is placed upon the decision of this Court in R v AB [2017] EWCA Crim 534, [2017] 1 WLR 43 In AB the Court held that a local authority (Thurrock) had no power under s.222 LGA to bring a prosecution alleging consp......
2 books & journal articles
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Local Authority Prosecutions: When the General Power to Prosecute Gives way to a Specific Power
...those of the resi-dents of the relevant local authority, it would not satisfy the expediency test: see, for example, R v AB andothers [2017] 1 WLR 4071.In R (Qualter and others) v Crown Court at Preston [2020] 1 WLR 1073, which was concerned withthe question whether s.222(1) and the expedie......
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Local Authority Prosecutions: When the General Power to Prosecute Gives way to a Specific Power
...those of the resi-dents of the relevant local authority, it would not satisfy the expediency test: see, for example, R v AB andothers [2017] 1 WLR 4071.In R (Qualter and others) v Crown Court at Preston [2020] 1 WLR 1073, which was concerned withthe question whether s.222(1) and the expedie......