Re Clifford and O'Sullivan
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1921 |
| Year | 1921 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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61 cases
- Singapore Improvement Ordinance (1927), an application for a writ of prohibition and
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(Kelly and Others) v Maguire and O'Sheil
...grant a writ of prohibition directed to persons who, without any lawful authority, purport to act as a Court. Clifford v. O'Sullivan ([1921] 2 A. C. 570) applied. And where, there being no right or duty in the Tribunal to decide a matter —its assumption of authority is illegal from the be......
- Oh Keng Seng; PP
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Carr v Atkins
...so, the matter is criminal. This is the true effect of the "two conditions" formulated by Viscount Cave in In re Clifford and O'Sullivan [1921] 2 AC 570, 580.' So Viscount Simon LC is saying precisely the same thing. Habeas corpus as such cannot be a criminal cause or matter; it is either n......
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Law and war: individual rights, executive authority, and judicial power in England during World War I.
...[1921] 2 I.R. 317 (K.B.); R. (Ronayne and Mulcahy) v. Strickland, [1921] 2 I.R. 333 (K.B.); R. v. Clifford & O'Sullivan, [1921] 2 A.C. 570 (H.L.(I.)); Egan v. Macready, [1921] 1 I.R. 265 (Ch.); R. (O'Hanlon) v. Governor of Belfast Prison, 61 Ir. L.T. (K.B. 1922); R. (Childers) v. Adjuta......