The Weekly Law Reports
[1976] 2 WLR 857
[HOUSE OF LORDS]
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS APPELLANT AND HUMPHRYS RESPONDENT
[On appeal from REG. v.
HUMPHRYS]
1976 Feb. 23,
24,
25,
26;
May 19
May 19
Viscount Dilhorne, Lord Hailsham of St. Marylebone, Lord Salmon, Lord Edmund-Davies and Lord Fraser of Tullybelton
Estoppel
— Per rem judicatam
— Criminal proceedings
— Issue estoppel
— Defendant charged with driving while disqualified
— Defendant denying driving any vehicle in relevant period
— Acquittal
— Defendant charged with perjury
— Prosecution calling same evidence as on earlier charge
— Whether issue estoppel applicable between Crown and defendant
858
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