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Magistrates - From: 1900 To: 1929
This page lists 9 cases, and was prepared on 02 April 2018.
Gage v Wren [1903] 67 JP 32
1903
Rating, Magistrates
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B (A Child), Re [2010] EWMC 28 (FPC)
2 Jul 1905
MagC
Magistrates, Family
[ Bailii ]
B (A Child), Re [2010] EWMC 12 (FPC)
2 Jul 1905
MagC
Magistrates, Family
[ Bailii ]
Regina v Baines [1909] 1 KB 258
1909
Bigham J
Magistrates
In a very rare case the court will be willing to exercise its supervisory jurisdiction to prevent an abuse of the court process by an action designed with improper motives: "There can be no doubt as to the jurisdiction of the Court to interfere where it is satisfied that its process is being used for an indirect or improper use."
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Rex v Marsham ex parte Pethick Lawrence; 1912 - [1912] KB 362
The King v Mitchell; 1913 - [1913] 1 KB 561
Rex v Burnley Justices ex parte Longmore (1916) 85 LJ (KB) 1565
1916
Licensing, Magistrates
Where unreasonable conditions have been imposed on a licence, the party claiming to be aggrieved has the right to take the issue to the court.
1 Citers
Bannister v Clarke [1920] JP 598
1920
Earl of Reading CJ
Magistrates
The act of the justices in purporting to commit the appellant for trial on five informations was a nullity and thus did not deprive the justices of jurisdiction to hear those informations summarily at a subsequent date.
1 Cites
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Rex v Sussex Justices, Ex parte McCarthy; 1923 - [1924] 1 KB 256; [1923] All ER Rep 233