R v Hounslow London Borough Council, ex parte Pizzey

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1977
Date1977
CourtDivisional Court
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3 cases
  • Davis v Johnson
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 28 Noviembre 1977
    ...fled with the child to a battered wives refuge. It was the one run by Mrs. Pizzey, which has already figured in the Law Reports (1977) 1 Weekly Law Reports 58. It is grossly overcrowded. The conditions there are said to be deplorable. Nothing could be worse for this battered wife and child ......
  • Brathwaite v Attorney General of Barbados ( an Application for an Order of Mandamus)
    • Barbados
    • High Court (Barbados)
    • 28 Noviembre 1988
    ...not have the $25 needed is not convincing. Counsel relies on Lord Widgery's words in R v. London Borough of Hounslow, ex pane Pizzey [1977] 1 All E.R. 305 at p. 309 that mandamus has often been described as being less discretionary than the other forms of prerogative order. That may well be......
  • Nicholas David Hunsworth v The Registrar Of The Supreme Court And Another
    • Hong Kong
    • High Court (Hong Kong)
    • 16 Agosto 1996
    ...other prerogative relief. I was referred to the observation of Lord Widgery, C.J. in R. v. London Borough of Hounslow, ex parte Pizzey [1977] 1 All ER 305 at 309, "Mandamus has often been described as being less discretionary than the other forms of prerogative order. In other words a man w......

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