R v Bradish

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLORD JUSTICE WATKINS,MR JUSTICE AULD
Judgment Date28 July 1989
Neutral Citation[1989] EWCA Crim J0728-2,[1989] EWCA Crim J0728-5
Judgment citation (vLex)[1989] EWCA Crim J0728-18
Docket NumberNo. 914/4E1/88,No. 4491/4E1/88
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Date28 July 1989

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4 cases
  • R v Danny Deyemi
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 13 August 2007
    ...a firearm. Accordingly he was guilty of the offence. 13 This approach has been applied consistently by this court since Hussain (supra). In Bradish (1990) 90 Cr App R 271, where the appellant was found with a canister which contained CS Gas, this court held that it could have been no defenc......
  • Orette Williams v The Crown
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 11 December 2012
    ...20 That – consistently with the language of the section – was authoritatively first decided by a decision of a constitution of this court in Bradish (1990) 90 CAR 271. Having reviewed such well-known cases as Warner v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [1969] 2 AC 256 and Sweet v Parsley [197......
  • R v George Angus McKenzie
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
    • 11 February 2005
    ...to Sambasivam or to Murphy, Lillis and Burns. [18] Mr Russell also referred to R v Vann & Davis (1996) Crim. L.R. 52 and to R v Bradish [1990] 1 QB 981, the head note of which reads in part:- “Held, dismissing the appeal, that, since the clear purpose of the firearms legislation was to impo......
  • R v Fitzroy Derek Pommell
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 16 May 1995
    ...to the decision of the House of Lords in R v Warner (1969) 2 A.C. 256, and the decision of this Court in R v Howells (1977) Q.B. 614. In R v Bradish (1990) 1 Q.B. 981, this Court was concerned with an offence contrary to section 5 of the 1968 Act which it found to be an absolute offence. Ha......
4 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill The Firearms Law Handbook - 8th Edition Contents
    • 29 August 2019
    ...Crim LR 428, CA 215 R v Bewley [2012] EWCA Crim 1457, [2013] 1 All ER 1, [2013] 1 WLR 137, [2012] 2 Cr App R 27 19–20, 221 R v Bradish [1990] QB 981, [1990] 1 All ER 460, 90 Cr App R 271, CA 220 R v Brereton [2012] EWCA Crim 85, [2012] 2 Cr App R (S) 69, [2012] Crim LR 396, [2012] All ER (D......
  • Criminal Offences Relating to Firearms: General Restrictions on Shooting and Carrying Guns
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill The Firearms Law Handbook - 8th Edition Contents
    • 29 August 2019
    ...were imposed, see Stephenson & others . 23 21 Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, s 108(1), (7) and (8). 22 R v Bradish [1990] QB 981, 90 Cr App R 271, CA. 23 Att-Gen’s References (Nos 128–141 of 2015 and 8–10 of 2016) (R v Stephenson) [2016] EWCA Crim 54, [2016] 2 Cr App R ......
  • Court of Appeal
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 75-1, February 2011
    • 1 February 2011
    ...courts have been clear as to why they believe that f‌irearmsoffences are crimes of strict liability (see most notably R v Bradish (1990)90 Cr App R 271). In Deyemi, the Court of Appeal had expressly con-sidered the issue of whether a person who genuinely and honestlybelieved that he was in ......
  • The Unlawful Possession of a Prohibited Weapon and the Crown Servants’ Exemption
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 86-4, August 2022
    • 1 August 2022
    ...in R v Williams [2012] EWCACrim 2162 at [19]. The line of authority on this matter began with the Court of Appeal decision inR v Bradish [1990] 1 QB 981, where the appellant had been found to be in possession of a canister con-taining CS gas during a post-arrest search of his person. In del......

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