R v Cox

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLORD JUSTICE WATKINS
Judgment Date11 March 1982
Judgment citation (vLex)[1982] EWCA Crim J0311-2
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Docket NumberNo. 3795/A/81
Date11 March 1982

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2 cases
  • Nicklinson v Ministry of Justice [QBD]
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 12 March 2012
    ...duress is only that species of the genus of necessity which is caused by wrongful threats, and duress is not a defence to murder (see R v Howe [1987] 1 AC 417, Lord Hailsham at 428D to 429D and 430D to 431D, and Lord Mackay at 453 B/F), and iii) neither consent to the infliction of death, o......
  • R v Kenneth Raymond Hagan
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 2 May 1985
    ...less than this: that inherent in any allegation of fraud is an allegation of dishonesty. 38 The second case is that of Cox and Hodges (1982) 75 Cr.App.R.291. There the charge was fraudulent trading under section 332 of the Companies Act, 1948. The point of the appeal in that case was that t......
1 books & journal articles
  • The criminal sanction under the Environment Management Act of Malawi: a critical analysis
    • South Africa
    • Malawi Law Journal No. 2-1, January 2008
    • 1 January 2008
    ...v DPP [1961] AC 103; Peter Murphy (ed) Blackstone’s criminal practice (London:Blackstone Press, 2000) 395.49 R v Cox and Hodges (1982) 75 Cr App R 291; J C Smith & B Hogan Criminal law 6ed (London:Butterworths, 1988) 127. Re Companies Acts, Ex p Wilson (1888) 21 QBD 301, 309. In Re Patricka......

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