Thomas v Sawkins

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1935
Year1935
CourtKing's Bench Division

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23 cases
  • Kuru v State of New South Wales
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 12 June 2008
    ...of the peace, especially some statements on that subject made in the decision of a Divisional Court of the King's Bench Division in Thomas v Sawkins33. Particular emphasis was given to two statements in that case. First, Avory J said 34 that ‘[t]o prevent … a breach of the peace the police ......
  • DPP v Michael Delaney
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 8 February 1996
    ...64; [1981] I.L.R.M. 389. The People (Attorney General) v. O'Brien [1965] I.R. 142. The People v. Shaw [1982] I.R. 1. Thomas v. Sawkins [1935] 2 K.B. 249; [1935] All E.R. 655; (1935) 104 L.J.K.B. 572; 153 L.T. 419; 99 J.P. 295; 51 T.L.R. 514; 79 Sol. Jo. 478; 33 L.G.R. 330; 30 Cox C.C. 265. ......
  • Tamiefuna v R
    • New Zealand
    • Supreme Court
    • 16 April 2025
    ...of the police in New Zealand have the powers of a constable under the common law: at [74]. 166 At [11] per the majority referring to Thomas v Sawkins [1935] 2 KB 249 at 254 per Lord Hewart 167 Ngan, above n 165, at [12] per the majority citing Glasbrook Brothers Ltd v Glamorgan County Coun......
  • R v Khan (Sultan)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 2 July 1996
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4 books & journal articles
  • The Promotion Exams
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles No. 40-2, February 1967
    • 1 February 1967
    ...constable enter if he merely suspects that a breach will occurunless he goes into the building to prevent it? In Thomas v. Saw-kins [1935] 2 K.B. 249, it was held that, in those circumstances, hecould enter, and remain on, the premises. Briefly the facts werethat two police officers entered......
  • Apprehended Breach of the Peace: Lawfulness and Proportionality of Preventive Action
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 69-2, April 2005
    • 1 April 2005
    ...short of arrest to ensure that the peace is not breached (see, forexample, Humphries vConnor (1874) Ir CLR 1 and Thomas vSawkins[1935] 2 KB 249). Any person disobeying an off‌icer’s lawful instructiongiven to prevent a breach of the peace is liable to arrest for wilfulobstruction of a polic......
  • Recent Judicial Decisions
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles No. 74-4, November 2001
    • 1 November 2001
    ...524, Crown Ct.Robson vHallett [1967] 2 All ER 407; [1967] 2 QB 939, DC.Wilson vSkeock (1949) 113 JP 294, DC.CASEALSOcrrsnThomas vSawkins [1935] 2 KB 249; [1935] All ER Rep 655, DC.AWordonPrecedent- In McQuade it was said 'in his Lordship's judgment, the judgehad misunderstood McConnell, tha......
  • The Police and the Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles No. 8-4, October 1935
    • 1 October 1935
    ...to have suggested) has everbeen made.Preventive Justice and Police RightofEntry to Public MeetingsUntil the case of Thomas v. Sawkins(51Times L.R.514)was decided in the Divisional Court in May last, the rightof police to enter private premises where a public meetingis being held and which t......