R v Willesden Justices, ex parte Clemmings

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1987
Year1987
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
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4 cases
  • Lennox Linton Claimant v Maureen Hyman "Chief Magistrate Ag., District "A", St John's Attorney General (Antigua and Barbuda) Defendants [ECSC]
    • Antigua and Barbuda
    • High Court (Antigua)
    • 17 d4 Agosto d4 2006
    ...on the part of the prosecution and prejudice to him argued Ms. Nelson 50 Ms. Nelson also placed reliance on the case of R v Willesden Justices, Ex Parte Clemmings (1988) 87 CA R280. The facts in brief are that the applicant had been charged with obtaining a cheque by deception. Following th......
  • Sookoonsingh v Summary Ct
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 21 d2 Março d2 2006
    ...p. Klahn, [1979] 1 W.L.R. 933; [1979] 2 All E.R. 221; [1979] Crim. L.R. 393, followed. (14) R. v. Willesden JJ., ex p. ClemmingsUNK(1987), 87 Cr. App. R. 280, referred to. (15) R. v. Wilson, ex p. Battersea Borough Council, [1947] 2 All E.R. 569, considered. (16) Rice v. Connolly, [1966] 2 ......
  • R v Liverpool City Justices and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 23 d4 Julho d4 1998
    ...in the exercise of their discretion not to stay criminal proceedings for abuse of process. In R v Willesden Justices ex p Clemmings [1988] 87 Cr App R 280 Bingham LJ said at page 286, after referring to the decision made by those justices: "I must, however, remind myself that the question i......
  • R v South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 3 d5 Março d5 1995
    ...the prosecution. 39 Those principles have been applied in many cases, including R v Willesden Magistrates' Court, Ex parte Clemmings [1987] 87 Cr.App.R. 280 where Bingham LJ (as he then was), with whom Mann J (as he then was) agreed, also emphasised that this power is a discretionary power ......

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