Thomas v The Queen

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CourtPrivy Council
Judgment Date1978
Year1978

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16 cases
  • Walker and Another v The Queen ; Douglas v The Queen ; Glanville v The Queen
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 2 November 1993
    ...for Jamaica [1993] 3 W.L.R. 298, P.C. Surat (Nawab of), In re (1854) 9 Moo. P.C. 88, P.C. Thomas v. The Queen [1980] A.C. 125; [1978] 3 W.L.R. 927; [1979] 2 All E.R. 142, The following additional cases were cited in argument: Abbott v. Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago [1979] 1 W.L.R.......
  • Heron (Michael) v DPP and Attorney General for Jamaica
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 4 December 2000
    ...Kerr v The Director of Public Prosecutions and the Attorney-General (1987) 24 JLR 1. This case followed the decision of The Board in Thomas v The Queen [1980] A.C. 125. These cases illustrate the constitutional prohibition in Sec. 32(4) of the Constitution that there should be no enquiry b......
  • Ramdeen v The State
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 27 March 2014
    ...Act], the Judicial Committee's role is confined to acting as an appellate court: see In re Nawab of Surat (1854) 9 Moo PC 88 and Thomas v The Queen [1980] AC 125. (p 44C-D) …. It is nevertheless apparent that, in the light of the judgment in Pratt…., unless the sentences of these defendants......
  • Stevens v R
    • Australia
    • High Court (Australia)
    • 21 October 2005
    ... ... Laurie Stevens Appellant and The Queen Respondent [2005] HCA 65 Gleeson CJ, McHugh, Kirby, Callinan AND Heydon JJ B20/2005 HIGH COURT OF ... But they ‘themselves set the standard of what is reasonable in the circumstances.’ 17 And, as Windeyer J pointed out in Thomas v The Queen 18 , it is not the task of juries ‘to analyse their own mental processes.’ Nor is a reasonable doubt ‘confined to a “rational ... ...
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