Ras Behari Lal v King-Emperor
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Judgment Date | 1933 |
Date | 1933 |
Court | Privy Council |
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61 cases
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R v Chapman (William)
...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......
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R. v. Connor et al., (2004) 317 N.R. 201 (HL)
...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. [......
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Williams v Reason (Note)
...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,......
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Application Under The Double Jeopardy (scotland) Act 2011 By Her Majesty's Advocate Against (first) Ronnie Coulter; (second) Andrew Coulter; And (third) David Montgomery
...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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1 firm's commentaries
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'Stare Decisis' And Constitutional Supremacy: Will Our Charter Past Become An Obstacle To Our Charter Future?
...at paras. 151-296. 28 Id., at paras. 52-96. 29 Id., at paras. 141-143. 30 Id., at paras. 56-58. 31 Ras Behari Lal v. King Emperor, [1933] All E.R. Rep. 723, at 726 32 Fraser, supra, note 16, at para. 58. 33 [1988] S.C.J. No. 96, [1988] 2 S.C.R. 833, at para. 34 (S.C.C.). 34 "Precedent Unbou......
5 books & journal articles
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Litigation
...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......
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Provocation: Speculative Defence Not to Be Left to the Jury
...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 ......
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Management and Enforcement
...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 ......
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THE UNSTABLE PROVINCE OF JURY FACT-FINDING: EVIDENCE EXCLUSION, PROBATIVE VALUE AND JUDICIAL RESTRAINT AFTER IMM V. THE QUEEN.
...(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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