Schiavo v Anderton

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtDivisional Court
Year1986
Date1986

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13 cases
  • R v The Crown Court At Manchester and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 10 July 2000
    ...is entirely right because it is an offence which does not require and does not normally give rise to any form of indictment: see Schiavo v Anderson [1987] QB 20. Apparently, the learned judge went on to say that he could not accept that the court's discretion could be fettered by a failure ......
  • R v Wayne Michael Oxley
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 27 November 2003
    ...with this as a contempt arose. It was dealt with summarily as a Bail Act Offence in accordance with the practice set out in Schiavo v Anderton [1987] QB 20, as conveniently set out in Archbold at paragraph 3–27. In consequence, leave to appeal against such sentence was needed and the maximu......
  • R Morales v Kettering Magistrates' Court Crown Prosecution Service (Interested Party)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 18 June 2013
    ... ... the Divisional Court in the present cases that the commencement of criminal proceedings lies in the hands of the prosecutor." And Schiavo v Anderton [1897] QB 20 , in which Watkins LJ said as follows at page 29: "The contention (repeated in this court) was that ... ...
  • R v Scott Lennon Evans
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 3 August 2011
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1 books & journal articles
  • Limits of Contempt of Court
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 63-5, October 1999
    • 1 October 1999
    ...riot entitled to treat this offenceunders 6 of the BailAct.976 as acontempt of court.COMMENTARYInSchiavovAnderton (1986) 83 Cr App R 228, Watkins U stated that'anoffenceunders 6 of the Bail Act isnotacontempt of court'andthis wasfollowed bythedecision of Legatt JinRvReader(1987) Cr App R 29......