R v West London Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, ex parte Klahn
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1979 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division |
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17 cases
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R (Barry) v Birmingham Magistrates Court
...8 The approach which judges must adopt in the issue of a summons was authoritatively stated by Lord Widgery CJ in R v West London Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate [1979] 1 WLR 933. At pages 935 H to 936 B, Lord Widgery CJ said that the justice, in considering the application, should asce......
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R (Charlson) v Guildford Magistrates Court and Another; Walsh, interested party
...Duckenfield [2000] 1 WLR 55 at 67F. 14 The basic approach to the issue of summonses was explained by Lord Widgery CJ in R v Metropolitan Magistrates ex parte Klahn [1979] 1 WLR 934, when he said at page 935G, in relation to the matters to be considered by a magistrate when deciding whether ......
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R (Green) v City of Westminster Magistrates' Court
...did not regard the issue before her as one for decision by anyone but herself. She directed herself in accordance with R v West London Metropolitan Magistrate ex p Klahn [1979] 1 WLR 933 that she must exercise her own discretion. She referred to the decisions on the application for judicial......
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Jones v Whalley
...the value of these safeguards in some cases. Authority shows that the issue of a summons is a judicial act ( R v West London Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, Ex p Klahn [1979] 1 WLR 933), but in practice summonses are routinely issued without detailed scrutiny, and there is nothing to s......
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