R v Bembridge
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 22 November 1783 |
| Date | 22 November 1783 |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
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29 cases
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R v Redford
...argument put before us by Mr. Turner. As already indicated, in the case of Hudson Lord Goddard, the Lord Chief Justice, made it clear that Bembridge (1783) State Trials 1, was so to speak the locus classicus for the offence of cheating the Revenue. In the judgement of Lord Mansfield in that......
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R v Bowden
...lady friend. 10 It is convenient at the outset to deploy the relevant authorities in chronological order. 11 In the leading case of R v Bembridge (1783) 3 Doug. 327, the defendant, who was an accountant in the office of the Receiver and Paymaster-General of the Forces, deceitfully concealed......
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R v Cosford and Others
...to understand the present state of the law, it is, once more, necessary to trawl through the relevant authorities. The starting point is R v. Benbridge (1783) 99 ER 679, in which Lord Mansfield decided (at 681): "that a man accepting an office of trust concerning the public, especially if a......
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HM Revenue and Customs v Total Network SL
...that cheating would as between subject and subject be actionable (though actionable only) by civil action: see e.g. Rex v. Bainbridge (1783) 22 St. Tr. 1, 155 per Lord Mansfield CJ, cited in R v. Hudson [1956] 2 QB 252, 260, per Lord Goddard CJ (and 253, in counsel's argument). I note the......
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8 books & journal articles
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Misfeasance in public office: a very peculiar tort.
...Case (1600) Cro Eliz 654; 78 ER 893. Modern cases tend not to go further back than Lord Mansfield CJ's judgment in R v Bembridge (1783) 3 Doug 327; 99 ER (90) Ashby (1703) 2 Ld Raym 938, 955; 1 Smith LC (13th ed) 253,275; 92 ER 126, 137. (91) Ibid. The stated reason was that the law needed ......
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Of Kings and Officers — The Judicial Development of Public Law
...the respective _____________________________________________________________________________________ 43 See, for example, R v Bembridge (1783) 3 Dougl 327, 332; 99 ER 679, 681. 44 Bacon, above n 36, 2. 45 Described by Finn, above n 13, 14 as 'property and individual autonomy and responsibil......
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Public Trusts, Public Fiduciaries
...From the Common Law to the Hobbs Act' (1987–1988) 35 University of California at Los Angeles Law Review 815. 10 R v Bembridge (1783) 22 State Tr 1, 155–6. 11 R v Whitaker [1914] 3 KB 1283, 1296. 2010 Public Trusts, Public Fiduciaries 337 _____________________________________________________......
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Regina v Charlton, Cunningham, Kitchen and Wheeler. Court of Appeal, Criminal Division [1995]
...of interest but potentially such conduct could also add further charges to an indictment! COMMON LAW CHEAT Since R v Bembridge (1783) 22 State Trials 1, all frauds affecting the Crown and public at large have been considered to be indictable as cheat at common law4 and do not necessarily re......
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