R v Dudley and Stephens

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1884
Date1884
CourtQueen's Bench Division

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56 cases
  • DPP for Northern Ireland v Lynch
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 12 March 1975
    ...actions of the Appellant in the present case as one who aided and abetted. 40I see no reason to question the law as laid down in The Queen v. Dudley and Stephens L.R. 14 Q.B.D. 273, the authority of which will in my view be in no way disturbed if duress is held to be a possible defence in ......
  • R v Howe; R v Bannister; R v Burke; R v Clarkson
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 19 February 1987
    ...in Lynch at p. 695 of the report, or the more restrained exposition of Lord Kilbrandon at p. 702 on the law as expressed in Reg. v. Dudley and Stephens (1884) 14 Q.B.D. 273. These quotations are unnecessary since it seems to have been accepted both by the majority in Lynch and the minority ......
  • R v Howe; R v Bannister; R v Burke; R v Clarkson
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 27 January 1986
    ...54It seems to us that this direction was in accordance with the judgment of this Court in Graham (1982) 74 Cr. App. E. 235Dudley and Stephens (1884) 14 Q.B.D. 273, where the necessity was imposed by circumstances, and where the defence of necessity was indeed advanced, seems to be relevant.......
  • R. v. Latimer (R.W.), (2001) 203 Sask.R. 1 (SCC)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • 18 January 2001
    ...481, refd to. [para. 35]. R. v. Burke et al., [1987] 1 A.C. 417; 74 N.R. 1 (H.L.), refd to. [para. 40]. R. v. Dudley and Stephens (1884), 14 Q.B.D. 273, refd to. [para. United States v. Holmes (1842), 26 F. Cas. 360 (C.C.E.D. Pa.), refd to. [para. 40]. R. v. Underwood (G.R.), [1998] 1 S.C.R......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Brief Explainer: Defences to assault charges
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 19 December 2022
    ...1 R v Loughnan [1981] VR 443; R v White (1987) 9 NSWLR 427. 2 Criminal Code (Cth) s.10.3. 3 R v Loughnan [1981] VR 443; R v Dudley (1884) 14 QBD 273; [1881-85] All ER Rep 61; R v Howe [1987] AC 417; [1987] 1 All ER What Is Self-Defence? A complete defence to a criminal charge whereby the ac......
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  • TV or not TV - that is the question.
    • United States
    • Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Vol. 86 No. 3, March 1996
    • 22 March 1996
    ...on taped discussions with Kato Kaelin. The only thing Charles Lindbergh had on Kato was a New York parade. (333) In the Jeffrey Dahmer cannibalism case, when the mother of one of the victims learned that the judge had authorized a screenplay based on the judge's own accounts, she asked the ......
  • Process, the Constitution, and substantive criminal law.
    • United States
    • Michigan Law Review Vol. 96 No. 5, March 1998
    • 1 March 1998
    ...certain, guilt of nine men regarded as sufficient warrant for the conviction of the tenth"). (41.) See Regina v. Dudley & Stephens, 14 Q.B.D. 273,288 (1884) (denying the defense of necessity while observing that "[i]t is not suggested that in this particular case the deeds were `devilis......
  • The Use of Language in Judgments
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill How Judges Decide Cases: Reading, Writing and Analysing Judgments. 2nd Edition Contents
    • 29 August 2018
    ...Doren, How to Read a Book , p 127. 54 Three Rivers District Council v Bank of England (No 3) [2003] 2 AC 1 CA per Hirst LJ at 54. 55 (1884) 14 QBD 273 at 288. Miller v David , 56 he cited Dr Johnson. In the present day, Lord Millett managed to cite the Book of Common Prayer, WS Gilbert and ......
  • Popular Names Index to UK Cases and EU Legislation and Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Legal Research. A Practitioner's Handbook - 3rd Edition Appendices
    • 30 August 2019
    ...(OJ 1998 L14/6) Camel-Hair Belting Case Reddaway v Banham [1896] AC 199 Cann Case Abbey National Building Society v Cann [1991] 1 AC 56 Cannibalism Case R v Dudley and Stephens (1884) 14 QBD 273 Capital Adequacy Directive Council Directive 93/6/EEC of 15 March 1993 on the capital adequacy o......
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