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Armed Forces - From: 1960 To: 1969
This page lists 3 cases, and was prepared on 03 April 2018.
Cox v Army Council [1963] AC 48; (1962) 46 Cr App R 258
1963
PC
Viscount Simonds, Lord Reid
Crime, Armed Forces, Commonwealth
The provisions of the English Army Act, are to be applied "in diverse circumstances wherever the armed forces of the Crown happen to be, in developed or undeveloped countries, as conquerors or guests, and their purpose is . . Disciplinary." Criminal law applies only in respect of acts committed or omissions made within England. Viscount Simons said: "apart from those exceptional cases in which specific provision is made in regard to acts committed abroad, the whole body of the criminal law of England deals only with acts committed in England." and "with rare exceptions the whole body of our criminal law is 'domestic' in the sense that it is made for the order and good government of this country and is applicable only to acts done on English soil."
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Burmah Oil Company (Burma Trading) Limited v Lord Advocate; HL 21-Apr-1964 - [1965] AC 75; [1965] AC 75; [1965] 2 All ER 348; 1964 SC (HL) 117; [1964] UKHL 6; [1964] 2 WLR 1231; 1964 SLT 218
Regina v Murphy [1965] NI 138
1965
CMAC
Crime, Armed Forces, Northern Ireland
(Courts-Martial Appeal Court of Northern Ireland) The court has a discretion to exclude the evidence of an agent provocateur.
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