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Abbott v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago and Others: PC 12 Jun 1979

Trinidad and Tobago

Citations:

[1979] UKPC 15, [1979] 1 WLR 1342

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

See AlsoAbbott v The Queen PC 20-Jul-1976
The appellant was charged as a principal in the first degree, and the issue was whether the defence of duress was available. The Board considered the availability of duress as a defence to a criminal charge.
Held: The defence was not open to . .

Cited by:

CitedElgizouli v Secretary of State for The Home Department SC 25-Mar-2020
Defendants were to face trial in the US, accused of monstrous crimes. The appellant challenged the release of information to the USA by the respondent to support such prosecutions when the death penalty was a possible outcome of a conviction: ‘The . .
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Criminal Sentencing, Prisons

Updated: 07 August 2022; Ref: scu.443387

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