R v Clark

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1955
Date1955
CourtCourt of Criminal Appeal
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12 cases
  • R v St. Louis
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 24 Enero 1984
    ...he or his counsel avoids making specific allegations of misconduct. This practice has a long history and support for it can be found in Clark (1955) 39 Cr. App. R. 120; (1955) 2 QB 469 and Jones (1923) 17 Cr. App. R. 117. With such judges a suggestion that a witness is mistaken or has misu......
  • The State v Gobin and Griffith
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • Invalid date
  • R v Selvey
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 9 Mayo 1968
    ...than an emphatic denial of the charge (see also R. v. Jones (1923) 17 Cr.App.R. 117 per Lord Hewart, L.C.J.; R. v. Clark [1955] 2 Q.B. 469 per Lord Goddard, L.C.J.). 29If it does and in fact involves an imputation on the character of the prosecutor or a witness for the prosecution, does th......
  • R v Britzman
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 28 Octubre 1982
    ...he or his counsel avoids making specific allegations of misconduct. This practice has a long history and support for it can be found in R. v. Clark (1955) 39 Cr. App. R. 120 and R. v. Jones (1923) 17 Cr. App. R. 117. With such Judges a suggestion that a witness is mistaken or has misunderst......
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  • Recent Judicial Decisions
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles No. 41-3, March 1968
    • 1 Marzo 1968
    ...of the challenger must always beavailable so that the jury can balance the issue. R. v.Jenkins (1945) 114 L.J.K.B. 425; R. v. Clark [1955] 3 All E.R.29;R.v. Cook [1959] 3 All E.R. 97. The Court of Appeal feltthat the case before them was just such a case where this principlewas of paramount......

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