Scott v Scott

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1913
Date1913
CourtHouse of Lords
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831 cases
  • Chee Siok Chin and Another v Attorney-General
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 13 September 2006
    ...either before or after the 1991 amendments. 33 The virtues of a public trial expressed in dicta relied upon by Mr Ravi from Scott v Scott [1913] AC 417 and Harman v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1983] 1 AC 280 (“Harman”) are not counterpoints to the summary procedure debate. T......
  • R v Westminster City Council, ex parte Castelliand Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 31 July 1995
    ... ... R v Criminal Injuries Board, ex parte A [1992] COD 378 ... R v Socialist Worker, ex parte Attorney-General [1975] 1 QB 637 ... Scott v Scott [1918] AC 417 ... Applications for orders under s 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 ... Jan Luba for the applicants ... Simon Mehigan ... ...
  • Lee Boon Tuan v PP
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 1960
  • R A’s Application
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Northern Ireland)
    • 21 September 2010
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Open And Shut Cases: Balancing Open Justice And Confidentiality
    • Cayman Islands
    • Mondaq Cayman Islands
    • 1 March 2017
    ...analysis, though, will be similar in each case. "Publicity is the very soul of justice", as the House of Lords said in Scott v Scott [1913] AC 417 (a decision cited by the Chief Justice). However, the principle of publicity may need to cede to the overriding principle of doing justice in pa......
  • Justice On Display
    • Cayman Islands
    • Mondaq Cayman Islands
    • 24 January 2017
    ...their concerns and the basis for them. Footnotes For example, the so-called 'eraser button' law in California in 2013 [2011] (1) CILR 196 [1913] AC 417 [1992] Ch 394 [2004.2005] CILR 485 Re Beddoe [1893] 1 Ch 547 [2014] EWHC 3432 (Ch) Grand Court Rules Practice Direction No.3/97 [2014] (1) ......
44 books & journal articles
  • The principle of open justice and the judicial duty to give public reasons.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 38 No. 2, December - December 2014
    • 1 December 2014
    ...(1976) 134 CLR 495, 520 (Gibbs J). The constitutional significance of the principle was first recognised by Lord Shaw in Scott v Scott [1913] AC 417,473-5. See also more recent Australian constitutional cases, where adherence to the open justice principle has been described as a 'defining' ......
  • Should Ireland prohibit the contemporaneous media reporting of juvenile trials?
    • Ireland
    • Irish Judicial Studies Journal No. 1-21, January 2021
    • 1 January 2021
    ...The Practical Operation of Article 34.1 of the Constitution —Part I’ (2003) 21(21) Irish Law Times, 303-308, 304. 128 Scott v Scott [1913] AC 417. 129 See Charles Lysaght, ‘Publicity of Court Proceedings’ (2003) 38(1) The Irish Jurist, 34-57. 130 Quoted by Lord Shaw in Scott v Scott [1912] ......
  • CONTEMPT ORDERS AND JUDICIAL “ATTACHMENT” OF EQUITABLE PROPERTY
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2017, December 2017
    • 1 December 2017
    ...2 SCR 612 at [106]. 67 See Benim v Whimster[1976] 1 QB 297. 68CfGompers v Bucks Stove & Range Co221 US 418 (1911) at 441. In Scott v Scott[1913] AC 417, the House of Lords clearly regarded the distinction between civil and criminal contempt as process-influenced. Counsel's submission that e......
  • Keeping control of terrorists without losing control of constitutionalism.
    • United States
    • Stanford Law Review Vol. 59 No. 5, March 2007
    • 1 March 2007
    ...CARLILE, supra note 197, [paragraphs] 10-11. His support for anonymity extends to absconders. Id. [paragraph] 22. (313.) Scott v. Scott, [1913] A.C. 417, (314.) There is an anonymized list in the report by Lord Carlile, but it does not convey details beyond the formal dates of issuance and ......
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