R v Lydon

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1986
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
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3 cases
  • Public Prosecutor v Han Ong Guan @ Han Ong Juan and Jeremy Han Wan Kwang
    • Singapore
    • District Court (Singapore)
    • 15 February 2013
    ...956 is consistent with both the Evidence Act (Cap 97) and the common law, and is part of the applicable law in Singapore. In R v Lydon 85 Cr App R 221, the English Court of Appeal noted and endorsed a passage in Cross on Evidence (6th ed at p. 464) that: "In these cases, it seems that the w......
  • R v (1) Mark James Owens (2) Patrick Gary Owens
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 6 September 2006
    ...and in particular at paragraphs 9–5 to 9–8. We were referred in this connection by Mr Andrew Lees, counsel for the Crown on this appeal, to R v. Lydon (1987) 85 Cr App R 221, cited at para 9–6, where a gun and two scraps of paper (saying "Sean rules") were found along the road verge passed ......
  • The Crown v Foster
    • St Vincent
    • High Court (Saint Vincent)
    • 3 June 2015
    ...relied upon, not for the truth of its contents, but for the fact of its existence, no question of hearsay arises. This was discussed in R v. Lydon (1987) 85 Cr. App. R 221, where the English Court of Appeal relied on the learning of Cox J in R v. Romeo (1982) 30 S.A.S.R. 24, a decision of t......

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