R v Governor of Brixton Prison, ex parte Schtraks

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1962
CourtHouse of Lords
Date1962
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  • Cheng v Governor of Pentonville Prison
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 16 April 1973
    ...character’ have so far defied precise definition. As Viscount Radcliffe said in R. v. Governor of Brixton Prison, Ex parte SchtraksELR [1964] A.C. 556, 589[1]: ‘Generally speaking, the courts' reluctance to offer a definition has been due, I think, to the realization that it is virtually im......
  • Re Wilson; ex parte Witness T
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • Invalid date
  • Shannon v Fanning
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 January 1985
    ...they have to be considered. The present time is very different from 1891 (recte 1890), when Caslioni's case was decided”. SchtraksUNK [1962] 3 All ER 529. The facts are not relevant; the importance of the case lies in its being the last reported decision of the English Courts prior to the 1......
  • Russell v Fanning
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 19 January 1988
    ...IR 317 CONSTITUTION ART 15.6 CONSTITUTION ART 39 R V GOVERNOR OF PENTONVILLE 1973 AC 931 CASTIONI, IN RE 1891 1 QB 149 SCHTRAKS, EX PARTE 1964 AC 556 QUINN, STATE V RYAN 1965 IR 70 MAXWELL INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES 12ED P28 ARMAH V GOVT OF GHANA 1968 AC 192 FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT 1881 CLAP......
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  • Terrorism and International Humanitarian Law
    • South Africa
    • African Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law No. , August 2019
    • 22 August 2019
    ...which focus on the rights of the person to beextradited.81Lord Castlereagh, in L Oppenheim ‘International Law: A Treatise’ (1955) 705.82[1964] AC 556 at 583.83Campbell op cit note 80 at 586.84The term ‘auto interpret’ was used by the ILA Committee on International Terrorismto describe state......

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