R v Ireland

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1910
Date1910
CourtCourt of Appeal
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12 cases
  • R v Drew
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 3 May 1985
    ...easy to resolve. That the word "conviction" is capable of more than one meaning has been recognised by the courts over many years. In R. v. Ireland (1940) 4 Cr. App. R. 74, this Court, then also concerned with a jurisdictional issue, cited an earlier decision in which it had been pointed ou......
  • Roodal v State of Trinidad and Tobago
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 20 November 2003
    ...always speaking legislation to be construed in the world of today. This principle of construction was explained by the House of Lords in R v Ireland [1998] AC 147. How is it to be determined whether legislation is an always speaking or tied to the circumstances existing when it was passed?......
  • Marc Traylor v Kent and Medway NHS Social Care Partnership Trust
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 10 February 2022
    ... ... Ireland [1910] 1 KB 654 the Court of Criminal Appeal (relying on the word “guilty” in the special verdict) held that the special verdict amounts to a conviction on indictment so as to give rise to a right of appeal under s3 Criminal Appeals Act 1907 ... 60 In Felstead the House of Lords ... ...
  • R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Thornton
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 February 1986
    ...this (at p.917): "That the word 'conviction' is capable of more than one meaning has been recognised by the courts over many years. In Rex v. Ireland [1910] 1 KB 654, this court, then also concerned with a jurisdictional issue, cited an earlier decision in which it had been pointed out that......
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