R v Varley

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1982
Year1982
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
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8 cases
  • David Peter Gallagher V. Her Majesty's Advocate
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court of Justiciary
    • 17 December 2010
    ...171 JP 43; [2007] Crim LR 232 R v Stannard and orsELRWLRUNK [1965] 2 QB 1; [1964] 2 WLR 461; [1964] 1 All ER 34 R v VarleyUNKUNKUNK [1982] 2 All ER 519; 75 Crim App R 242; [1982] Crim LR 300 Sandlan v HM AdvocateSCUNK 1983 JC 22; 1983 SLT 519; 1983 SCCR 71 The appeal came before the court, ......
  • R v Crawford (Charisse)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 5 June 1997
    ...needed to preserve the natural meaning of the sub-paragraph." 12The most recent detailed consideration of this question is to be found in R v Varley [1982] 2 All ER 519. Giving the reserved judgment of the court in that case, at page 522 Kilner Brown J said: "Now putting all the reported c......
  • S v Pietersen
    • South Africa
    • Cape Provincial Division
    • 10 October 2001
    ...(See Hoffmann and Zeffertt The SA Law of Evidence 4th ed at 45, I referring to Murdoch v Taylor (supra). See also R v Varley [1982] 2 All ER 519 (CA).) It has been held that once an accused gives evidence against a co-accused charged with the same offence, the immunity afforded by s 197 is ......
  • S v Pietersen
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...(See Hoffmann and Zeffertt The SA Law of Evidence 4th ed at 45, I referring to Murdoch v Taylor (supra). See also R v Varley [1982] 2 All ER 519 (CA).) It has been held that once an accused gives evidence against a co-accused charged with the same offence, the immunity afforded by s 197 is ......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Criminal Justice Act 2003: Bad Character Provisions
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 70-5, October 2006
    • 1 October 2006
    ...question of what constituted ‘giv[ing] evidence against’ the co-accused was examined in Murdoch v Taylor [1965] AC 574 and R v Varley[1982] 2 All ER 519. Broadly speaking, D’s simple denial of involvementin a joint venture would not be suff‌icient, unless the denial leads to theconclusion t......
  • Reform of the Exclusionary rule in Relation to Evidence of Bad Character and Misconduct Evidence
    • Ireland
    • Hibernian Law Journal No. 13-2014, January 2014
    • 1 January 2014
    ...shield will be lost even in circumstances where the effect on the co-accused’s case is 51 [1965] A.C. 574 52 Ibid , at 592 53 Ibid 54 [1982] 2 All E.R. 519 04 Kennedy.indd 111 29/05/2014 10:50 112 shane kennedy completely negligible in comparison to the severe prejudice from which the accus......

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