R v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1899 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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27 cases
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R v Broad
...to the learned Judge: The Queen on the Prosecution of J.D. Tomlinson v. The Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (1899) 1 Q.B. 909, the passage in the Lord Justice's Judgment being at page 914. The facts of that case are far removed from those of any criminal case. 41 The......
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Tapper el al v Director of Public Prosecutions el al
...Prosecution's exercise of the power to enter a nolle prosequi. 65 Indeed the dicta of Smith, L.J. in R. v. Comptroller of Patents [1899] 1 Q.B. 909 at 914 that: …” The Attorney General alone has power to enter a nolle prosequi and that power is not subject to any control” do not reflect the......
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R v Birmingham Juvenile Court ex parte G and Others (Minors) and R (A Minor)
...of the court…" 53 That last proposition is supported by the statement of A.L. Smith L.J. in Reg. v. Comptroller-General of Patents [1899] 1 Q.B. 909 at page 914 with a caveat as to the special position of the Attorney General. Land v. Land was concerned with whether the withdrawal by a wife......
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Cases referred to in 1983
...The Free Church of Scotland v. Overtown (1904) A.C. 515. 524 The Queen v. The Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (1899) 1 Q.B. 909. 70 Theberge v. Laundary 2. A.C. 102. 317 Thomas v. Holder (1946) 12 W.A.C.A. 78 120 Truth (N.Z.) Ltd. v. Holloway (1960) 1 W.L.R. 996 (PC)......
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Courts of Appeal
...on a chargeofmurder.On a laterdate,thecourtdrewattentionto a dictumofA.L.SmithL.J. in R. (Tomlinson) v. ComptrollerofPatents [1899] 1 Q.B.909,914,totheeffectthat,although a judge may allow a case to be with-drawn by the prosecution, the Attorney-General alone is entitled toenter anolle pros......
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POWER OF ATTORNEY GENERAL IN A NOLLE PROSEQUI
...grave responsibilities. In The Queen, on the Prosecution of Tomlinson v. The Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks (1899) 1 Q.B. 909 A.L. Smith L.J in the Court of Appeal in England stated this pre-eminent position of the Attorney-General with an abundant clarity. The lea......