R v Wilson, ex parte Battersea Borough Council

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtKing's Bench Division
Date1947
Year1947

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15 cases
  • R Martin Kay v Scan-Thors (UK) Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 23 May 2018
    ...is a judicial function involving the exercise of a discretion which is subject to control by judicial review (see e.g. R v Wilson ex parte Battersea Borough Council [1948] 1 KB 43; R v Manchester Stipendiary Magistrate, ex parte Hill [1983] 1 AC 328). 21 In the much-quoted case of R v West ......
  • R v Brentford Justices, ex parte Catlin
    • United Kingdom
    • Divisional Court
    • Invalid date
    ...1 All E.R. 904, D.C. Reg. v. Shaw (1865) 10 Cox. C.C. 66, C.C.A. Rex v. Wilson, Ex parte Battersea Borough Council [1948] 1 K.B. 43; [1947] 2 All E.R. 569, D.C. APPLICATION for an order of certiorari. The applicant, Anne Tricia Catlin, applied for an order of certiorari to quash her convict......
  • Kwok Tak Ying v Hksar
    • Hong Kong
    • Court of Appeal (Hong Kong)
    • 11 October 2021
    ...issue a summons is a judicial function which must be exercised by the magistrate judicially: R v Wilson, Ex p Battersea Borough Council [1948] 1 KB 43, per Lord Goddard CJ at p.47. There is a line of authorities on how a magistrate should discharge that function emanating from Lord Widgery ......
  • R. v. Hovey, (1987) 76 N.B.R.(2d) 153 (CA)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (New Brunswick)
    • 25 September 1986
    ...(1926), 47 C.C.C. 51, consd. [para. 19]. Rex ex rel. Skinner v. Icelandia Limited (1947), 4 C.R. 271, refd to. [para. 40]. Rex v. Wilson, [1948] K.B. 43, refd to. [para. R. v. Mead and Another, ex p. N.H.I. C. (1916), 80 J.P. 332, refd to. [para. 46]. R. v. Bros (1901), 18 T.L.R. 39, refd t......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Recent Judicial Decisions
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles No. 53-1, January 1980
    • 1 January 1980
    ...whether or not to issue a summons has beensaid to be acting in a judicial capacity - R. v. Wilson Ex parteBattersea Borough Council [1948] 1 K.B. 43. There is a duty todetermine whether what is alleged is an offence known to law andwhether the essential elements are present.Itmust also beas......