R v Ansell

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLORD JUSTICE ROSKILL
Judgment Date17 July 1974
Judgment citation (vLex)[1974] EWCA Crim J0717-1
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Docket NumberNo. 1661/A/74
Date17 July 1974

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  • Lai Hock Soon v Public Prosecutor
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 2013
  • R v Farrugia (Francis)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 11 April 1979
    ...course of his judgment in Calvert v. Mayes, viz. "trading in prostitution". That expression is not statutory and, as this Court said in R. v. Ansell (1975) Q.B. 215. "… its use must not be allowed to conceal the fact that in each case the question must always be whether the particular facts......
  • Re David Perry, Qc
    • Hong Kong
    • Court of First Instance (Hong Kong)
    • 10 July 2020
    ...principles on construction of section 137(1) have been thoroughly considered by the relevant English authorities, such as R v Ansell [1975] QB 215 and R v Farrugai (1979) 69 Cr App R 108. Thus the arguments to be advanced before the Court of Appeal merely involve the application of existing......
  • R. v Ha Hau Kwan Fong
    • Hong Kong
    • High Court (Hong Kong)
    • 23 May 1996
    ...equivalent to applying the test of "trading in prostitution" in Calvert v. Mayes [1954]1 QB 342 which was not favoured in R. v. Ansell [1975]1 QB 215. It might have been unfortunate that clearer words than these : "in the business of providing prostitutes for customers" were not used. Howev......
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1 books & journal articles
  • The minor offences act and prostitution in Barbados: new cloth on an old garment
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 8-1, June 1998
    • 1 June 1998
    ...starting point to explain to the jury the flavour of the words "living off". 140 See, e.g., Calert v. Mayes [1954] 1 Q.B. 342; Anselt [ 1975] Q.B. 215; Clark [1976] 2 All E.R. 696; Bell [ 1978] Crim.L.R. 233; Soni v. H.M. Advocate 1970 S.L.T. 275. 141 Thomas [1957] 2 All E.R. 181; Calderhea......

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