R v Manchester Stipendiary Magistrate, ex parte Hill; R v Dartford Justices, ex parte Dhesi; R v Edmonton Justices, ex parte Hughes

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
JudgeLord Diplock,Lord Elwyn-Jones,Lord Keith of Kinkel,Lord Roskill,Lord Bridge of Harwich
Judgment Date22 July 1982
Judgment citation (vLex)[1982] UKHL J0722-2
CourtHouse of Lords
Date22 July 1982
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79 cases
  • State (at the prosecution of John Clarke) v Maura Roche
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 1 January 1986
    ...authorised to receive it; it is not sufficient that the complaint be delivered to his office within that period. Hill v. AndertonUNK[1982] 2 All E.R. 963 not followed. Attorney General (McDonnell) v. HigginsIR [1964] I.R. 374 considered. On appeal by the prosecutor from the judgment and ord......
  • Secretary of State for the Home Department v BM
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 15 January 2009
    ...arising from Mr Holdcroft's submissions. The first is a submission based on a passage in the speech of Lord Roskill in R v Manchester Stipendiary Magistrate ex parte Hill [1983] AC 329, where he says that a complaint is initiated when the complaint is received at the office of the clerk of ......
  • Media Protection Services Ltd v Crawford (Andrew) and Crawford (Christine)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 16 August 2012
    ...the commencement of the proceedings. 17 The question is put beyond argument by the decision of the House of Lords in R v. Manchester Stipendiary Magistrate, ex parte Hill [1983] 1 AC 328. That case concerned the question whether section 127 was satisfied where the information was laid withi......
  • Director of Public Prosecutions v Francis Long, Thomas Long and Amanda Johnston
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
    • 11 March 2008
    ...the magistrate has jurisdiction notwithstanding any defect in the summons. [15] In R v Manchester Stipendiary Magistrate (Ex parte Hill) [1983] AC 328 the House of Lords had occasion to rule on issues relevant to the present appeal. The certified question of law of general public importance......
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2 books & journal articles
  • When to Query Summons as Vexatious
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 63-5, October 1999
    • 1 October 1999
    ...proceeded on the principles that: (1) theclerks and magistrates must function as judicial officers (R vManchesterMagistrates,ex p Hill [1983] 1 AC 328) and (2)theappellate tribunal'ssupervisory power would be exercised only in the most exceptionalcircumstances, where the issue of the summon......
  • When to Query Summons as Vexatious
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 63-5, October 1999
    • 1 October 1999
    ...proceeded on the principles that: (1) theclerks and magistrates must function as judicial officers (R vManchesterMagistrates,ex p Hill [1983] 1 AC 328) and (2)theappellate tribunal'ssupervisory power would be exercised only in the most exceptionalcircumstances, where the issue of the summon......

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