Reckley v Minister of Public Safety and Immigration

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date13 June 1995
Date13 June 1995
CourtPrivy Council
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32 cases
  • Lewis (Neville) and Attorney General for Jamaica v Superintendent of St. Catherine District Prison
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 12 April 1999
    ...of an application for a stay of execution in death penalty cases, was set out by the Board of the Privy Council in Reckley v Ministry of Public Safety and Immigration [1995] 4 All ER 8 (per Lord Browne-Wilkinson), at page 12: "... their Lordships would emphasise that a refusal of a stay in......
  • Belize Alliance of Conservation Non-Governmental Organisations v Department of the Environment of Belize and another
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 29 January 2004
    ...and most obvious instance of this is in staying execution of a death sentence: see Reckley v Minister of Public Safety and Immigration [1995] 2 AC 491. Their Lordships are not aware of any reported decision in which the jurisdiction has been discussed and exercised in a civil case, but the......
  • Reckley v The Minister for Public Safety and Immigration et Al
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 5 February 1996
    ...the hearing of a petition for leave to appeal. On Tuesday, 13th June, after a hearing on Thursday, 8th June, the Judicial Committee [1995] 2 A.C. 491, while expressing the opinion that there were no arguable grounds for an appeal on the Pratt point, nevertheless extended the stay of execut......
  • Yaseen et Al v Attorney-general et Al
    • Guyana
    • Court of Appeal (Guyana)
    • 14 May 1996
    ...order was granted, some courts may not think it necessary. I cannot help but quote their Lordships in the case of Reckley v. Minister of Public Safety and Immigration & Others [1995] 4 All ER 8 at 12 “Their Lordships accept that, if the constitutional motion raises a real issue for determin......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Reckley (No 2) and the Prerogative of Mercy: Act of Grace or Constitutional Safeguard?
    • United Kingdom
    • The Modern Law Review No. 60-4, July 1997
    • 1 July 1997
    ...90(2).9Jones vAttorney-General of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas [1995] 1 WLR 891.10 Reckley vMinister of Public Safety and Immigration [1995] 3 WLR 390 (‘Reckley (No 1)’). Thepetition was successful on the basis that a stay should be granted where the motion raises an arguableissue, and w......

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