Royal v Prescott-Clarke

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtDivisional Court
Date1966
Year1966

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  • Bates v Brady
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 12 May 2003
    ...324/1956 AG, PEOPLE V GRIFFIN 1974 IR 416 STONE JUSTICES MANUAL 103ED 1971 362 PRICE V HUMPHRIES 1958 2 QB 353 ROYAL V PRESCOTT CLARKE 1966 1 WLR 788 DCR 1997 O.12 r17 MAGEE V O'DEA 1994 1 IR 500 Synopsis: CRIMINAL LAW Judicial review Certiorari - Fair procedures - Evidence - Whether Di......
  • Westbrook Dolphin Square Ltd v Friends Life Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 17 July 2014
    ...his proposition that where a discretion can only be exercised in one way then there is a duty to exercise it in that way. In Royal v Prescott-Clarke [1966] 1 WLR 788 magistrates were held to have exercised a discretion wrongly when they failed to exercise it in the only way which was proper......
  • O'Keeffe v District Judge Mangan & DPP
    • Ireland
    • Court of Appeal (Ireland)
    • 21 May 2015
    ...Kennedy and Griffin are substantially further along the scale than the point that arises here. 31 31. In Royal v. Prescott-Clarke [1966] 1 W.L.R. 788, on a case stated by justices, the Court of Appeal held that the justices had a discretion to grant an adjournment to enable the prosecution ......
  • Bovell-Swanson v R
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 5 November 2010
    ...is where what has been omitted is a mere formality as distinct from a central issue in the case: contrast Royal v. Prescott-Clarke [1966] 1 W.L.R. 788 with Reg. v. Central Criminal Court, Ex parte Garnier [1988] R.T.R. 42. (5) In cases within the two above exceptions the judge has a discret......
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