R v Lucas (Ruth)
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE |
| Judgment Date | 19 May 1981 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1981] EWCA Crim J0519-8 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) |
| Docket Number | No. 5458/A/79 |
| Date | 19 May 1981 |
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671 cases
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Singha v Heer
...Street Estates. It is therefore unnecessary for me to consider whether this is a case in which I should give myself a Lucas direction (see R v Lucas [1981] QB 720), as Mr Roe invited the court to do. 55 As to the first letter, the knock out point, in my judgment, is that the trust was subje......
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Penny Ann Lavis v Nursing and Midwifery Council
...is, or may be, different… The decision may not be the same on each.") 67 Although neither counsel referred me to the decision of R v Lucas (Ruth) [1981] QB 720 and R v Middleton [2000] TLR 293 explicitly, the guidance from those cases is surely relevant, for, as appears from these authoriti......
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Briggs v Drylined Homes Ltd
...are simply relevant: “If a court concludes that a witness has lied about a matter, it does not follow that he has lied about everything.” ( R v Lucas [1981] QB 720, per Lord Lane CJ); Similarly, Charles J: “a conclusion that a person is lying or telling the truth about point A does not mea......
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R v Goodway
...most of the learning in standard textbooks, are directed to the significance of lies as potential corroboration (see in particular Lucas 1981 QB 720). In principle, however, the need for a warning along the lines indicated is the same in all cases where the jury are invited to regard, or th......
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Subject Index
...48, 49, 50, 51R v Loveridge [2001] EWCA Crim 973,[2001] 2 Cr App R 591 .....................47R v Lucas [1981] 3 WLR 120.............. 144R v Lyons [2001] EWCA Crim 2860,[2002] 2 Cr App R 210 .....................60R v M and Others [2000] 1 All ER 148..............................................
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Case Law
...to follow the evidence, and to apply the evidence. Visits to a locus is not in substitution for the evidence in court. Lies R v Lucas [1981] 2 All ER 1008 People sometimes tell lies for reasons other than a belief that they are necessary to conceal guilt. Four conditions were identified whi......
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Fraud and money laundering: the evolving criminalization of corporate non‐compliance
...“Lucas Direction” when noting that individuals sometimestell lies for reasons other than trying to conceal guilt: Rv. Lucas (Ruth) [1981] QB 720.17. Note that even though the court held that it was not mere puffery in this case, it did so on themerits of the facts and not the law.18. For an......
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Court of Appeal
...had informed thejury that when corroboration is required, it may be found in lies whichhave been told. His direction was based on RvLucas[1981]QB 720,where this principle was enunciated by the court upon the basis of fourconditions beingsatisfied-ofwhich the fourth was that the statementmus......
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