ANNABI V. THE STATE ”It is settled law that while the trial court or any court for that matter is under an obligation or has the duty to consider all the defences possible or available to the accused or appellant on...
R V. BEARD The appellant whilst intoxicated raped a 13 year old girl and put his hand over her mouth to stop her from screaming. She died of suffocation. In a charge of murder based upon intention to kill or to...
R V. MILLER Miller, a vagrant, after consuming “a few drinks” went back to a house he was squatting in, lit a cigarette and fell asleep. Upon waking and seeing that the mattress he was lying on was on fire he...
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...
