Williams (Noel) v R

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1997
Date1997
Year1997
CourtPrivy Council
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33 cases
  • Courtney Lawes v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 10 November 2011
    ...given to them…. In my view, these were serious omissions.’ 41 Indeed Lord Hope of Criaghead in delivering the judgment of the Board in Williams {Noel) v R (1997) 51 WIR 202 (approving R v Hassock ) made it clear that if the suspect is known to the witness he may be confronted by the witness......
  • Peart (Omar) v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 20 December 2010
    ...16The dicta of Melville JA at page 138 in the Hassock case were approved by their Lordships' Board in the Privy Council in Williams (Noel) v R (1997) 51 WIR 202.The headnote of that case reads: "Where a witness to an incident knows well the person suspected of involvement in the incident, ......
  • Tido v R
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 15 June 2011
    ...evidence was undesirable in principle and the jury would require to approach it with great care: R v Graham [1994] Crim LR 212 and Williams (Noel) v The Queen [1997] 1 WLR 18 In Pipersburgh and Robateau v The Queen [2008] UKPC 11 the Board re-affirmed (in para 10) its rejection of the sug......
  • N.c. V. Her Majesty's Advocate
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court of Justiciary
    • 18 September 2012
    ...of the Bahamas), France and Vassell v The Queen supra (an appeal from the Court of Appeal of Jamaica), and Williams v The Queen [1997] 1 WLR 548 (an appeal from the Court of Appeal of Jamaica). [17] The first observation to be made about Tido is that it is a decision of the Judicial Committ......
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