R v Galvin

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeTHE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
Judgment Date01 May 1987
Judgment citation (vLex)[1987] EWCA Crim J0501-1
Docket NumberNo. 4642/R/86
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Date01 May 1987

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  • Bridges Christopher v Public Prosecutor
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 6 Noviembre 1997
    ...Cleghorn (1967) 51 Cr App R 291 (folld) R v Crisp and Homewood (1919) 83 JP 121 (refd) R v Day (1940) 27 Cr App R 168 (folld) R v Galvin [1987] QB 862; [1987] 2 All ER 851 (folld) R v Levy and Tait (1966) 50 Cr App R 198 (folld) R v McKenna (1956) 40 Cr App R 65 (refd) R v Scott (1984) 79 C......
  • Campbell v O Donnell and Others
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 26 Julio 2005
    ...to interpretation of a provision of an Act should only be had where there is an ambiguity:Ward v Holman 1964 2 All ER 729, R v Galvin 1987 2 All ER 851. In this case I am satisfied that the provisions of the Act with which I am concerned are not so clear as to preclude me having recourse to......
  • Arlene Elmarie Peterkin v Natural Resources Conservation Authority
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 23 Septiembre 2022
    ...of the interpretation of section 10(1)(b). 61 Learned authors of the Cross text (op. cit). at page 133, have noted from the decision of R v Gavin [1987] QB 862, that side/margin notes should not be used to restrict the plain meaning of enacting words. This was expounded on, by the learned ......
  • The Labour Tribunal v St. Lucia Electricity Services Ltd
    • St Lucia
    • Court of Appeal (Saint Lucia)
    • 8 Abril 2020
    ...and which section 22 has sought to protect and the existing Pensions Act which provides a public pension alternative to the NIC pension. R v Galvin [1987] QB 862 considered. 5. There is no doubt that the learned judge quite properly analysed and evaluated the evidence before him in arrivin......
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