R v Welham
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 1960 |
| Date | 1960 |
| Year | 1960 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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124 cases
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R v Manners-Astley
...in applying this statute the question of fraud must be regarded on the narrower basis to which I have referred. The Court was careful in Welham's case to point out that the question must always depend upon the particular statute; and, accordingly, in assessing whether there was an intent to......
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R v Grantham
...disagree. 30 We are fortified in this conclusion by the speeches of their Lordships in Welham v. Director of Public Prosecutions (1961) A.C. 103. The case concerned the meaning of the words "intent to defraud" under section 4 of the Forgery Act 1913, but in our judgment their Lordships' obs......
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Norris v Government of the United States of America
...more persons dishonestly to prejudice or to risk prejudicing another's right, knowing that they have no right to do so; see Welham v DPP [1961] AC 103; R v Sinclair 52 Cr App R 618, CA; Scott v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [1975] AC 819; and Wai Yu Tsang [1992] 1 AC 269, PC. 57 In Welha......
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R v Turner
...Williams founds that argument is a passage in the speech of Lord Denning in the case of Welham v. Director of Public Prosecutions (1961) Appeal Cases 103. The passage which he desires to rely upon is to be found at page 132 and reads as follows: "What is the common element in all these case......
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8 books & journal articles
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The Criminal Liabilities of Directors to the Creditors of the Company: Section 458 Companies Act 1985
...relied on the case of R v Terry,48 where Lord Fraser49 had considered the issue of fraud in the following vein: 'Welham v DPP[1960] 1 All ER 805, [1961] AC 103 was considered by the Court of Appeal in R v Manners-Astley [1967] 3 All ER 899, [1967] 1 WLR 1505, where the appellant had been co......
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Defining Fraud: An Argument in Favour of a General Offence of Fraud
...70 Cr App. R 77. Twyne's Case & Standon ν Bullock (1603) 3 Cro. Jac. Rep. 80b. Underbill v Horwood (1804) 10 Ves 209 . Welham ν DPP (1961) AC 103. Young's Case (1789) 3 Term Rep 98. Young ν Clerk (1720) Prec Ch 538. Bale Breaking Statute 1483 Statute of Uses, Statute of Enrolments 1536 Stat......
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The criminal sanction under the Environment Management Act of Malawi: a critical analysis
...Sec 51 of the EMA.46 Sec 58 of the EMA. The Environmental Fund is created under sec 53 of the EMA.47 Sec 64(b) of the EMA.48 Welham v DPP [1961] AC 103; Peter Murphy (ed) Blackstone’s criminal practice (London:Blackstone Press, 2000) 395.49 R v Cox and Hodges (1982) 75 Cr App R 291; J C Smi......
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FRAUD
...action or conduct. See generally Kettlewell v. Watson (1882) 21 Ch.D 685 at 685; R. v. Reigels (1932) 11 NLR 33; Welham v. DPP (I960) 44 Cr. App. R. 124; R v. Odiakosa (1944) 10 W.A.C.A. 247; R. v. Bassey (1931) 22 Cr. App. R.160. An offence is said to be committed fraudulently, in the cont......
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