R V. CLARKE The defendant was apprehended for shoplifting after she placed certain items (including a jar of coffee, a jar of mincemeat and butter) into her handbag. She was charged with theft, contrary to Theft Act 1968 c.60, s.1 and was...
MOORE V. BRESLER The company had been required to make a return for revenue purposes (purchase tax) and the statute made it an offence to make a false return with intent to deceive. The company was charged with such, but responded...
HL BOLTON(ENGINEERING) LTD V. TJ GRAHAM & SONS LTD The landlord asserted that a tenancy should not be renewed and claimed to have held the freehold for more than 5 years. Held: The Landlord had only become the reversioner to the...
SALOMON V. SALOMON & CO LTD Salomon transferred his business of boot making, initially run as a sole proprietorship, to a company (Salomon Ltd.), incorporated with members comprising of himself and his family. The price for such transfer was paid to...
R V. HODGE In his ruling, Lord Fitzgerald held that the province had the authority to delegate any of its residual powers under section 92(16). Fitzgerald examined the pith and substance of the law that delegated the power to the commission. It...
WATMORE V. JENKINS The justices had decided that a diabetic motorist charged with dangerous driving, and saying that he had done so during a hypo-glycemic episode, should be acquitted on the ground that he was in a state of automatism. The...
HILL V. BAXTER In this case, a man succeeded in driving a substantial distance before having an accident. He was charged with dangerous driving. He could not remember anything from before the accident or immediately after the accident. It was suggested...
BRATTY V. AG FOR NORTHERN IRELAND George Bratty, had given a lift in his car to Josephine Fitzsimmons, who was later found dead under the hedge near Hillborough, county Down, having been strangled. Bratty was later interviewed by the police and...
AL-HASSANI V. THE STATE The appellant and two others were charged with offences of ‘conspiracy to commit armed robbery’ and ‘armed robbery’. They were charged with robbing two people of several items including a power-generating set. The participation of the appellant,...
ADEYEMI V. THE STATE The accused was charged with conspiracy to rob and armed robbery. The allegation against him stated that they were eating and robbed them of their valuables including a Honda halla motor car and some jewelry. The court...