Vane v Yiannopoullos

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLord Reid,Lord Evershed,Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest,Lord Hodson,Lord Donovan
Judgment Date19 November 1964
Judgment citation (vLex)[1964] UKHL J1119-3
CourtHouse of Lords
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4 books & journal articles
  • Divisional Court
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 56-2, May 1992
    • 1 May 1992
    ...case was whether the manager was empowered to delegate, andwhether he had delegated his powers as licensee. In Vane v Yiannopoulos[1965] AC 486, it was stated in the House of Lords that the licensee'sresponsibility for acts done in his absence without his knowledge isanomalous. In that case......
  • Parliamentary sovereignty and parliamentary oddity
    • Barbados
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 9-2, December 1999
    • 1 December 1999
    ...courts have in effect legislated to fill the gap, 1 chink we should leave matters as they are. 42 40 (l832) 6 Cl & Fin 133 at p.l72. 41 [1965]A.C. 486 at p.498. 42 But see Major and St. Mellons R.D.C. v. Newport Corportion [1952] A.C. 189 at p. 191, where Lord Simonds cook Lord Denning to t......
  • In the Scottish Courts
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 29-3, July 1965
    • 1 July 1965
    ...Courtsmay adoptthesame attitude to vicarious responsibility inoffences requiring "knowledge" as is implied in Vane v.Yiannopoulos [1964] 3 W.L.R. 1218, Supra, 112).Theaccused in Thornley was a licensee who was con-victed of knowingly allowing a person under 18 to drink on hispremises, the d......
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