Ras Behari Lal v King-Emperor

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1933
Date1933
CourtPrivy Council
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  • R v Chapman (William)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 23 March 1976
    ...substantially upon a Privy Council case decided as long ago as 1933, volume 50 in the Times Law Reports, 1. That is the case of Ras Behari Lal v. The King Emperor, being an appeal from India. In that particular case the judgment of the Court delivered by Lord Atkin, was to the effect that c......
  • R. v. Connor et al., (2004) 317 N.R. 201 (HL)
    • Canada
    • 22 January 2004
    ...11]. R. v. Qureshi, [2002] 1 W.L.R. 518; [2002] EWCA 1807 (C.A.), refd to. [paras. 11, 35, 101, 138]. Ras Behari Lal v. King-Emperor (1933), 50 T.L.R. 1, refd to. [paras. 11, 44, R. v. Hood, [1968] 1 W.L.R. 773, refd to. [paras. 11, 106]. R. v. Brandon (1969), 53 Cr. App. R. 466, refd to. [......
  • Williams v Reason (Note)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 10 November 1983
    ...have to hear evidence which this court has held should have been obtained in February 1982. But, as Lord Atkin once said (in Ras Behari Lal v. The King-Emperor, (1933) 50 Times Law Reports at p.2): "Finality is a good thing, but justice is a better". LORD JUSTICE O'CONNOR 64 The appellants,......
  • Application Under The Double Jeopardy (scotland) Act 2011 By Her Majesty's Advocate Against (first) Ronnie Coulter; (second) Andrew Coulter; And (third) David Montgomery
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court of Justiciary
    • 28 November 2014
    ...It was accepted that, notwithstanding the terms of the written Case and Argument which quoted dicta from Ras Behari v King-Emperor (1933) 50 TLR 1 (at 2); Cart v Upper Tribunal [2011] QB 120 (at para 34); and R v A [2009] 1 WLR 1947 (at para 41), the concept of the interests of justice did ......
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5 books & journal articles
  • Litigation
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume III - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...issue has already been decided. As Lord Atkin held, “[F]inality is a good thing but justice is a better”: Ras Behari Lal v King-Emperor (1933) 50 TLR 1 at 2. 1369 Lockyer v Freeman (1877) 2 App Cas 519 at 530, per Lord Blackburn; Morrison Rose & Partners v Hillman [1961] 2 QB 266 at 276, pe......
  • Provocation: Speculative Defence Not to Be Left to the Jury
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 68-2, March 2004
    • 1 March 2004
    ...as to the merits ofcriminal appeals, however ‘Finality is a good thing, but justice is better’(Ras Behari Lal vKing Emperor [1933] All ER Rep 723 at 726, per LordAtkin).Christopher Gale and Annabelle JamesReverse Burden and Article 6(2) of the EuropeanConvention on Human Rights: Possession ......
  • Management and Enforcement
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Intellectual Property Law. Second Edition
    • 15 June 2011
    ...at 804 (H.L.). 247 Cof‌lexip , above note 244 at [10]. 248 Danyluk , above note 245 at [1] & [33]. 249 Ras Behari Lal v. King Emperor (1933), 50 T.L.R. 1 at 2 (P.C.). INTELLECT UAL PROPERTY LAW 606 D. ENFORCEMENT Confucius said that, while he could adjudicate lawsuits, he preferred to make ......
  • THE UNSTABLE PROVINCE OF JURY FACT-FINDING: EVIDENCE EXCLUSION, PROBATIVE VALUE AND JUDICIAL RESTRAINT AFTER IMM V. THE QUEEN.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 41 No. 2, December 2017
    • 1 December 2017
    ...(169) Burrell v Vie Queen (2008) 238 CLR 218, 236 [72] (Kirby J). See also Bell (n 131) 133, quoting Ras Behari Lal v The King-Emperor (1933) 50 TLR 1,4 (Lord Atkins). Fact scepticism extends to the criminal trial. The accused's special treatment may reflect a view of the trial as 'a forens......
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