R v Watton (Joseph)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1979
Date1979
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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22 cases
  • DPP v Corbally
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 15 December 2000
    ...to the English law and in particular to the decision of the Criminal Division of the English Court of Appeal in R. v. Watton (1978) 68 Cr. App. R. 293, 297 CA. The case is referred to in both Archbold and Blackstone. I think it useful to refer to it. The headnote reads as follows: "The only......
  • Vonda Minerva Pile v The Commissioner of Police &
    • Barbados
    • Court of Appeal (Barbados)
    • 26 November 2019
    ...of bail — The State v. Lynette Scantlebury (1976) 27 WIR 103 — Sinanan et al v. The State (No. 1) (1992) 44 WIR 359 — R v. Watton (1979) 68 Cr App Rep 293. REASONS FOR DECISION Gibson CJ Introduction This is an application of Ms. Vonda Minerva Pile (“Ms. Pile”) seeking bail pending appeal......
  • Nicoletta v R
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 5 May 1998
    ...(1968), 53 Cr. App. R. 162, considered. (3) -R. v. Neal, The Times, January 29th, 1986, unreported, considered. (4) -R. v. WattonUNK(1978), 68 Cr. App. R. 293; [1979] Crim. L.R. 246, applied. (5) -Seales v. R., Court of Appeal, April 9th, 1998, unreported, considered. Criminal Procedure-bai......
  • Alexander v The Queen
    • St Lucia
    • Court of Appeal (Saint Lucia)
    • 20 June 1994
    ...that the power in the Court of Appeal to grant bail is rarely exercised and that exceptional circumstances must be shown to exist. 27 In R v. Watton (1978) 68 Cr. App. Rep.293, the ratio decidendi is that an application for bail is unlikely to succeed unless it can be shown prima facie that......
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