Sabapathee v The State

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CourtPrivy Council
Judgment Date1999
Year1999
Date1999

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28 cases
  • Khan v State of Trinidad and Tobago
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 20 November 2003
    ...were too vague or uncertain to enable the citizen to regulate his conduct ( Ahnee v Director of Public Prosecutions [1999] 2 AC 294; Sabapathee v The State [1999] 1 WLR 1836), but section 2A was not vulnerable to that 11 The Board is mindful that this Constitution, like other constitutions......
  • Cheng v R
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 5 October 2000
    ... Meaton (1986) 160 CLR 359 at 364; cf 368–369. 284 Kingswell (1985) 159 CLR 264 at 280 per Gibbs CJ, Wilson and Dawson JJ. 285 cf Sabapathee v The State [1999] 1 WLR 1836 at 286 Kingswell (1985) 159 CLR 264 at 280. 287 (1989) 51 SASR 510 at 514. See at [208]. 288Kingswell (1985) 159 CL......
  • OO v BK
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Court of Justice
    • 28 July 2023
    ...852; R v Parks (1993) 15 OR (3d) 324 (CA); R v RDS [1997] 3 SCR 484; R (Chester) v Secretary of State for Justice [2013] 3 WLR 1076; Sabapathee v State [1999] 4 LRC 403; Smith v Selby [2017] CCJ 13 (AJ) (BB), (2017) 91 WIR 70; Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v......
  • The Barbados Defence Force v David Anthony Harewood
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Court of Justice
    • 26 July 2024
    ...1 AC 734; R v Tyler (1992) 96 Cr App Rep 332; R (Rybarczyk) v Military District Court of Poznan, Poland [2013] EWHC 180 (Admin); Sabapathee v State [1999] 4 LRC 403. Legislation referred to: Barbados — Constitution of Barbados 1966, Defence Act, Cap 159; United Kingdom — Army Act 1955. Ot......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Our Inherent Constitution
    • Jamaica
    • Transitions in Caribbean Law The habits of constitutionalism
    • 21 November 2013
    ...53 WIR 131 (PC A&B); see also Observer Publications Ltd v Matthew [2001] UKPC 11, (2001) 58 WIR 188 (A&B). 50. Sabapathee v State [1999] 1 WLR 1836 (PC Maur), Ahnee v Director of Public Prosecutions [1999] 2 WLR 1305 (PC Maur). Our Inherent Constitution is clear. Legislation that is ‘hopele......
  • MISUSE OF DRUGS AND ABERRATIONS IN THE CRIMINAL LAW
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2001, December 2001
    • 1 December 2001
    ...96 Harrington and Scosky, supra, note 86. 97 Nittolo, supra, note 89; Lauze(1978) 60 CCC (2d) 468; see also Daniel, supra, note 84. 98 [1999] 1 WLR 1836, p 1842. 99 The Court of Appeal in Muhammad Jefrry, supra, note 87, appears to have embraced the Canadian cases adopting a literalist appr......