Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Hart

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1982
CourtDivisional Court
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7 cases
  • Attorney General's Reference (No. 1 of 1995); R v B; R v F
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 23 January 1996
    ...of the lack of authorisation by the Bank of England and to have applied their minds to that fact. Reference was made to Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Hart [1982] 1 WLR 481. The trial judge gave an initial ruling in the course of which he said: "In my judgement, on the authorit......
  • Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment v Gannon
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 19 November 2002
    ...EQUALITY BILL 1996, IN RE 1997 2 IR 321 COMPANIES ACT 1989 S28 COMPANIES ACT 1989 S28(5) SECRETARY FOR STATE TRADE & INDUSTRY V HART 1982 1 WLR 481 1 AER 817 COMPANIES ACT 1976 S13(5) COMPANIES ACT 1990 S183 COURTS (SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1961 S52 COMPANIES ACT 1963 S2 COMPANIES ACT ......
  • It's A Wrap (UK) Ltd v Gula and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 11 May 2006
    ...There are exceptions to this principle, notably by way of restriction on the creation of criminal liability: see for example R v Hart [1982] 1 WLR 481, DC; cf. A-G's Reference No 1 of 1995 [1996] 1 WLR 970 CACD. But the present provision is not penal: it is designed to protect those who h......
  • Grant v Borg
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 22 April 1982
    ...course of argument by counsel for the respondent to the decision of the Divisional Court (Ormrod L.J. and Woolf J.) in Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v. Hart on 24th November 1981, which considered the mens rea required under the provisions of section 13(5) and (6) of the Compani......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Testing Fidelity to Legal Values: Official Involvement and Criminal Justice
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 63-5, September 2000
    • 1 September 2000
    ...remaining beyond the time limited by leave’, ignorance of law held irrelevant) andSecretary of State for Trade and Industry vHart [1982] 1 WLR 481 (‘knows that he is disqualified forappointment to that office’, ignorance of law held relevant).14 [1972] 1 QB 426.15 (1974) 60 Cr App R 211.16 ......
  • Ignorance of the Criminal Law, and Duties to Avoid it
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 74-1, January 2011
    • 1 January 2011
    ...thato¡ence’).10 eg Smith(D.R.)[1974]QB 354 (knowledge that property ‘belonged to another’),SecretaryofState forTrade and Industry vHart [1982]1WLR 481 (knowledge that disquali¢ed from auditing company’saccounts because of positions previously held).11 Model Penal Code s.2.04 (U.S.A.); the E......

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