Wilson v Skeock

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1949
Date1949
CourtDivisional Court
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5 cases
  • McConnell v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 6 November 1989
    ...the peace take place on private property", the case which is perhaps most helpful is the decision of a King's Bench Divisional Court in Wilson v. Skeock 113 J.P. 1949 at page 294. In that case an information was preferred by the respondent, Mrs. Skeock alleging that the appellant, Wilson, u......
  • R v Edwards (Llewellyn)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 3 February 1978
    ...support of the view that a place such as this is not a public place. The starting point is a decision of the Divisional Court in 1949, Wilson v. Skeock 65 Times Law Reports 418. There there had been a prosecution after an altercation between neighbours. The headnote reveals the nature of th......
  • The Director of Public Prosecutions v Jane Distill
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 8 September 2017
    ...40 The court found that understanding of the expression "public place" consistent with previous authority, including Wilson v Skeock (1949) 65 T.L.R. 418, Ward v Holman [1964] 2 QB 580, and Robson and Robson v Hallett (1967) 51 Cr. App. R. 307. Bridge L.J. went on to say (at p.233) that "[w......
  • McQuade v Chief Constable of the Humberside Police
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 12 July 2001
    ...place on private property at all. Glidewell LJ referred to Howell, which I have cited, and to the decision of the Divisional Court in Wylson v Skeock [1949] 113 JP 294 and Robson v Hallett [1967] 2 QB 939. He referred also to a further decision of this court in Ex parte Central Electricity......
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