R v Downes
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1875 |
| Court | Court for Crown Cases Reserved |
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8 cases
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R. v. A.D.H., (2013) 444 N.R. 293 (SCC)
...(Attorney General) - see Canada (Attorney General) v. Mowat. R. v. White (1871), L.R. 1 C.C.R. 311, refd to. [para. 32]. R. v. Downes (1875), 1 Q.B.D. 25, refd to. [para. R. v. Senior, [1899] 1 Q.B. 283, refd to. [para. 34]. R. v. Renshaw (1847), 2 Cox C.C. 285, refd to. [para. 39]. R. v. H......
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R. v. A.D.H., (2013) 414 Sask.R. 210 (SCC)
...(Attorney General) - see Canada (Attorney General) v. Mowat. R. v. White (1871), L.R. 1 C.C.R. 311, refd to. [para. 32]. R. v. Downes (1875), 1 Q.B.D. 25, refd to. [para. R. v. Senior, [1899] 1 Q.B. 283, refd to. [para. 34]. R. v. Renshaw (1847), 2 Cox C.C. 285, refd to. [para. 39]. R. v. H......
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R v Sheppard
...shall have been or shall be likely to be seriously injured." It was the only relevant provision that was in force when Reg. v. Downes (1875) 1 Q.B.D. 25was decided. It was repealed by the Prevention of Cruelty to and Protection of Children Act 1889 and for nineteen years, which covered the ......
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The Procurator Fiscal, Glasgow V. Ashley Mcdonald+marc Morrison
...intervention from its inception in 1868 has been to strengthen the law's protection of children. In 1875, the court in R v Downes 1 QBD 25 interpreted the wilful neglect which Parliament that year made a statutory offence, as excluding the 'honest belief' defence. Foresight of consequences ......
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Requiring battered women die: murder liability for mothers under failure to protect statutes.
...(describing the increased prosecutions of pauperized parents for failing to care for their children). (237) See, e.g., Regina v. Downes, 1 Q.B.D. 25, 29-30 (1875). However, parental duty was not the earliest special relationship developed. As of 1715, the major failures for which a person c......