Smedleys Ltd v Breed

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtQueen's Bench Division
Year1974
Date1974

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7 cases
  • Fleming v Ireland and Others
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 10 January 2013
    ... ... ACT 2003 S2(1) EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 2003 S2(2) EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 2003 S3(2) SMEDLEYS LTD v BREED 1974 AC 839 STATE (MCCORMACK) v CURRAN 1987 ILRM 225 AG v X 1992 1 IR 1 CONSITUTIONAL LAW Personal ... ...
  • R (Purdy) v DPP
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 30 July 2009
    ... ... In Smedleys Ltd v Breed [1974] AC 839 , 856, Viscount Dilhorne made these comments on the propriety of instituting a prosecution under the food and drugs ... ...
  • R (Purdy) v DPP
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 February 2009
    ... ... be the subject of prosecution.” This principle has never been doubted, and indeed was endorsed in Smedley's Ltd v Breed [1974] A.C. 839 ... 16 The following guidance is then given: “ 5.7 The public interest must be ... ...
  • Wings Ltd v Ellis (on Appeal from a Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 15 November 1984
    ... ... as to the considerations which prosecuting organisations ought to bear in mind before instituting proceedings in consumer cases (see Smedleys Ltd. v. Breed [1974] A.C. 839, 855 ) and I consider that they should be even more careful in cases which ordinary people would read as containing ... ...
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