Sankar v State of Trinidad and Tobago
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 16 December 1994 |
| Date | 16 December 1994 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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60 cases
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R v Robert David Ekaireb
...to the conduct of an advocate; and it is more in accord with the formulation approved in a judgment of the Privy Council in Sankar v. State of Trinidad and Tobago [1995] 1 W.L.R. 194 at 200F–G. (b) The nature of the criticism 24 It was the submission made on behalf of the appellant that whe......
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Jerome Dixon v R
...requires the court to focus on the impact of the faulty conduct: R v Clinton [1993] 2 All ER 998, [1993] 1 WLR 1181; Sankar v State of Trinidad and Tobago [1995] 1 All ER 236, [1993] 1 WLR 194. On the other hand, as the Chief Justice observed there may be cases where ‘counsel's misconduc......
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Omar Anderson v R
...is what impact that conduct may have had on the trial and verdict (see Bethel (No 2), Regina v Clinton, Boodram v The State, Sankar v The State of Trinidad & Tobago [1995] 1 WLR 194, all cited with approval by this court in Leslie 108 We dealt separately with each contention by the appella......
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Cannonier v The Director of Public Prosecutions; Isaac et Al v The Director of Public Prosecutions
...advocate, an appellate court is obliged to quash the conviction in the event of a miscarriage of justice: Sankar's case ( Sankar v. The State of Trinidad and Tobago [1995] 1 All E.R. 236 at 240.). 81 Finally, Mr. Fitzgerald, QC submitted, the prejudice to Cannonier caused by the commentary ......
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Table of Cases
...727, [1993] 3 WLR 476, [1993] 3 All ER 669, CA 184 Kuhnen v Germany 56 RR 205 263 Kuruma v The Queen [1955] AC 197, [1995] 2 WLR 223, [1995] 1 All ER 236, PC 215, 216, 223 Kynaston v Carroll [2003] EWHC 3119 (QB) 194 Lau v DPP [2000] Crim LR 580, [2000] 1 FLR 799, [2000] Fam Law 610, DC 190......
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Defending the Guilty
...CN denies guilt and says he only helped his brother 102 ABA Defense Standard 4-4.1. See also Sankar v State of Trinidad and Tobago , [1995] 1 All ER 236 at 241 (PC) [ Sankar ]. 103 Silver, above note 75 at 388. 104 RSC 1985, c C-5. Defending the Guilty 37 dispose of the body. Defence counse......
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Client Perjury
...31 As explained in Section F(4)(d), below in this chapter. 32 This appears to have occurred in Sankar v State of Trinidad and Tobago , [1995] 1 All ER 236 (PC). Client Perjury 337 a client who is known to be guilty. 33 Assessing the nature of the lawyer’s knowledge is equally important when......